This article is more than 3 years old. The West African instrument dùndún is also known as “talking drum” because players can match the pitch and rhythm of speech patterns on it.

Planet Drum’s new record "In The Groove," out now, features drummers from very different backgrounds and musical cultures collaborating using technology to adapt their acoustic instruments into ...

The talking drum is one of the cultural instruments that has endured and survived generations. The history of the talking drum is as old as most of communities; used in notifications or alerts and ...

According to a new study, the dùndúns drum -- in the hands of a skilled percussionist -- can accurately mimic the speech patterns of Yorùbá, a tonal language most prominent in southern Nigeria.

Talking drum sensation, Oluwakemi Famugbode aka DJ Irawo recently opened up on her love for drumming, early struggles and support from her other half. She spoke with Edozie Udeze.

At their peak, Talking Drum delivered classics like Moyo Wangu (Urikuchema), Come to Me (Hapana Mazwi) as well as Red Sun and they were indeed a force to reckon with on the local music scene. By ...

A singer, Dammy Kush, has said that being able to play the talking drum has had a great impact on her music. She told Sunday Scoop, “The talking drum is one of my favourite instruments.

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.