One World Arts Exchange

Goat Skins- Female goat skins direct from Guinea. $35 each plus $5 shipping and handling. Discounts available for orders of 10 or more. Djembes- Beautiful, hand-carved from khari wood, professional quality, djembes from Guinea. Rubber bottoms to protect your drum and your floors. We guarantee you'll love the sound. $395 plus shipping. Krins- Hand carved from durable khari and acacia wood. Made in Guinea. $175 plus shipping. CD's- Abdoulaye Sylla and One World: Traditional Rhythms from Guinea, West Africa, $16 for the CD (+ $4.00 shipping for USPS Priority Mail to US addresses) LISTEN to a track here (in RealAudio). African cloth/clothes- Stunning collection of indigo, wax prints, and bazzain in a variety of colors and traditional designs. Contact us for more info. To find out more about ordering merchandise, please email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it About Djembes- Djembes are goblet shaped wooden drums with goatskin heads. Their sound is quite powerful. Some consider them to be "magic instruments". They are played by hand. They were originally used to give courage to troops in battle and to give more energy to workers tilling and harvesting the fields. They originated from the Mandenke people, who populated regions of what is now Guinea, Mali and Sierra Leone. For information about other traditional Guinean instruments, please see our "study guide". About Krins- Krins are slit drums, made by hollowing out logs. They are of varying sizes and are played with two sticks. Krins orginated in Guinea's forest region. They were used to communicate messages over great distances, and have been dubbed the original "African telephone." For information about other traditional Guinean instruments, please see our "study guide".

 

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