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The drum that mimics human speech well enough to send sentences for miles.
pitch shiftSqueezing the cords tightens the skin, raising the tone
real languageIt imitates the tones of spoken West African languages
long distanceMessages once relayed village to village across whole regions
hourglass shapeTwo drumheads laced together by tension cords
royal voiceYoruba dùndún drummers recite praise poetry for kings