Akwaaba Drummers

[@ajuaampadu4479]

The day before my wedding, the drummers cancelled their performance at the wedding. This was a devastating development because it would have been a missed opportunity to showcase our people's beautiful, soulful, passionate, energizing culture, and we were against the wire to figure out what the wedding party would come down the aisle to. I was so happy to find this musical performance/recording online later that afternoon/evening! This will be my forever favorite because my family, friends, husband and myself strut, danced, and introduced our union with our loved ones and world to this music; and anyone in the proximity leant out the window and looked through and over the bushes to see what phenomenal party was going down over there! Major thanks to this amazing band for sharing such beautiful, lively music and culture with the world! 🖤🙏🏿👑🌷💛

[@Amaryahu]

*Lil man absorbed all that greatness this day! Ancestral vibes!* 💯💪🏿

[@greengirl2849]

To those who did not get up and dance.......y’all got problems!!!! 💃🇵🇷🇭🇹 🇯🇲🎼🙌🏻AFRICA‼️

[@floresjr2]

Ma’ma every one was dancing

[@floresjr2]

💃🏼💃🏽🕺🏼🕺🏾

[@biddylisduff]

Yes! Feel the Earth shake! Why isn't this the Orchestra of Jamaica?

[@watson1007]

More fire bredrin

[@kusumagoromulticulturalart6547]

Love from Ghana. Ayekoo ( Well done ).

[@juliaspencer962]

by the beat of thy drum Africa shall be free we been at each corner of this earth ty

[@brendanydiawalters3676]

Hot 🔥 🇵🇷💯

[@denniswilson3920]

Namaste 🙏

[@bearmacmahon6731]

Soooo great... shared with 'Hand Drum Rhythm Players & Dancers' (FB) and we will be looking forward to more of your fine rhythm sessions.

[@MsGorella]

Pure Love. Feelin the spirit.

[@LionessLesha]

❤️💛💚Beautiful❤️💛💚~ this moves me deep within my Soul

[@juliaspencer962]

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ME BACK HOME MY indina dis ous aboriginal people we come from all over PRAISES

[@kaarlosuotamo3409]

Great music. Great team work

[@LT-vd1mw]

Don’t really know the history behind drumming but this had me groovening haven’t felt this good since I don’t know when 💯💯❤️🖤💚

[@jcyberj]

Djembes are freedom. Juba, Maroon and Tambo. What a combination! A great drum piece with historic meaning. Akwaaba, thanks.

[@omalone1169]

Jimi Cyber no its missing white drummers. apart from that it is near complete

[@alkebulanman3280]

@@omalone1169 Go away!

[@dubhammer2446]

Blessed Love

[@virgolove4ever701]

This is goooooodhoood. In all kinda of way's.... I wish you guys would do more than just one....

[@kusumagoromulticulturalart6547]

Kete Network? Wow! No wonder you are preserving the drumming traditions in Jamaica. The guy on the Ashiko drums is impressive.

[@jamesbraggs3621]

I have all of the drums.and play and put my ancestors and my spirit to give respect and honor to the trees spirit that have permission to the drum maker to cut it down to make the drums and to the drum maker whose ancestors and he carved the shell to make the Djembes etc and to the goat or cow that gave their souls to become the hide to cover the drum for sound the man the made the iron rings and gave the cords that holds the drum together for the drums are no drums are nothing but parts of different energies waiting to be joined together.and cannot make a sound until the ropes holds them together the spirit of the rope is the great power that brings all of the spirits that sacrificed to make all of the spirits to become one and serve their purpose and that goat skin carries their voices through the universe.its how i feel and hear many messages and stories coming from than for each one that plays them gives tha stories of their hurts,pains,joy peace and happiness.all are different even if they play the same tune together no drum has the same sound ASE!!!! Hope this made sense

[@JohnmellRodeo]

Joy boy ❤️❤️

[@routhsreenivasulu1838]

Great drumming tq

[@cordani]

fantastic document- big vibes thank you!

[@omalone1169]

Daniel Cordani the link isn't working

[@berniceissaka1954]

Am proud to be a Ghanaian.

[@calbertbrooks4849]

Yes iyah

[@giacomosuriano7017]

I am playing the same drums lol good work keep it up

[@edmundmonteith2747]

Food for the spirit

[@floresjr2]

AMAZING

[@richardhendricks644]

Rastafari bless these people awesome drummer

[@aldenerowe5334]

Check the little baby :)

[@kayinballer8594]

Ikr that was me when I was 3

[@shamikacarter2973]

I have a djembe drum 🪘🪘🪘🪘🪘🪘

[@faithjacob1395]

You are truly amazing! Thank you x

[@mcklapierre6182]

That was very nice. But there is something in the Haitian brums that makes it unique and easy to danse

[@shahidmansurishahid4864]

🪘💵💵💵🪔

[@birrynkosinathi]

proper stuff great drumming

[@davidcomma1930]

If you want to hear another Afro-Caribbean African drumming and singing style .Check this video on KZbin "Baba Ogun Clear our Pathway" This video is done by Keron Keith one of the best Trinidad Orisha singer and drummer

[@cathysales7224]

PBTMH when he call his children together

[@shamikacarter2973]

👨‍💻👩‍💻🧑‍💻👨‍💻👩‍💻🧑‍💻

[@sherzankanhai1711]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🤗

[@London_miss234]

This is great.

[@sirhanreid5896]

NiceNess!!

[@lisasdesire]

amazing

[@Narikeljinjira]

ya man

[@antmannetje]

Pure bless

[@shahidmansurishahid4864]

RD 🎼🎼🎼👎🕯️

[@davidcomma1930]

Trinidad African Drumming is very similar to this type of drumming where most Afro-Jamaican ancestors were from Ashanti tribe in Ghana while most Afro-Trinidadian ancestors were from the Yoruba tribe in Nigeria. Orisha the Yoruba religion has a big following in Trinidad & Tobago since the days of slavery and practice they faith under cover of Christianity . The Trinidad Orisha play the drums with both sticks and hands just like the Nigerians and Ghanaians and have there own style but similar to the Nigerians. If you are interested in hearing Trinidad Orisha drumming and singing search for this KZbin video - Egbe Omo lesese at Point fortin ' liberation celeberation -

[@davidcomma1930]

Egbe Omo Oni Isese Traditional African Association- Singing For Ogun At Obaluaye Festival 2017

[@floresjr2]

Am I in class

[@jonesderbyshire8787]

No a lot of Jamaicans came from the IGBO and YORUBA tribes aswel as Ashanti peoples. Ashanti people were the ones selling Jamaican slaves to the white man

[@floresjr2]

Why is there a kid?

[@Haga12238]

it like arabic ryhthm

[@jonesderbyshire8787]

No it’s not... THIS IS AFRICAN CARIBBEAN DRUMMING.... Your drumming is like ours because Arabs heared certain drumming in Africa and blended it with their own

[@sizzla123]

makes me bounce

[@omalone1169]

it's good but they should use some white drummers to showvazr Jamaica's diversity

[@fyabun]

omalone11 go Res Yuh road self

[@fyabun]

omalone11 Go Res Yuh tiad self

[@alkebulanman3280]

That's foolishness!!! this is African Jamaican tradition!

[@davidcomma1930]

Most Afro-Jamaicans ancestors where from the Ashanti tribe in Ghana and past down to them by there ancestors or it is in there blood line. It is not about diversity, it is purely an African thing and tradition and it is a not Jamaica thing per say but an Afro-Jamaica thing only. No white man can play African drums ,there do not have the riddim in them..

[@1david39]

They are less than 1% of Jamaica's population