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 ...

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. Amusan ...

The Talking Drum is an hourglass-shaped pressure drum so-named because it can imitate spoken language's intonations and rhythms. At either end of the drum’s body, the drum's heads are made of animal ...

Since inception, the talking drum is played uniquely by the Yoruba people, although many other African tribes play talking drums, majority sometimes do not go beyond the peripheral to display the ...

The scientists also distinguish four modes through which the talking drum connects music and language - rhythm, singing, drum talking-performative and drum talking-direct.

According to a new study, the dùndúns drum -- in the hands of a skilled percussionist -- can accurately mimic the speech patterns of Yorùbá, a tonal language most prominent in southern Nigeria.

Although many African tribes play talking drums, the Yoruba talking drum (gangan) is unique to Yoruba people.

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 ...

And it could come in drumming for those that understand the language of the talking drum. So, Oriki is expressed by drums and chant in the Yoruba language.' ...

The former president commended Ara for her role in promoting Yoruba culture through her mastery of the talking drum, traditionally dominated by men.

"Batá drums imitate the tonal language of Yoruba," Mason continued. "Any Yoruba syllable has one of three tones, in a fixed relationship with each other, and the batá imitates them.

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 ...