O’Meara, a senior psychology major from St. Louis, is playing the goblet-shaped djembe drum, and Henderson, a senior physics ...

In fact, women throughout West Africa were forbidden from playing the djembe drum, which occupies a central position in African society. Amazones: The Women Master Drummer of Guinea will perform ...

African drumming is one of history’s most influential musical traditions, deeply rooted in rhythm, storytelling, and ...

One of the best-known African drums is the West African djembe. It is shaped like a large goblet and played with bare hands. The body is carved from a hollowed trunk and is covered in goat skin.

The rhythmic beats of djembe drums and children’s laughter filled the air at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum in Crown Heights ...

From the djembe in West Africa to the talking drums of Nigeria, rhythm is at the core of African music, communicating stories ...

guitar and djembe; the driving rhythms of Neil Shervell on drums. Read more about Grizzly and the Grasshoppers on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA ...