Osei said the Agoro African Drum Beat Circle brings together a mix of instruments to celebrate West African drumming, such as the djembe (a goblet-shaped hand drum from West Africa), talking drum ...

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

It's believed the drums themselves are praising the orishas." Praise poems, Mason told me, are a major part of West African culture.

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Local and visiting musicians will perform at the showcase, including members of the Arizona Jazz Academy and Nigerian drummer Rasaki Aladokun, who plays the African talking drum.

There also will be beatboxing and hip-hop, which originated from the African talking drum, Taesali said. "When people think hip-hop, they think gangster rap," Taesali said.