The Talking Drum

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Publisher : Inanna Poetry & Fiction Series
ISBN 13 : 9781771337410
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (374 download)

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Book Synopsis The Talking Drum by : Lisa Braxton

Download or read book The Talking Drum written by Lisa Braxton and published by Inanna Poetry & Fiction Series. This book was released on 2020-05-30 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1971. The fictional city of Bellport, Massachusetts, is in decline with an urban redevelopment project on the horizon expected to transform this dying factory town into a thriving economic center. This transformation has a profound effect on three African American couples as their own personal transformations take place. Sydney Stallworth steps away from her fellowship and law studies at an elite university to support husband Malachi's dream of opening a business in Bellport, his hometown--The Talking Drum Bookstore and Cultural Center--which he believes will benefit from the new development coming to the city. For Omar Bassari, an immigrant from Senegal, Bellport is where he will establish his drumming career and will be the launching pad for the establishment of his drumming institute from which he will spread African culture across the world. However, he's on the verge of losing his foothold in Bellport and his marriage to college sweetheart, Natalie, as his neighbourhood prepares to be taken by eminent domain. Della Tolliver has built a fragile sanctuary in Bellport for herself and daughter Jasmine, a troubled child prone to nightmares and outbursts, but that sanctuary is in jeopardy because Della's boyfriend, local activist Kwamé Rodriguez, is--unbeknownst to her--the head of an arson ring torching buildings in the neighbourhood scheduled for demolition.Tensions rise as the demolition date moves closer and the pace of the arsons picks up.The couples find themselves at odds with a political system manipulating their lives and question the future of their relationships. The Talking Drum explores intra-racial, class, and cross-cultural tensions, along with the meaning of community and belonging.

Talking Drums of Africa

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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (141 download)

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Download or read book Talking Drums of Africa written by John F. Carrington and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ariella and the Talking Drum

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (516 download)

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Book Synopsis Ariella and the Talking Drum by : Stephanie Coker Aderinokun

Download or read book Ariella and the Talking Drum written by Stephanie Coker Aderinokun and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Would you trade a precious friendship for the prettiest things you've ever seen? Ariella and her talking drum Tito, are getting ready for the spectacular Eko dance competition. Jealous Princess Adeteni decides to convince Ariella to hand over Tito, in exchange for some of the prettiest things Ariella has ever seen. Will Ariella succumb and trade in her best friend Tito? This beautifully Illustrated book celebrates African culture in its setting and characterization, woven through with Africa sounds. Readers will learn a valuable lesson on contentment. This book will also make a wonderful addition in any home or class library.

Mobile Phones: The New Talking Drums of Everyday Africa

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Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9956558532
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (565 download)

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Book Synopsis Mobile Phones: The New Talking Drums of Everyday Africa by : Mirjam de Bruijn

Download or read book Mobile Phones: The New Talking Drums of Everyday Africa written by Mirjam de Bruijn and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2009 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'We cannot imagine life now without a mobile phone' is a frequent comment when Africans are asked about mobile phones. They have become part and parcel of the communication landscape in many urban and rural areas of Africa and the growth of mobile telephony is amazing: from 1 in 50 people being users in 2000 to 1 in 3 in 2008. Such growth is impressive but it does not even begin to tell us about the many ways in which mobile phones are being appropriated by Africans and how they are transforming or are being transformed by society in Africa. This volume ventures into such appropriation and mutual shaping. Rich in theoretical innovation and empirical substantiation, it brings together reflections on developments around the mobile phone by scholars of six African countries (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali, Sudan and Tanzania) who explore the economic, social and cultural contexts in which the mobile phone is being adopted, adapted and harnessed by mobile Africa.

The Walking Drum

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Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0553900161
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (539 download)

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Book Synopsis The Walking Drum by : Louis L'Amour

Download or read book The Walking Drum written by Louis L'Amour and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2005-04-26 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louis L’Amour has been best known for his ability to capture the spirit and drama of the authentic American West. Now he guides his readers to an even more distant frontier—the enthralling lands of the twelfth century. Warrior, lover, and scholar, Kerbouchard is a daring seeker of knowledge and fortune bound on a journey of enormous challenge, danger, and revenge. Across Europe, over the Russian steppes, and through the Byzantine wonders of Constantinople, Kerbouchard is thrust into the treacheries, passions, violence, and dazzling wonders of a magnificent time. From castle to slave galley, from sword-racked battlefields to a princess’s secret chamber, and ultimately, to the impregnable fortress of the Valley of Assassins, The Walking Drum is a powerful adventure in an ancient world that you will find every bit as riveting as Louis L’Amour’s stories of the American West.

Ancient Text Messages of the Yoruba Bata Drum

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351958437
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Book Synopsis Ancient Text Messages of the Yoruba Bata Drum by : Amanda Villepastour

Download or read book Ancient Text Messages of the Yoruba Bata Drum written by Amanda Villepastour and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bata is one of the most important and representative percussion traditions of the people in southwest Nigeria, and is now learnt and performed around the world. In Cuba, their own bata tradition derives from the Yoruba bata from Africa yet has had far more research attention than its African predecessor. Although the bata is one of the oldest known Yoruba drumming traditions, the drum and its unique language are now unfamiliar to many contemporary Yoruba people. Amanda Villepastour provides the first academic study of the bata's communication technology and the elaborate coded spoken language of bata drummers, which they refer to as 'ena bata'. Villepastour explains how the bata drummers' speech encoding method links into universal linguistic properties, unknown to the musicians themselves. The analysis draws the direct links between what is spoken in Yoruba, how Yoruba is transformed in to the coded language (ena), how ena prescribes the drum strokes and, finally, how listeners (and which listeners) extract linguistic meaning from what is drummed. The description and analysis of this unique musical system adds substantially to what is known about bata drumming specifically, Yoruba drumming generally, speech surrogacy in music and coded systems of speaking. This book will appeal not only to ethnomusicologists and anthropologists, but also to linguists, drummers and those interested in African Studies.

Off to the Sweet Shores of Africa

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Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811823784
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (237 download)

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Book Synopsis Off to the Sweet Shores of Africa by : Uzoamaka Chinyelu Unobagha

Download or read book Off to the Sweet Shores of Africa written by Uzoamaka Chinyelu Unobagha and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2000-07 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of poems featuring the animals, people, and cultures of Africa.

The Distant Talking Drum

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis The Distant Talking Drum by : Isaac Olaleye

Download or read book The Distant Talking Drum written by Isaac Olaleye and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poems describe life and customs in a Nigerian village.

Oral Literature in Africa

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Publisher : Open Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1906924708
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (69 download)

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Book Synopsis Oral Literature in Africa by : Ruth Finnegan

Download or read book Oral Literature in Africa written by Ruth Finnegan and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruth Finnegan's Oral Literature in Africa was first published in 1970, and since then has been widely praised as one of the most important books in its field. Based on years of fieldwork, the study traces the history of storytelling across the continent of Africa. This revised edition makes Finnegan's ground-breaking research available to the next generation of scholars. It includes a new introduction, additional images and an updated bibliography, as well as its original chapters on poetry, prose, "drum language" and drama, and an overview of the social, linguistic and historical background of oral literature in Africa. This book is the first volume in the World Oral Literature Series, an ongoing collaboration between OBP and World Oral Literature Project. A free online archive of recordings and photographs that Finnegan made during her fieldwork in the late 1960s is hosted by the World Oral Literature Project (http: //www.oralliterature.org/collections/rfinnegan001.html) and can also be accessed from publisher's website.

West African Rhythms for Drumset

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Publisher : Alfred Music Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780897247320
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (473 download)

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Book Synopsis West African Rhythms for Drumset by : Royal Hartigan

Download or read book West African Rhythms for Drumset written by Royal Hartigan and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Freeman Kwazdo Donkor and Abraham Adzenyah. Based on four Ghanaian rhythmic groups (Sikyi, Adowa, Gahu and Akom), this book and CD will provide drumset players with a "new" vocabulary based on some of the oldest and most influential rhythms in the world. A groundbreaking presentation!

The Drummer's Toolbox

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Publisher : Drumeo
ISBN 13 : 1999151941
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (991 download)

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Book Synopsis The Drummer's Toolbox by : Brandon Toews

Download or read book The Drummer's Toolbox written by Brandon Toews and published by Drumeo. This book was released on 2019-11-04 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate guide to drumming styles by the co-author of the best-selling instructional book The Best Beginner Drum Book. Brandon Toews and Drumeo present... THE DRUMMER'S TOOLBOX! The Drummer's Toolbox presents drummers of all skill levels with the most comprehensive introduction to 100 different drumming styles from the past century. This ultimate guide includes more than 900 groove examples, as well as listening suggestions for 1000 recommended recordings. Throughout the book, drummers will also learn about the history of each drumming style, effective techniques for playing them, and how to break down different grooves limb-by-limb. The Drummer's Toolbox is for any drummer who's serious about expanding their musical vocabulary and becoming more versatile behind the drum-set. You will learn how to play: - Rock: Surf Rock, Progressive Rock, Punk Rock... - Jazz: 4/4 Swing, Up-Tempo Swing, Contemporary Jazz... - Blues: Texas Blues, Chicago Blues, Flat Tire Shuffle... - Country: Train Beat, Two-Step, Rockabilly... - Soul & Funk: Motown, Neo-Soul, New Orleans Funk... - Metal: Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Metalcore... - Electronic: Hip-Hop, Drum and Bass, Trap... - Afro-Cuban: Mambo, Nanigo, Songo... - Afro-Brazilian: Samba, Marcha, Bossa Nova... - Afro-Caribbean: Merengue, Reggae, Zouk... - And many more!

The Healing Drum

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Publisher : Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
ISBN 13 : 9780892812561
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (125 download)

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Book Synopsis The Healing Drum by : Yaya Diallo

Download or read book The Healing Drum written by Yaya Diallo and published by Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. This book was released on 1989-12 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the personal story of internationally acclaimed drummer Yaya Diallo we see the power of music as a sacred, healing force in West African culture.

Steel Drums and Steelbands

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Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810883430
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Book Synopsis Steel Drums and Steelbands by : Angela Smith

Download or read book Steel Drums and Steelbands written by Angela Smith and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2012-06-07 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steel Drums and Steelbands: A History is a vivid account of the events that led to the “accidental” invention of the steel drum: the only acoustic musical instrument invented in the 20th century. Angela Smith walks readers through the evolution of the steel drum from an object of scorn and tool of violence to one of the most studied, performed, and appreciated musical instruments today. Smith explores the development of the modern steelband, from its roots in African slavery in early Trinidad to the vast array of experiments in technological innovation and to the current explosion of steelbands in American schools. The book offers insights directly from major contributors of the steelband movement with sections devoted exclusively to pioneers and innovators. Drawing on seven years of research, repeated trips to the birthplace of the steel drum, Trinidad, and interviews with steelband pioneers, Smith takes readers far beyond the sunny associations of the steel drum with island vacations, cruise ships, and multiple encores of “Yellow Bird.” Digging deep into Trinidad’s history—a tale of indigenous extermination and African slavery, of French settlement and Spanish and British colonialism before mid-century independence—Smith weaves an unforgettable narrative of talking drums, kalinda stick fights, tamboo bamboo bands, iron bands, calypso, Carnival, and the U. S. military. Together, all played major roles in the evolution of today’s steelband and in the panman’s journey from renegade to hero in the steelband’s move from the panyards of Trinidad’s poorest neighborhoods to the world’s most prestigious concert halls. The reader will discover how an instrument created by teenage boys, descendants of African slaves, became a world musical phenomena. Steel Drums and Steelbands is the ideal introduction to the steel drum, steelbands, and their history.

Shamanic Drumming

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Publisher : Talking Drum Publications
ISBN 13 : 0962900265
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (629 download)

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Book Synopsis Shamanic Drumming by : Michael Drake

Download or read book Shamanic Drumming written by Michael Drake and published by Talking Drum Publications. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people in today's world are being called by spirit to become shamans. A yearning exists deep within many of us to reconnect to the natural world. It is a call to a life lived in balance with awareness of nature, of spirit, and of self. In his third drum guide, Shamanic Drumming: Calling the Spirits, Michael Drake recounts his journey into shamanic practice and explores what someone should do if they feel the call to become a shaman. Following up on his definitive handbook on shamanic drumming, The Shamanic Drum, the author provides a new series of exercises and lessons that allow for a deeper understanding and utilization of this core shamanic practice. He has written a guide to becoming a shamanic healer that encompasses the power of the drum, of community, and of the accountability inherent in authentic shamanic practice.

West Africa

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ISBN 13 : 9780712309899
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (98 download)

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Book Synopsis West Africa by : Gus Casely-Hayford

Download or read book West Africa written by Gus Casely-Hayford and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bold, challenging, and celebratory new book accompanies a major exhibition at the British Library the first in the UK to explore in such detail the vibrant cultural history of this complex and compelling region.The authors explain how West Africans have profoundly shaped their own histories, focusing in particular on their profound and engaging literary culture, exploring the region's centuries-old written heritage alongside its even older oral traditions. The book ranges across a millennium of history, from the great empires of the middle ages through colonialism, resistance, and independence to contemporary life and culture. Writers, scholars, and artists have harnessed the power of words to build societies, to make political statements, to communicate faith, to fight injustice and enslavement, and to respond to the experience of Diaspora. Today, West Africa is experiencing an outpouring of creativity in a variety of media. In this richly illustrated book, leading international scholars of music, literature, history, and anthropology offer a unique insight into the stories of West African societies past and present."

The Willie Lynch Letter and the Making of a Slave

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Publisher : Ravenio Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Willie Lynch Letter and the Making of a Slave written by Willie Lynch and published by Ravenio Books. This book was released on with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Willie Lynch, a British slave owner from the West Indies, stepped onto the shores of colonial Virginia in 1712, bearing secrets that would shape the fate of generations to come. Within this manuscript, allegedly transcribed from Lynch’s speech to American slaveholders on the banks of the James River, lies a blueprint for subjugation. Lynch’s genius lay not in brute force but in psychological warfare. He understood that to break a people, one must first break their spirit. His methods—pitiless and cunning—sowed seeds of distrust, pitting slave against slave, exploiting vulnerabilities, and perpetuating a cycle of suffering. This document sheds light on the brutal realities of slavery and the ways in which its legacy continues to shape contemporary society

To Be a Drum

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Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780613318228
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (182 download)

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Book Synopsis To Be a Drum by : Evelyn Coleman

Download or read book To Be a Drum written by Evelyn Coleman and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2000-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daddy Wes tells how Africans were brought to America as slaves, but promises his children that as long as they can hear the rhythm of the earth, they will be free.