One of the best-known African drums is the West African djembe. It is shaped like a large goblet and played with bare hands. The body is carved from a hollowed trunk and is covered in goat skin.

The opening drums of 'Lumora' are a nod to the drum patterns that define South African Kwaito music and shape the speaker-rattling Amapiano sounds. As the song progresses the keys and synths add ...

Drum was considered to be the first African lifestyle magazine with a readership of 40,000 in its 1950s heyday. It was first printed in South Africa in 1951 and became a voice of resistance during ...