In the mid 1990s furniture makers in Ghana took note of the commercial success being experienced by traditional djembe drum carvers. The crafts people in Ghana, where the kpanlogo and oblenten drums are the most well common traditional drums, began to carve and sell djembes from Tweneboa, a soft wood. Using soft weald compulsory a much thicker shell, which fails to outgrowth the resonant and explosive robust of a hardwood djembe. The economic savvy of the furniture importers led to a appropriate colossal number of these soft wood djembes coming into the United States. These "tourist quality" softwood drums appeared in discount force stores like Marshalls and Target, priced at $100 and less. Doing game in the vast U.S. market was also facilitated because the diction of dodge & education in Ghana is English.
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The djembé was adopted into African American and American culture |
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| The bags and the clothing http://www.x8drums.com/ of the creature on the right are printed with traditional kente cloth patterns. |