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| Lovely to look at, wonderfully
evocative to hear, djembe (jem-bay) drums from northern Ghana take time and skill to make |
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It takes two to
three days to carve and hollow out a djembe drum. |
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| Abukarie Mohammed
pounds fresh goat skins in a mortar to soften them. They are soaked in ash and water
overnight, then soaked in a mixture of water and tree bark or maize stalks, to stain them
various colours. After this, they are laid out in the sun to dry. |
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It takes about 15
minutes to measure and make the metal rings for the drums. There are three on each djembe,
two at the top rim and one on the bottom.
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