talking drum, tension drum

Talking drum system of the Kru people of Liberia mentioned in Faseun (2008) and Mekeel (1937). Use of the drumming system is not handed down through a particular family, unlike other official positions in traditional Kru society; instead, it is learned through an apprenticeship process (Mekeel 1937:88). Content includes long-distance announcements, “to assemble court and call people by name” (89).

Faseun, O. (2008). Talking Drum as an Instrument for Music Making and Communication in. Cover Page Was Compiled by Dr. William B. Kory, with Cartography Work by Joe Sernall, 33(2), 59.,Mekeel, H. S. (1937). Social Administration of the Kru. A Preliminary Survey. Africa, 10(1), 75–96. https://doi.org/10.2307/1155847