Travel

• Ghana 2007 - A longer stay and the 50th anniversary of Ghanaian independance
  
  
• Ghana 2004 Field Trip - Chris's return - pictures & stories
  
  
• Ghana 2002 Field Trip - Fremont Drum group trip - pictures, recordings & stories
  
  
• Language guide for the Ewe language, spoken in parts of Ghana and Togo
  
  
• Reference info gathered before the trip

World Rhythm Festival

The World Rhythm Festival is one of the great drumming resources of the NorthWest. Free workshops and lots of jamming!

Pictures & notes from the 2002 festival are here.

Other events

• Oregon Country Fair
  2004 with my dear cousin Rita

Notable pages

• Larry Swanson's Djembe Technique page
• On history of the Djembe in the US

News and Media

• BBC World Service - Africa
  www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/index.shtml
• Audio programmes
  www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/index_section16.shtml

Mailing Lists

• Seattle Drum Jams A place to find out about local drumming events and resources in the Seattle Area.
• Fremont Fire Circle A place to find out about some drumming gong on at the Fire Pit.
• Djembe-L A very active resource including international events
• Handdrumming Another fine group with a lot less traffic.

Drums & Workshops

• Fremont Drum Bill Matthews offers drums, workshops and the monthly Let's Drum and Dance evenings of high energy entertainment.
• Ibrahima Camara Master drummer and dance teacher from Senegal. Holds popular rhythm and soloing classes in Fremont, WA.
• John's Music John's offers many types of percussion, recordings and accessories.
• Motherland Rhythm, Art - Culver City, CA
  http://www.motherlandrhythmart.com/
• Anansi Beat, Portland Oregon - Ghanian percussion
  http://www.anansibeat.com

People in Rhythm

• Modibo Traore, from the Casamace, Senegal has a vision he calls Cafe Tilibo. He specializes in the Bougrabou and Kitero drums. And also does home restoration projects. He invites you to come visit the Casamace!
• Babatunde Olatunji's web site
  after-science.com/olatunji/index.html. Baba is widely respected and is considered responsible for popularizing West African drumming in the US.
• Thione Diop Thione (pronounced "Chone Jop") and his father Mapate come to us from Senegal, West Africa. Two local masters very active in the local drumming community.

Drum Tuning

• Djembe-L tuning guide
• Jim Donovan's tuning guide uses 'over two, under one, under two' method which seems to hold better.
• Yankadi tuning page This page shows an alternate "under two, over one, over two" method. Good detail on the whole process.

Cultural/Political

• West African Review
  www.westafricareview.com/war/

Misc

• Jim Donovin's Page (Percussionist for Rusted Root)
  http://www.jimdonovanmusic.com/JDM/info/mp3/
• Oxfam - Handcrafts, drums
  www.oxfamtrading.org.au/producer/africa/getrade.htm
• Djembe.dk (Danish)
  www.djembe.dk/index.html
• Another danish one
  www.djembe.dk/no/20/06utg.html
• Djembe/kpanlogo drums
  home.iprimus.com.au/bongopereira/DjembeandKpanlogo.htm
• Modomix.org - World music CD and listen online
  www.mondomix.org/mix_us/index.htm
• African Rhythms - MIDI, excercises and more
  www.ancient-future.com/africa.html

Rhythms - sites

• Wap pages
  www.wappages.info
• S.H.A.R.E.
  http://www.djembe.net/share
• Larry Morris Rhythm Catalog
  http://www.drums.org/djembefaq/rhycat.htm -- OR -- http://www.sunnykeach.com/drum/
• Djembe Boom Boom
  http://www.djembeboom.yucom.be/m_rhythms.html

Rhythms

• Kpanlogo
  http://www.djembe.net/share/Kpanlogo.htm
  http://www.interweavers.com/brett/rhythms/Kpanlogo.html
  http://www.cse.ogi.edu/Drum/groove/kpanlogo.html
  http://www.cnmat.berkeley.edu/~ladzekpo/KpanlogoSongs.html
  http://www.cnmat.berkeley.edu/~ladzekpo/KpanSewohu.html
  http://www.rpi.edu/~addyy/low/kpanlogo.html
• Abadja (interactive flash/audio)
  aviarts.com/demos/flash/abadjarhythm