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Explore Everywhere: African Instruments (Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb) NOTE: This is a PDF archive of an Explore Everywhere "Every Day" plan e-mail. Formatting in the e- mails is less clunky, and also responsive to mobile devices, but this should give you an idea of how much fun we have.

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Explore Everywhere: African Instruments (Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb)

NOTE: This is a PDF archive of an Explore Everywhere "Every Day" plan e-mail. Formatting in the e-mails is less clunky, and also responsive to mobile devices, but this should give you an idea of how much fun we have.

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TODAY IN EXPLORE EVERYWHERE:-- AFRICAN DRUMMING REALLY IS THAT AMAZING ­­ MAKE YOUR FIRST DJEMBE­­ FEATURED SONG OF THE WEEK: "Do Do Ki Do": Listen for the djembe, the drum that leads the ensumble

PLANET DRUMIf Africa really is the birthplace of humanity thanAfrican drumming is our shared heartbeat. Thepulsing, energizing, enlivening rhythms foundthroughout the continent connect us in the mostelemental ways to the past, to the earth and to eachother. 

(You think that's a load of hippie hooey? Listen to this week'sDuring Dinner Playlist. I challenge you not to dance.)

As we've already learned in our short time together,using a phrase like "African drumming" to the music of acontinent so vast and varied barely gives us a place tobegin. The rhythmic and instrumental diversity found onthis continent is mind­boggling, from intricate Arabicrhythms of the North to gut­grabbing polyrhythms inthe West, from bounding East African dance beats toharmonious, heart­stirring drumming in the Center andSouth. 

LETS GO ON A TOUR OF AFRICAN DRUMSUSING THESE LINKS TO PAGES ON THE ALLAROUND THIS WORLD WEBSITE

Here's geographic guide to the drums linked below:

ASHIKO (West Africa, Nigeria) | BENDIR (NorthAfrica, Morocco/Algeria) | CALABASH (WestAfrica, Mali/Niger), DARBUKA (North Africa, Egypt), DJEMBE(West Africa, Ghana/Guinea) KEBERO (East Africa(Eritrea/Ethiopia), KPANLOGO (WestAfrica, Ghana), NGOMA (East Africa, Tanzania), RAVANNE (East Africa, Mauritius), SABAR DRUM (WestAfrica, Senegal), TALKING DRUM/DUN DUN (West Africa,Nigeria)

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WANT TO BECOME A DJEMBE MASTER? START HERE.

Today we learn how to make a simple yet satisfying West African drum known as a djembe.

MATERIALS: Two cups, scissors, rubber band, tape, balloon

STEP 1: Cut bottoms out of cupsSTEP 2: Connect cups at bottoms by taping togetherSTEP 3: Cut balloon and pull over top of one cup, fastening with rubber bandSTEP 4: Optional ­­ DECORATESTEP 5: Drum like this.

Thanks to ArtsSmarts4Kids for the inspiration and basic instructions. 

AFRICAN DRUMMING BONUS: SENEGALESE SABAR AND DARBUKA DUEL