Talking Drums of Africa
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE DRUMS | 21 |
HOW MESSAGES ARE SENT ON THE TALKING DRUM | 32 |
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African languages amekuya announcement asooya baEna baiso bambole bantu Bantu languages Belgian Congo bosongo olimo Boyele's boys called canoe Central Africa ceremonies dance described down-river drum beating drum language drum messages drum name drum phrases drum signalling English European father fish forest fri-fri-fri girl give given high note hole hollowing instrument jackal kbei Kele drum language Kele language ki ki kind languages of Africa likolo ko nda lips lokasa Lokele country Lokele drum Lokele drummers Lokele village Lokele-land low note low-toned manioc Mbae tribe Mbane means missionary moon native nda lokonda neighbouring nyango occur olimo ko nda Olombo olongo reference rites river sango sent sentence sese shout skin-topped drums slit slit-drum sound spirit spitting cobra spoken Kele spoken language Stanleyville area syllables talking drum tonal patterns tone tortoise town tree tribal tribesmen Tumba drum up-river usually vowel whistle yaku Yakusu Yalokombe