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Article: The Beat Goes On.(African djembe drums)(Brief Article)
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- Newsweek International
- Article date:
- July 15, 2002
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An African drum replaces the acoustic guitar as the low-tech partymaker
The West African djembe is to the new millennium what the acoustic guitar was to the 1960s: a low-tech partymaker. Young Parisians play it in parks, Californians tote it to mountaintops and tourists can find it on sale from Mali to Polynesia. In northern Europe, nightclubs built around djembe drumming are multiplying, and straitlaced corporations are convening drum circles to encourage teamwork. Here are some tips on how to bang one of your own:
Where to buy a djembe: Most good music stores and many Web sites, like bangadrum.com, now carry them. Prices for the drums, which weigh as ...
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