African Music Instruments

African music instruments talk to the heart, the body and the mind. They are at the heart of life and culture, appearing in all African cultural event and ceremonies. They accompany a dance, an alternative medecine ritual, a griot, and so many more of what defines the continent and particularly each one of its tribes and even clans.

20 African Music Instruments

20 African Music Instruments

Song arrangement is getting so complex and instrumentation so international that it is most of the time difficult to recognise how much Africa has influenced popular music through its rhythms, its styles, its instruments. These are 20 African Music Instruments that...

Obaka (Gabon)

Obaka - Description The album "Lambarena: Bach to Africa" which uses various African instruments in harmony or question-response type to marry the work of Bach and African traditional rhythms describes the Obakas as small wooden percussion beams. Obaka - Sound The...

Djembé (Mali)

The Djembe is an African drum instrument of the Mandingo people that dates back to the 12th century  when it was played in the great Mali Empire.It is undoubtedly one of the most known African instruments but also one of the most powerful drums. It is known to be used...

Dundun (Niger)

Dundun - Description The Dundun is an African drum instrument ... Dundun - Sound Listen to a set of Djerma Dundun drummers from Niger, led by the master drummer Isah Harmani, here recorded by Stephen Jay and extracted from the album "West Africa: Drum Chant &...