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• - Notation playback freeware and djembe font to download. Online rhythm exchange. Drum and dance events in Sweden.
  
• - Djembe and other world music. With juke-box to listen to samples.
  
• - Introduction on playing. List of instruments with pictures. List of books, CDs, video's and links. Glossary.
  
• - This page on the rhythmweb devoted to the djembe contains a nice selection of information and links to start surfing the web.
  
• - This site is devoted primarily to the drumming, culture and other musical traditions of the Mande peoples of West Africa. Contains links to articles on the site itself and on other sites.
  
• - Some traditional, some new rhythms, notated in several formats (i.a. ASCII, GIF, PNG, PDF, and PS) including sound samples in MIDI, MP3, and OGG and links to other sites.
  
• - Multi-lingual site. Instructions on re-skinning a djembe and a dundun, with photos. The band Inibara (Netherlands).
  
• - Website of the French band Vuka-Vuka who play traditional mandingo music. Lots of video material on concerts and rehearsals. Click on the Brittish flag for the English version.
  
• - Background information on the djembe and its rhythms. Sound samples of the djembe-house project Mombasa Express.
  
• - Selling instruments and skins. Elaborate guide to re-skinning a djembe.
  
• - Drumming circles and tribal camps, based on African djembe, in the UK.
  
• - Mailing list dedicated to ongoing development and maintenance of a knowledge base regarding the drum and dance musical culture of West Africa.
  
• - Official site of the percussion and dance group Yelemba from Abidjan - Ivory Coast. With audio and video samples.
  
• - Site with rhythm-notations (audiofiles included). Illustrated photo-guide to reskin a djembe.
  
• - A compendium of the Djembe, including Frequently Asked Questions about the djembe, from re-skining to playing, chanting and dancing.
  
• - List of rhythms with their background (country, ethnic group, occasion for playing)
  
• - Nice attempt to bring together all djembe rhythm notation sources on the web.
  
• - Drum (djembe and other) and dance classes in Melbourne, Australia. Biography of the founder.
  
• - Eric Charry's famous article on the history and evolution of the djembe in West Africa.
  
• - West African percussion and dance classes and workshops in Amsterdam.
  
• - Comprehensive, open, and interactive links guide to the on-line djembe community.
  
• - West African drum and dance classes for schools and the community. Ali Bangoura, formally of 'Les Ballets Africaine', offers professional tuition. Based in Brighton U.K.
  
• - African djembe drumming, music, dance performance and instruction from Guinea, West Africa. Official site of the Fore-Fote band, including video material.
  
• - Young freelance webdesigner's showcase, with great photo's and video's.
  
• - Mandingo Percussion School in Switserland. RealAudio samples, Daniel Genton's study method (books and CDs), background information on some rhythms, the band Takosaba.
  
• - Background information on the instrument. Video clips on playing technique. Nice pictures of djembe carving in Ivory Coast.
  
• - Drumming ensemble based in Dorset. Classes and workshops. Guide to re-skinning a djembe.
  
• - Drum Shop in Brooklyn selling hand-crafted african drums and instruments. Djembe, sabar, djun djun, talking drum, balafon, shekere, calimba, kora. We specialize in djembe repairs and classes. Also, drum bags and other accessories are available.
  
• - Djembe school in Memphis TN. Short description of the djembe and bass drums. Biography of founder percussionist Tepaka "Sekou" Lunda.
  
• - Selling the J&V Percussion Generator, light version is freeware. Percussion catalogue with rhythm notations.
  
• - Extensive video material recorded at a Sewa Kan concert in France in 2001.
  
• - History of the djembe and the traditional rhythms, CD reviews, book reviews, maintenance tips and photo's taken at concerts.
  
• - Instructions, teaching material, rhythms, sound samples, and links to software (requires Javascript).