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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 ...

HYDERABAD: Music has long served as a form of therapy, often acting as a soothing balm for those experiencing moments of distress. Continuing this tradition, a Djembe musical therapy session was ...

Sahar El khatib plays the djembe at Drumskull, a Santa Cruz-based drum store that is known worldwide for crafting exceptional West African drums. El khatib performs and teaches West African drums at ...

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".