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Article: The Beat of My Drum.(Book Review)

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The Beat of My Drum By Babatunde Olatunji w/Robert Atkinson Temple University Press (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2005, ISBN 1592133541, 242 pp., pbk., $23.95

BABATUNDE OLATUNJI Circle of Drums Chesky 295

Nigerian drummer Michael Babatunde Olatunji's impact on African ritual music in the West will be felt for some time. Besides being a master drummer, he was versed in cultural ambassadorship and championed the importance of folk storytelling, spreading the ancestral wisdom of his homeland to audiences worldwide. His 1959 recording Drums of Passion introduced his homeland rhythms to millions, first evoking a sense of pan-African pride during civil unrest and later ...

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