Uploaded October 2009 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
From the comments below: "These sounds are from the original African drum now called cuica. The skin has a stick attached to the centre leading through the inside of the drum. A moist cloth is rubbed on the stick, the friction resonates the head. The pitch is changed by pressing/tightening the drum head with the fingers of the other hand - it looks like "squeezing" the drum. This is an orchestration with other drum & song. The drum was made popular in S.America by enslaved Africans." A cool effect. Images in slideshow from my Gabon trip to the Babongo people. ibogalife.com
From the comments below: "These sounds are from the original African drum now called cuica. The skin has a stick attached to the centre leading through the inside of the drum. A moist cloth is rubbed on the stick, the friction resonates the head. The pitch is changed by pressing/tightening the drum head with the fingers of the other hand - it looks like "squeezing" the drum. This is an orchestration with other drum & song. The drum was made popular in S.America by enslaved Africans." A cool effect. Images in slideshow from my Gabon trip to the Babongo people. ibogalife.com
