Talking drum
A Tama (the "talking drum") is a drum whose pitch can be regulated to the extent that it is said the drum "talks". The player puts the tama under one shoulder and beats the tama with a stick. Tama player raises the pitch by tightening the strings and can produce highly informative sounds to convey complicated messages. Tama is used in playing Mbalax music.
Tama and dundun are possibly the oldest instruments used by west-african griots and their history can be traced back to ancient Ghana Empire.
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