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Links:

• A Guide to the Jembe - Eric Charry's famous article on the history and evolution of the djembe in West Africa.
• African Drum Rhythms Educational Tools - Notation playback freeware and djembe font to download. Online rhythm exchange. Drum and dance events in Sweden.
• Batafon Arts - West African drum and dance classes for schools and the community. Ali Bangoura, formally of 'Les Ballets Africaine', offers professional tuition. Based in Brighton U.K.
• Bongocentral - Ethnic Percussion and Gifts - Selling instruments and skins. Elaborate guide to re-skinning a djembe.
• Cultural Context for Djembe Rhythms - List of rhythms with their background (country, ethnic group, occasion for playing)
• Djembe Boom Boom - Site with rhythm-notations (audiofiles included). Illustrated photo-guide to reskin a djembe.
• Djembe Kan School of Percussion - Djembe school in Memphis TN. Short description of the djembe and bass drums. Biography of founder percussionist Tepaka "Sekou" Lunda.
• Djembe and Mande Music - This site is devoted primarily to the drumming, culture and other musical traditions of the Mande peoples of West Africa. Contains links to articles on the site itself and on other sites.
• Djembe-L FAQ - Everything you wanted to know about djembe and other hand drums, including teachers listing World-Wide.
• Djembe-Play - Background information on the instrument. Video clips on playing technique. Nice pictures of djembe carving in Ivory Coast.
• Djembé Dramé - West African percussion and dance classes and workshops in Amsterdam.
• Djimbefoland - Introduction on playing. List of instruments with pictures. List of books, CDs, video's and links. Glossary.
• Dunun - Young freelance webdesigner's showcase, with great photo's and video's.
• Fore-Fote: African Djembe Drumming, Music and Dance in Black and White - African djembe drumming, music, dance performance and instruction from Guinea, West Africa. Official site of the Fore-Fote band, including video material.
• Gamton Records / Publishing - Djembe and other world music. With juke-box to listen to samples.
• Keur Djembe African Drum Shop - Drum Shop in Brooklyn selling hand-crafted african drums and instruments. Djembe, sabar, djun djun, talking drum, balafon, shekere, calimba, kora. We specialize in djembe repairs and classes. Also, drum bags and other accessories are available.
• Liewil's Djembe Pages - History of the djembe and the traditional rhythms, CD reviews, book reviews, maintenance tips and photo's taken at concerts.
• Percussion Inibara - Multi-lingual site. Instructions on re-skinning a djembe and a dundun, with photos. The band Inibara (Netherlands).
• RaZTaH - Background information on the djembe and its rhythms. Sound samples of the djembe-house project Mombasa Express.
• RadioceRos - Mamady Keita - Video - Extensive video material recorded at a Sewa Kan concert in France in 2001.
• Rhythmweb Djembe Page - This page on the rhythmweb devoted to the djembe contains a nice selection of information and links to start surfing the web.
• S.H.A.R.E. - Server Hosted African Rhythm Exchange - Nice attempt to bring together all djembe rhythm notation sources on the web.
• Skin to Skin - Drumming ensemble based in Dorset. Classes and workshops. Guide to re-skinning a djembe.
• The J&V Percussion Site - Selling the J&V Percussion Generator, light version is freeware. Percussion catalogue with rhythm notations.
• The WAP Pages - West-African Percussion rhythms from Guinea and surrounding countries: notation and soundfiles of about 100 rhythms.
• Tribal Earth - Drumming circles and tribal camps, based on African djembe, in the UK.
• VoyeuRhythmic - African Percussion - Drum (djembe and other) and dance classes in Melbourne, Australia. Biography of the founder.
• Vuka Vuka - Website of the French band Vuka-Vuka who play traditional mandingo music. Lots of video material on concerts and rehearsals. Click on the Brittish flag for the English version.
• Yelemba d'Abidjan - Official site of the percussion and dance group Yelemba from Abidjan - Ivory Coast. With audio and video samples.
• Yembe - Mandingo Percussion School in Switserland. RealAudio samples, Daniel Genton's study method (books and CDs), background information on some rhythms, the band Takosaba.