Hailing from the Ga people of Ghana, the kpanlogo rhythm is matched with a dance style bearing the same name. The syncopated beats produce an energetic groove that can really get the party started. ...

The sacred wooden instrument has been kept in the quai Branly museum in Paris for the past years, where it was restored while ...

Where: The Agora African Drum Beat Circle is hosted at Taste of West Africa, 116 Person St. in Fayetteville. When: Starts at 7 p.m. and runs until 8:30 p.m. every Tuesday from April 8 to Aug. 26 ...

France's parliament on Monday approved returning to Ivory Coast a "talking drum" that colonial troops took from the Ebrie tribe in 1916, in the latest boost to the repatriation of colonial spoils. In ...

The French Parliament approved on Monday the return of the Ayôkwé Djidji 'talking drum' that was lying dormant in the ...

Skilled talking-drum drummers can imitate African tonal languages' sounds and cadence, and reproduce proverbs and praise songs. The use of the talking-drum was forbidden in the United States during ...

After the French parliament voted on Monday to return to Ivory Coast a "talking drum" that colonial troops took from the ...

The Talking Drums. Michael Kernan. June 2000. Get our newsletter! ... In West Africa, everyone has praise poems associated with them, but in Cuba the praises are reserved for the gods.

The Talking Drum is one of the most sacred instruments of West Africa. Shaped like an hourglass, the drum has a unique melodic sound which means it can imitate the tones of language and in this ...

Off to the Sweet Shores of Africa: And Other Talking Drum Rhymes Chronicle Books, Uzo Unobagha, Uzoamaka Chinyelu Unobagha. Chronicle Books, $16.95 (56pp) ISBN 978-0-8118-2378-4 ...

Morgan State University has become the first HBCU to participate in the Venice Architecture Biennale with “ReCall & Response,” a pavilion shaped like a “talking drum” that honors the ...