Yoruba Drums From Benin (1996, Smithsonian Folkways) - Part 1/2

Recorded in 1987 Featured here are the complex rhythms of the and drum ensembles used in Yoruba religious cult worship and divination. These Yoruban roots of urban Africa and Afro-Caribbean music call the divine ancestors () to earth to possess their mediums. Smithsonian Folkways, 1996, SF40440 Part 2 :