A player will manipulate the pitch of the drum by stretching or squeezing the strings of the drum The talking drum is a West African instrument that has drum skins on both the top and bottom of ...

The African lute, called the ngoni, xalam, or kora depending on the region and culture, has a rich history dating back ...

Mbira is a musical instrument traditionally from Zimbabwe in Africa. It's sometimes called a thumb piano. Mbira is made from a wooden block, about the size of an adult hand. On top of the wood are ...

Explore musical instruments in the Anacostia Community Museum's collection ... His groundbreaking research told stories of sounds and songs transported from Africa to the Americas. Dance to drums of ...

Enslaved Africans seeking to reconnect with their lost cultural traditions brought African concepts to instruments in the American musical mainstream, creating popular new American music genres ...

Some, like Kouyaté, play a xylophone-like instrument called the ... into something deep within his African roots). Mali is one of the world's great musical cradles, and its sounds have been ...

Joshua Kumbani and Prof. Margarita Díaz-Andreu explores the intriguing relationship between Zimbabwean rock art and musical instruments. Southern Africa has a long history of rock art research.

Describing the African-American influence on American music in all of its glory an d variety is an intimidating—if not impossible—task. African American influences are so fundamental to American music ...