O’Meara, a senior psychology major from St. Louis, is playing the goblet-shaped djembe drum, and Henderson, a senior physics ...

One of the best-known African drums is the West African djembe. It is shaped like a large goblet and played with bare hands. The body is carved from a hollowed trunk and is covered in goat skin.

This is a busy time of year for Tiffany Pool-Kouassi and the Spirit of Angela West African Dance and Drum ensemble, where she ...