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 West African instrument dùndún is also known as “talking drum” because players can match the pitch and rhythm of speech patterns on it. A new study reveals just how closely dùndún ...

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

There are Bata drums — talking drums that vary their tonality in parallel with Yoruba speech and which break out en masse as an ensemble two-thirds of the way through.

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 ...

There is an on going project being championed by Pince Adewale Laoye to revive the Yoruba talking drum culture among the youths in the South West.

Talking drums Talking drums, also known as gangan in the Yoruba context are hour-glass shaped with two heads (made from goat, lizard (iguana), or fish skin) tuned by straps that connect the heads ...

For instance, Gangan, which is commonly referred to as Talking Drum holds a special place in the tradition of the Yoruba people, and it is used in Yoruba folklore cannot be overemphasised.