I didn't know how much I didn't know about drums. There are drums that talk, that can imitate speech. There are drums grouped in families for the purpose of talking to each other. Tapping a drum with ...

Aralola Olamuyiwa, also known as Ara, a famous talking drummer and cultural ambassador for the Ooni of Ife, has recalled how people tried to stop her from playing the talking drum. Ara, Africa’s first ...

Famous female talking drummer and the cultural ambassador of the Ooni of Ife, Aralola Olamuyiwa, popularly known as Ara, has recounted how she was discouraged from playing the talking drums because of ...

Ghana’s vibrant capital, Accra, once again sets the stage for a historic global music moment this December 2025, as the ...

Accra is gearing up for a major moment in global music this December as Ghana’s capital hosts the first-ever Talking Drums ...

Professor Coleman A. Jordan teaches architecture at Morgan State University. For over two years, he has worked closely with students and alumni from the Baltimore HBCU, as well as from Tuskegee and ...

GHANA’S CAPITAL, Accra, sets the stage for the inaugural Talking Drums Festival a historic global music moment this December.

Talking and Drum Solos represents yet another step back into jazz history for Atavistic's Unheard Music Series, which made a point of mostly documenting avant jazz until this year's reissue of George ...