Instruments

The bougarabou is a West African hand drum, larger and deeper-voiced than its better-known relative the djembe, that appears among the percussion…

The djembe is a goblet-shaped West African hand drum, related to the larger bougarabou, whose rhythms are traditionally organized as short…

The maracá, a metal hand rattle, is the instrument most closely tied to the Santo Daime hinário: tradition holds it was the first instrument…

Oluronbi is a Yoruba folk tale that explains why the iroko tree, whose wood is used to carve drums such as the bougarabou, is treated with…

The Iroko-man is another telling of the same Yoruba tradition behind Oluronbi, centered on the tree spirit who grants the request and the price he…