Talking Drums of West Africa, Mognori Village, Northern Ghana
The drums are talking drums played as a sign to bring people together for announcements, celebrations and funerals. Every Friday in the Chief s Palace the drums are played to announce the day of the week. The drum s lips are hit with sticks, beating out rhythms of high and low notes. Early form of long distance human non verbal communication. Most drums are carved from hardwoods into carefully tuned resonators. Creating or encoding of a message, transmitting through a channel to another individual or group of people. The message is received and then interpreted or encoded. It is then responded to which completes the process of communication. Based on a model of signal transmission known as the Shannon Weaver model During the slave trade the talking drums were banned in West Africa because they were being used by the slaves to communicate over long distances in a code unknown to the slave traders and masters. In 20th century the talking drums became a part of popular music in West Africa, especially in the music genre of juju. Traditional vernacular architecture of mud huts with patterned walls and thatched roofs can be seen. The carved patterns on the walls help prevent the mud being washed away by rain. The simple wooden steps made from a single tree trunk give acces to the roof where crops and seeds are dried.
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Location: Mognori village Northern North Ghana West Africa African
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