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African drum

African drum is a musical instrument.

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Identity

What the record establishes about African drum.

Four Sudanese musicians playing drums and wind instruments. Wood engraving by H.T. Hildibrand after O. Mathieu after G. Schweinfurth. is dated [1874] and held by Wellcome Collection. West African drumming and dance in North American universities : an ethnomusicological perspective / George Worlasi Kwasi Dor. is dated 2014 and held by Wellcome Collection. Spirits, blood, and drums : the Orisha religion in Trinidad / James T. Houk. is dated 1995 and held by Wellcome Collection. A group of pygmies posing in front of a painted backdrop. is dated [approximately 1900?] and held by Wellcome Collection. M0017596EA: Inscription on the side of a wooden drum, West African is dated October 1959 and held by Wellcome Collection. M0017596EB: Kettle drum, West African, close up of inscription is dated October 1959 and held by Wellcome Collection.

Kettle drum, West African, with drum stick is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection. African sleeping sickness. is dated 1988 and held by Wellcome Collection. Wellcome Collection records 17 objects associated with this heading. African drum is classified as a musical instrument.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 17 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

African Drums: Dundun, The Talking Drum, African Drums: Dundun, The Talking Drum, 2007. Male African staff of Drum magazine. “To Drum for the Fun of the Thing”, Following the Drums, 2022. Universal African Dance and Drum Ensemble. “TO DRUM FOR THE FUN OF THE THING”:, Following the Drums, 2022. ‘Knot-working’ of traditional music across the globe: A case study of African drumming in Ioujima Island, Japan, Journal of Marine and Island Cultures, 2016.

Digitised editions and texts

5 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by DataCite (Zenodo), DataCite (Flowing Moments Publishing, Chapel Hill, NC), DataCite (OSF) and DataCite (UNSW Sydney).

Djembe Goplet Drum - Photogrammetry Scan (2020) — DataCite (Zenodo). Ngoma Rhythms of Congo: The New Wave of African Rhythms (2026) — DataCite (Flowing Moments Publishing, Chapel Hill, NC). Extreme Precision in Rhythmic Interaction is Enabled by Role-Optimized Sensorimotor Coupling: Analysis and Modeling of West African Drum Ensemble Music (2021) — DataCite (OSF). Teach Me Drums: Learning Rhythms through the Embodiment of a Drumming Teacher in Virtual Reality (2019) — DataCite (UNSW Sydney). African Drum (2021) — DataCite (Zenodo).

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 38 deposited research records (DataCite Commons). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 8 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1874Four Sudanese musicians playing drums and wind instruments. Wood engraving by H.T. Hildibrand after O. Mathieu after G. Schweinfurth. is dated [1874] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  2. 1874Four Sudanese musicians playing drums and wind instruments. Wood engraving by H.T. Hildibrand after O. Mathieu after G. Schweinfurth. (Wellcome Collection).
  3. 1900A group of pygmies posing in front of a painted backdrop. is dated [approximately 1900?] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  4. 1900A group of pygmies posing in front of a painted backdrop. (Wellcome Collection).
  5. 1959M0017596EA: Inscription on the side of a wooden drum, West African is dated October 1959 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  6. 1959M0017596EB: Kettle drum, West African, close up of inscription is dated October 1959 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  7. 1959M0017596EB: Kettle drum, West African, close up of inscription (Wellcome Collection).
  8. 1959M0017596EA: Inscription on the side of a wooden drum, West African (Wellcome Collection).
  9. 1988African sleeping sickness. is dated 1988 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  10. 1988African sleeping sickness. (Wellcome Collection).
  11. 1995Spirits, blood, and drums : the Orisha religion in Trinidad / James T. Houk. is dated 1995 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  12. 1995Spirits, blood, and drums : the Orisha religion in Trinidad / James T. Houk. (Wellcome Collection).
  13. 2001Abdoul Doumbia Live at The Fox Theatre on 2001-03-10 (2001) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  14. 2001Abdoul Doumbia Live at The Fox Theatre on 2001-03-10 digitised by Internet Archive.
  15. 2014West African drumming and dance in North American universities : an ethnomusicological perspective / George Worlasi Kwasi Dor. is dated 2014 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  16. 2014West African drumming and dance in North American universities : an ethnomusicological perspective / George Worlasi Kwasi Dor. (Wellcome Collection).
  17. 2019Teach Me Drums: Learning Rhythms through the Embodiment of a Drumming Teacher in Virtual Reality digitised by DataCite (UNSW Sydney).
  18. 2020Djembe Goplet Drum - Photogrammetry Scan digitised by DataCite (Zenodo).
  19. 2021Extreme Precision in Rhythmic Interaction is Enabled by Role-Optimized Sensorimotor Coupling: Analysis and Modeling of West African Drum Ensemble Music digitised by DataCite (OSF).
  20. 2021African Drum digitised by DataCite (Zenodo).
  21. 2026Ngoma Rhythms of Congo: The New Wave of African Rhythms digitised by DataCite (Flowing Moments Publishing, Chapel Hill, NC).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “To Drum for the Fun of the Thing”, Following the Drums, 2022

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    “TO DRUM FOR THE FUN OF THE THING”:, Following the Drums, 2022

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    African Drums: Dundun, The Talking Drum, African Drums: Dundun, The Talking Drum, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    DataCite Commons, deposited research records naming “African drum”

    Institutional database · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Male African staff of Drum magazine

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Universal African Dance and Drum Ensemble

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 5 articles naming African drum.

    open access index · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Internet Archive, 1 digitised item catalogued under African drum as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  9. 9.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 17 works naming African drum.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  10. 10.

    “African drum”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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  11. 11.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q130899668: African drum

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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