Book Description
- Title:
- Talking Drums of Africa
- Author:
- John F. Carrington [d.1986]
- Publication Year:
- 1949
- Location:
- London
- Publisher:
- The Carey Kingsgate Press
- Pages:
- 96
- Subjects:
- Christian Mission, Democratic Republic of Congo, Baptist Missionary Society
- Copyright Holder:
- Unknown
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![John F. Carrington [d.1986], Talking Drums of Africa](images/books03/talking-drums-of-africa_carrington.jpg)
Contents
- Introduction
- Central African Languages and Our Own
- The Drums
- How Messages are Sent ont he Talking Drum
- What's in a Name?
- Ourselves as Others See Us
- Births, Marriages and Deaths
- Sporting Events
- Potpourri
- Horns, Whistles and Guitars
- The Future of the Drum Languages of Africa
- Appendix !: The Story of the Tortoise and the Jackal
- Appendix II: Key to Signs and Symbols Used
- Bibliography
- Index