by zaragenca » Sat Feb 23, 2008 8:29 pm
Le me put it this way,I learn the root from the people which brought the root from Africa and I have played or teach africans from Senegal,Guinea,Ghana,Nigeria,South Africa and Ethiopians...the articulation change with the languages of the Tribes and other than to make a show, few of them know the meaning of anything,they are capitalizing in the fact that people do not know anything about those roots and making money..I really did to upgrade the articulation of Djembe playing,(which is the reason that I got african percussionists students),...but always based on the Araras root....If there is not foundation there is nothing in which to build something solid...Dr. Zaragemca
International Club of Percussionists