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Adekunle Gold shares a heartwarming video of his daughter, Deja, joyfully playing a talking drum while he cheers her on, sparking an outpouring of love from fans.
A Kenyan exhibition working with communities in conflict zones offers insights into how Côte d'Ivoire could use the drum for ...
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.
Alidu takes the talking drums of his past into new territory with his American band, the Bizung Family, on Land of Fire (self-release; September 16, 2010). Recorded from Madagascar to the Rockies, the ...
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, $16.99 (96pp) ISBN 978-1-58234-813-1 Talking Drums: A Selection of Poems from Africa South of the Sahara, ed. by V ronique Tadjo, also explores ancient cultural traditions.
Talking Drum Studio opened in Liberia in 1997, initially creating programmes on election education and polling procedures. As renewed fighting escalated into a full-blown civil war, the studio focused ...