The Healing Drum

Traces the extraordinary cultural legacy of the Minianka tribe of West Africa, for whom music serves a sacred, healing function for the individual and society. This authentic, traditional chanting and singing expresses the full potential for the sacred and the magical in music. Companion CD to the book The Healing Drum.

Born in Mali, West Africa, and a member of the Minianka (Bamana) tribe, Yaya Diallo was raised in a culture that works, worships, lives and breathes to the beat of the drum. An instrument for transmitting traditional knowledge among the Minianka, the drum is the focal point of Yaya's life story and his link--through the universal medium of music--with the Western world.

The Healing Drum: African Ceremonial and Ritual Music 1. Dji-Dnou (4:15) 2. Nampou (4:02) 3. Don (4:08) 4. Niere Yago (4:05) 5. Berete (4:10) 6. Were (3:58) 7. Nia Yati (4:09) 8. Warizie (3:53) 9. Niewoh Yati (2:40) 10. Kewara Yati (3:14) 11. Maniah Yati (2:34) 12. N'Togo (2:19)