O’Meara, a senior psychology major from St. Louis, is playing the goblet-shaped djembe drum, and Henderson, a senior physics major from Albuquerque, New Mexico, is playing accompaniment on the dundun ...

Although a melody is not always heard in traditional African music, some ensembles do include some melodic devices and instruments. For example: Although the two rhythms divide the bar of music ...

Art Center East’s Community African Drumming group begins winter term classes on Tuesday, Jan. 7. Registration is now open.

Not just any drums — traditional African drums, called djembe, that are so captivating that if you stopped paying attention for just a moment, you may have mistaken the rhythm for your own ...

In the rolling hills of Kigezi, Uganda, the sound of drums has long been an integral part of Sunday church services.

With the beat of the batá drums and the booming of Swahili chants, the stage was set for the continuous Kwanzaa celebration at the Tyler Public Library on Monday night.