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

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.

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

And I came in and they were like, ‘OK, wow.’” As class begins, African drums, including djembe (pronounced gem-bay) and dundun (doon-doon) drums, are scattered throughout the room ...

Led by master drummer and dancer, Kerfala “Fana” Bangoura, the ensemble combines the iconic djembe hand drum with a trio of drums played with sticks, known as dunun, sangban, and kenkeni. The powerful ...

From inside the Sabin CDC center in Northeast Portland, a chorus of percussion music carried out the open door and onto the ...

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