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Djembe Drummers and TeachersMamady Keita CLICK TO VISIT Tam Tam Mandingue CLICK TO VISIT Famoudou Konate CLICK TO VISIT Adama Drame CLICK TO VISIT Fode Seydou Bangoura CLICK TO VISITBolokada Conde CLICK TO VISIT Abdoul Doumbia CLICK TO VISIT Fara Tolno CLICK TO VISIT Chicago Djembe Project - Dr. Lilian Friedberg CLICK TO VISITBeth Dyer - Tam Tam Mandingue Santa Cruz CLICK TO VISITMichael Markus - Magbana Drum & Dance New York CLICK TO VISIT Michael Taylor - Holy Goat Percussion & TTM Chicago CLICK TO VISIT Ryan M. Camara - Denbaya, OR CLICK TO VISIT Thione Diop, WA CLICK TO VISIT Drum Connection, MA - CLICK TO VISIT Kalani - CLICK TO VISIT
Learning to play Djembe DVD Mamady Keita: Guinee: Les Rhythmes Du Mandeng, Volume 1 Mamady Keita: Guinee: Les Rhythmes Du Mandeng, Volume 2 Mamady Keita: Guinee: Les Rhythmes Du Mandeng, Volume 3
Mohamed Bangoura 'Bangourake' - Traditional Rhythms From Guinee - Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 Thione Diop - Djembe and Dunun Rhythms From Senegal Michael Taylor: Remembering How To Drum Michael Taylor: Akaran Iko Iko - Learn again, again
Kalani - Kalani's Ultimate Djembe Jam DVD All About Djembe - VHS
CD Michael Markus - "Dembe Practice CDs" - Michael Markus has produced and recorded a great set of cds for learning traditional djembe rhythms. Each rhythm is broken down into individual parts and played at different speeds.
Michael Markus - "Dance Practice CDs" These cds are specially produced and recorded by Michael to facilitate learning west African dancing. All the cds are recorded at correct dance tempo.
Denbaya - Ryan M. Camara - Instructional CDs - Two CDS and levels Beginner/Intermediate - Intermediate/Advanced
Digital Downloads Djembe Method Solo - Mathieu Charrois has written an instruction booklet in PDF format with downloadble sound files on learning and improving djembe solos technique * CLICK TO VISIT
Books Mamady Keita - A Life For The Djembe book and CD combo * Famoudou Konate - Rhythms and Songs of Guinea CD sold separately ** Abdoul Doumbia & Matthew Wirzbicki - Anke Djé Anke Bé / includes 2 CDS *Ibro Konate & Sylvia Frank - Djembe Percussion West Africa includes 2 CDs * Ryan M. Camara and Kalani - West African Drum and Dance - A Yankadi/Macrou Celebration ** Daniel Genton - Djembefola - Les Noveaux Rythmes du Djembe/The Latest Djembe Rythms - French/English - includes CD ** Serge Blanc - African Percussion - with CD ** The Jenbe Realbook - Rainer Polak- Transcription of the CD 'The Art Of Jenbe Drumming' * How To Play Djembe - West African Rhythms For Beginners Alan Dworksy & Bestsy Sandsby with CD *
* Drum notation - no need to read music ** Western music notation
Djembe Drumming - Theory and Practice A Guide To The Djembe CLICK TO VISIT World Rhythm Arts - West African Drum & Dance - CLICK TO VISIT Jenbe Music in Bamako CLICK TO VISIT Cultural Context for Djembe Rhythms CLICK TO VISIT Chicago Djembe Project - Excellent Articles on Djembe by Dr. Lilian Friedberg CLICK TO VISIT Djembefola - West African Drumming and Dance CLICK TO VISITTonTinKAN - Djembe Rythms - good information - rhythms played through software CLICK TO VISIT Hooked On Drums - African Drumming For Urban Youth - Wonderful project by Dr. Lillian Freidberg
Djembe Sites Worldwide Djembefola - CLICK TO VISIT Nansady Keita, UK CLICK TO VISIT
Mbira and Kalimba Mbira Dot Org - Erica Azim - Shona Mbira Music - Educational Non-Profit CLICK TO VISIT Zimbabwean Music Worldwide CLICK TO VISIT Kalimba Magic - Mark Holdaway CLICK TO VISIT AMI - Makers of Hugh Tracey Kalimba and Karimba CLICK TO VISIT Mbira Tunings, N.Scott Robinson - CLICK TO VISIT Mbira Players - CLICK TO VISIT BataMbira - Michael Spiro & B. Michael Williams CLICK TO VISITAfrica For Kids, including Kalimba - CLICK TO VISIT
Books The Soul Of Mbira: Music and Traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe - Paul F. BerlinerLearning Mbira - includes two CDs - B. Michael Williams Series of books on Hugh Tracey Kalimba/Karimba with CDs - Mark Holdaway
CD Kalimba and Kalimbu Songs, Zambia (Northern Rhodesia 1952 & 1957) Amazing collection of songs recorded by Hugh Tracey in 1952 and 1957 - Highly recommended
All CDs by Dumisani Maraire, Ephat Mujuru, Forward Kwenda, Stella Chiweshe, Garikayi Trikoti.
Kora Music Toumani Diabate Wikipedia CLICK TO VISIT Seckou Keita - Beautifully done website - CLICK TO VISIT Foday Musa Suso CLICK TO VISITDembo Jobarteh CLICK TO VISIT Pa Bobo Jobarteh CLICK TO VISIT Cora Connection CLICK TO VISIT Kora Jaliya CLICK TO VISIT West Africa Griot CultureCosaan - Senegalese Culture CLICK TO VISIT
Traditional Music Schools In Africa Gambian Griot School CLICK TO VISIT
Trips to Guinea are organized yearly by Mamady Keita, Famoudou Konate, M'bemba Bangoura, Adama Drame, Abdoul Doumbia , Mohamed Diaby, Bolokada Conde and others.
Websites on African Music and Drumming C.K Ladzepko - Foundation Course In African Dance-Drumming (Excellent resource focusing on Anlo-Ewe culture of Ghana) CLICK TO VISIT African Musicians Profiles CLICK TO VISIT
Books On Traditional African Music African Rhythm and African Sensibility: Aesthetics and Social Action in African Musical Idioms - John Miller Chernoff Mande Music: Traditional and Modern Music of the Maninka and Mandinka of Western Africa - Eric CharryGriots and Griottes: Masters of Words and Music - Thomas A. Hale
Publishers Of Books and Education Material Sher Music Co. - Jazz and Latin Music - CLICK TO VISIT
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