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History of Three Facinating Traditional African Drums

Thursday, July 30th, 2009
African music has long been characterized by its use of the drum. As most tribes lived a great distance from each other, the use of drums for communication became necessary quite quickly. While most drum beats originating in africa share similar patterns, primarily rapid and intense beating, several popular styles have unique elements. The most accepted of these are played across three particular drums, the Djembe, the ...History of Three Facinating Traditional African Drums