IIfeoluwa Fatogun's, a Nigerian filmmaker, won Best Documentary 'Dundun' at the AMVCA, showcasing the rich cultural ...

The analysis of traditional dùndúns patterns revealed four primary modes of communication: rhythm, singing, drum talking-performative and drum talking-direct. Researchers found the drums most ...

Combined with the right rhythm, they can make their instruments sound just like Yoruba, hence the nickname “talking drum”. This mimicking of spoken word, where the drums act as a “speech ...

Drumming New Worlds is an immersive creative exploration of the Yoruba talking drum that connects innovation, art, and culture to answer the question: What language does the talking drum speak? Using ...

The Yoruba culture of drum-talking is an agent of cultural preservation and an indirect means of preserving food sovereignty, a don at North West University, Prof. Lere Amusan, has said.

New research published in the journal Frontiers in Communication is one of the first to show the high degree of acoustic correlation between these talking drums and the spoken Yorùbá language.

West African “talking drums” known as dùndún can accurately replicate speech with a remarkable level of detail, new research finds. The study, published in the journal Frontiers in ...

There are drums grouped in families for the purpose of talking to each other ... What caught my eye were some batâ drums from the Yoruba people of Nigeria. These double-headed, hourglass-shaped ...

Every year, people look forward to Ojude Oba, and the 2025 edition of Ijebu-Ode's most storied festival did not disappoint.

the former IBF champion also joined Nigerian business magnates Aliko Dangote and Femi Otedola to celebrate Dangote’s 68th birthday Anthony Joshua was seen playing the Yoruba talking drum ...

As June honors the people, places, and cultural influences of Black Music Month, it would be impossible not to mention the impact that Afrobeats has had not just on hip-hop music, but pretty much all ...