A Kenyan exhibition working with communities in conflict zones offers insights into how Côte d'Ivoire could use the drum for ...

Adekunle Gold shares a heartwarming video of his daughter, Deja, joyfully playing a talking drum while he cheers her on, sparking an outpouring of love from fans.

“But I wanted something different, so I started learning how to play the talking drum. People I asked to teach me were skeptical about teaching me because I am a woman. So I am self-taught.

France's parliament on Monday approved returning to Ivory Coast a "talking drum" that colonial troops took from the Ebrie tribe in 1916, in the latest boost to the repatriation of colonial spoils.

When the public suspects selective advocacy, they tune out, and the burst of activism fades, because the citizens read elite ...

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, $16.99 (96pp) ISBN 978-1-58234-813-1 Talking Drums: A Selection of Poems from Africa South of the Sahara, ed. by V ronique Tadjo, also explores ancient cultural traditions.

Alidu takes the talking drums of his past into new territory with his American band, the Bizung Family, on Land of Fire (self-release; September 16, 2010). Recorded from Madagascar to the Rockies, the ...