LESSON ONE • ACTIVITY THREE
Storytelling Through Music
In addition to instruments creating joyous sounds, music can also be a form of communication and a tool of resistance. In the film SANKOFA the sacred drummer uses his drum to jog the ancestral memory of the main character, Shola. A rhythm can communicate just like aural language. In the film, the divine drummer’s role was to connect and to communicate.
LESSON ONE • ACTIVITY THREE
Storytelling Through Music
In addition to instruments creating joyous sounds, music can also be a form of communication and a tool of resistance. In the film SANKOFA the sacred drummer uses his drum to jog the ancestral memory of the main character, Shola. A rhythm can communicate just like aural language. In the film, the divine drummer’s role was to connect and to communicate.
In this workshop for beginning drummers, hosted by educator Pamela Haskins, learners will explore the history of drumming in West Africa, learn the parts of the djembe drum and learn how to play three basic strikes.
In this workshop for beginning drummers, hosted by educator Pamela Haskins, learners will explore the history of drumming in West Africa, learn the parts of the djembe drum and learn how to play three basic strikes.
In this workshop for beginning drummers, hosted by educator Pamela Haskins, learners will explore the history of drumming in West Africa, learn the parts of the djembe drum and learn how to play three basic strikes.
In this workshop for beginning drummers, hosted by educator Pamela Haskins, learners will explore the history of drumming in West Africa, learn the parts of the djembe drum and learn how to play three basic strikes.
Want to learn more about how drumming is used
to communicate around the world?
Want to learn more about how drumming is used to communicate around the world?
The Talking Drum Language
Helen Ibe says that her music channel was created to“Explore instruments and people you may or may not have heard of.” In this video, her guest Ayanlere Alamu Alajede, explains how he plays and communicates with the Talking Drum.
Drumming and Your Brain: Magic and Science | Cornell Coley
“Drums and rhythm are Cornell Coley’s tools for activism. He has sculpted his Afro-Latin roots, performance training, drum circle facilitation skills and spiritual development into a full-time career that reaches people of all ages, nationalities and abilities. | TEDxJamaicaPlain
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What’s next?
Lesson 2: Reclamation
What’s next?
Lesson 2: Reclamation