Apart from the drums of the baggu-type and garga kzura, most instruments of Arab origin came to the Fulani (and Hausa) through the mediation of the Bornu empire.

Wedge-laced drums: played only in southern Cameroon, including by the Oroko. Screw-tensioned drums: typically conga drums, which originated from the Caribbean and not directly from Africa.

This collection of field recordings made by Arom presents the music of the Fulani living in Niger and Benin (formerly Dahomey). The musical instruments vary slightly between regions, but …

The talking drum is an hourglass-shaped drum from West Africa, whose pitch can be regulated to mimic the tone and prosody of human speech. [1][2][3] It has two drumheads connected by …

Horniman Museum number:1977.134 - 'Talking drum'. Variable tension, portative hourglass-shaped drum. Wooden shell. The single membrane with U-shaped bracin...

Dec 2, 2016 · The Fula have a rich musical culture and play a variety of traditional instruments including drums, hoddu (a plucked skin-covered lute similar to a banjo), and riti or riiti (a one …

Mar 25, 2021 · Fulani drummers' ensemble from Serekunda, Gambia, led by Amadu Bamba.

Dec 17, 2019 · The Banga (one of the Royal cultural and traditional drummers and singers in Hausa/Fulani kingdoms).

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The talking drum is a West African Hourglass drum whose pitch can be regulated to mimic the tone and prosody of human speech. Other talking drums of conical or tubular construction …