One of the best-known African drums is the West African djembe. It is shaped like a large goblet and played with bare hands. The body is carved from a hollowed trunk and is covered in goat skin.

On a national holiday, the Fairmont High School Drum Majorettes gather to practice ... through intense practices and competitions. South African photographer Alice Mann started taking pictures ...

The opening drums of 'Lumora' are a nod to the drum patterns that define South African Kwaito music and shape the speaker-rattling Amapiano sounds. As the song progresses the keys and synths add ...

Drum was considered to be the first African lifestyle magazine with a readership of 40,000 in its 1950s heyday. It was first printed in South Africa in 1951 and became a voice of resistance during ...