Djembe
I was hanging out at the Ubuntu Festival for Mandela Day and walking around the Greenmarket Square and I am very happy to say that I am the proud new owner of my very own djembe. For those of you who don’t know what a djembe is—it is an African drum—and mine is beautiful!!! Odi is a great percussionist and watching him at the conference in Lesotho got me totally inspired. So I did play a little in Lesotho, but not much. The dude at the Greenmarket that sold it to me was also really nice and he sat with me for a couple of hours and we just played a bunch of rhythms. I am also very proud to say that he was astounded at how quickly I picked up the rhythms. Though I think much of it was beginner’s luck as I’ve never really played much percussion, but maybe some will stick?
