In early December with the fall semester coming to an end, two students — Ryan Henderson, and Margo O’Meara — showed up for Bradley Simmons’ djembe class at the Mary Duke Biddle Music Building on East ...

African drums are finding their rhythm in Beijing after supporters manage to tap into the soccer season. The Djembe, an African hand drum, has been very popular in China years before the South Africa ...

Ask anyone from West Africa what a djembe is and they will know - a traditional skin drum tuned by using ropes. The name loosely translates from the Bambara language of Mali as "gather in peace".