The fascination of the talking drums
Abstract
- Abstract
- Most people who read stories about Africa and less advanced students of African history (among which I number myself) will be surprised to learn that the sending of messages over long distances by relays of drums is confined to quite a narrow belt of country. It is true that in many parts of Africa, as in many other parts of the world, information is sent by pre-arranged signals and that drums are among the instruments used for this purpose. But the “talking drums” are confined to a narrow strip of Equatorial Africa along the banks of the River Congo and its chief tributaries. Here there are no pre-arranged codes. The drums are made to produce sounds suggested by words in the local language.
Description
- Description
- pages: 93
Subjects
People & roles
- Author
- Chislett, W. A.
Origins & context
- Title
- The fascination of the talking drums
- Type
- Text
- Language
- English
- Parent project
- International Library of African Music
- is funded by
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Rhodes University
- Place of Origin
- South Africa
- Created Date
- December 1, 1954
Rights & access
- License
- CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
- Access Rights
- Public
Identifiers & sources
- DRE ID
- eaa-99-000a
- Identifier
-
242
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- Type
- Publisher, distributor, or vendor stock number
Further details
- WissKI URL
- 74403