MUS 335: Advanced African Drumming

User icon Heather Dray
22 November 2023
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Primary source multimedia of performances from Ghana, Togo and Benin.


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The talking drum is hit to reflect different tones that convey messages. Drummer are taught to play these drums from a very early age.


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Study abroad students attended a drum and dance lesson.



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Akan communities in southern Ghana have a tradition in which popular bands compete in instrumental, choral, and dance performances. The master drum, sometimes identified as the “mother of the group,” …


Villon Films · 1951 English

One of only four films made from 1949-1951 documenting original music and performances by Africans. This is a fantasy tale about a young Zulu who leaves his village to go …


BL: British Library · 1966 English

Notes provided by Rycroft on tape box (these notes are copied word for word): Pair of Akan 'talking drums', 'Atumpan' (played with angular sticks). This recording includes spoken sections delivered …


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Africa Focus brings together, in digital form, two categories of primary and secondary resources: research and teaching materials collected by University of Wisconsin faculty and staff; and unique or valuable …


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Items selected from the online resources at The British Library with African origination.