Beating the Sangboi or tom-tom, national musical instrument for men throughout Mendi country, W.C. Africa

Alldridge, Thomas Joshua, 1847-1916

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2003-12-18

Publication Date

2004-11-05

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Royal Commonwealth Society Library. Cambridge University Library. University of Cambridge.

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en_GB

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Image

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Unknown author (2004). Beating the Sangboi or tom-tom, national musical instrument for men throughout Mendi country, W.C. Africa [digital image]. http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/1238

Description

155 x 107 mm. Showing a group of Mendi drummers with villagers standing behind them in the background: 'Mendis never tire of beating this drum - it is their one delight. I have known them up-country play through the entire night, and when gangs of men are sent out by the chief to work upon the roads they are invariably accompanied by the tom-tom beater who plays while they work, and so urges them to greater exertion' (Alldridge, T.J. (1901), 'The Sherbo and its hinterland', London: Macmillan and Company, pp.105). Photograph taken in the 1890s.

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Sierra Leone (Africa)

Temporal Coverage

start=1890; end=1899; scheme=DCTERMS.W3CDTF

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Host Item: RCS Photograph Collection, Y30446F.

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RCSPC-Y30446F-014

This record's URL: http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/1238

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