Talking Drums of Africa - Paperback
Talking Drums of Africa - Paperback
Description
by John F. Carrington (Author)
2022 Reprint of the 1949 Edition. Illustrated. Exact facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Carrington was a Baptist Missionary to the Democratic Republic of Congo. In this work the author argues that the "talking" of the African drum is in effect a language, and not simply a form of signaling. He goes on to explain the language of the African drum and the fact that many such languages exist in Africa, providing a form of communication otherwise unavailable to Africans.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Central African Languages and Our Own
- The Drums
- How Messages are Sent on the Talking Drum
- What's in a Name?
- Ourselves as Others See Us
- Births, Marriages and Deaths
- Sporting Events
- Potpourri
- Horns, Whistles and Guitars
- The Future of the Drum Languages of Africa
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