LACSOrganic - DJEMBE, SHEA BUTTER, HEALING OILS AND BLACK SOAPS — Sado ga shima
The Voice of Djembe
Liam Smith African drum African instruments African music Djembe Drum circle Mandinka Mandinka people Musical instruments Sado ga shima Sado Island West Africa West African drum
I'll never forget the first time I joined a djembe drum circle. I could barely hold the drum, much less hold a rhythm but somehow I found myself sitting in a circle of well-polished djembe players on the beach of Sado Island. Yup - an island off the coast of Japan, not Africa, mind you. Most of the people in the circle were smiling and visibly excited. Others tapped in and held musical space with stoic face. Me? At first, I tick-tacked along, trying not to mess anyone up with my two left hands. But soon, the voices of the djembe were all I could hear....