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African and Afro-American Drums

by Various Artists
24 SONGS
Jan 1954
Ruanda: The Watutsi (Ceremonial Drums) (1)
Tutsi drummers by Lake Kivu
Ruanda: The Watutsi (Ceremonial Drums) (2)
Tutsi drummers by Lake Kivu
Equatorial Africa: The Baya (Dance Drums)
Three Gbaya drummers with singers and dancers
Equatorial Africa: The Badouma (Stamping Tubes)
Duma musicians
Nigeria: The Yoruba (Music for a Harvest Festival)
Yoruba drummers
Nigeria: The Yoruba (Salute to a Chief)
Yoruba drummers
Nigeria: The Yoruba (Drums for the Deity Orishania)
Yoruba bata drummers
Congo: The Bambala (Dance Drums)
Mbala drummer
Congo: The Bambala (Slit-Log Talking Drum)
Mbala chief
South Africa: Zingili Clan (Ndlamu Dance)
Zingili drummers at Witwatersrand Gold Mines
Madagascar: The Mahafaly (Festival Drumming)
Madagascan musicians
Puerto Rico: Bomba Dance
Drummers from Cuba
The Bahamas: Jumping Dance
Drummers from the Bahamas
Cuba: Djuka Dance
Drummers from Cuba
Cuba: Lucumi Drums
Yoruba cult in Cuba
Haiti: Quitta Seche Dance
The Ayida Group
Haiti: Juba Dance
The Ayida Group
Jamaica: Kumina Drums
Kumina musicians in Kingston, Jamaica
Brazil: Four Rhythms for Eshu (Ketu Rhythm / Gege Rhythm / ‘Jesha Rhythm / Congo-Angola Rhythm)
Drummers from Bahia, Brazil
Brazil: Four Rhythms for Ogun (Ketu Rhythm / Gege Rhythm / ‘Jesha Rhythm / Congo-Angola Rhythm)
Drummers from Bahia, Brazil
Virgin Islands: Bamboula Dance
Two women playing Bamboula drum with singers
Surinam: Djuka Drums
Djuka drummers from Suriname
The United States: Jazz Drumming
Baby Dodds
The United States: N.Y. Children's Band
New York City street band