And in this programme, luckily, the object can speak: I am just now listening to the sound of a small drum, and if it weren't too fragile to be played, this is roughly the sound the Akan drum ...
Libby Purves meets actor Brian Cox and singer June Tabor. Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Akan drum (made early eighteenth century). Made in West Africa, found in Virginia ...