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A djembe or jembe (/ ˈ dʒ ɛ m b eɪ / JEM-bay; from Malinke jembe, [1] N'Ko: ߖߋ߲߰ߓߋ [2]) is a rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands, originally from West Africa.
The Batá drum is a double-headed hourglass drum [1] with one end larger than the other. The percussion instrument is still used for its original purpose as it is one of the most important drums in the Yoruba land and used for traditional and religious activities among the Yoruba of western Nigeria.
A djembe drum. African music relies heavily on fast-paced, upbeat rhythmic drum playing found all over the continent, though some styles, such as the Township music of South Africa do not make much use of the drum and nomadic groups such as the Maasai do not traditionally use drums. Elsewhere the drum is the sign of life: its beat is the ...
Traditional African music supplies appropriate music and dance for work and for religious ceremonies of birth, naming, rites of passage, marriage and funerals. [1] The beats and sounds of the drum are used in communication as well as in cultural expression.
The talking drum is an hourglass-shaped drum from West Africa, whose pitch can be regulated to mimic the tone and prosody of human speech. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It has two drumheads connected by leather tension cords, which allow the player to change the pitch of the drum by scraping the cords between their arm and body.
The mother drum, being whichever is the biggest in a set and playing the lead role while other drums play in support. [3] The Gbedu backing drums are each played by a drummer using both his open palm and a stick. [4] Among the Yoruba, the Gbedu drum signifies royalty. [5] The largest of the Yoruba drums, it is played during important functions. [6]
Non-commercial African-American radio stations promoted African music as part of their cultural and political missions in the 1960s and 1970s. African music also found eager audiences at Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and appealed particularly to activists in the civil rights and Black Power movements. [26]
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