Jessie Lehmann, a member of The Know Bodies Band, discovered her passion for traditional West African drumming before she ...

Bang! Bang! goes the African drum. And that’s the way we do it. Oh we can play on the African drum And this is the way we do it Boom! Boom! Boom! goes the African drum. And that’s the way we ...

The drum’s likely origins date back to the 12th century in Mali, West Africa, Kojo Bey, wrote in “Jembe Revolution: The Birth of the Jembe in America.” “To African Americans in particular who seek ...

One of the best-known African drums is the West African djembe. It is shaped like a large goblet and played with bare hands. The body is carved from a hollowed trunk and is covered in goat skin.