Ancient text messages of the Yorùbá bàtá drum
Subtitle: cracking the code
By: Amanda Villepastour
Series: SOAS musicology series; SOAS musicology series
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Farnham, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9780754667537
Other titles: Ancient bàtá text messages.
Notes: Accompanying compact disc contains drumming examples performed by Rabiu Ayandokun, entitled Ancient bàtá text messages.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-166) and index.

Includes discography.
Table of contents: title: The telegraph without wire --; title: An extension of mouth : how the bàtá talks --; title: Other voices :; title: the Omele Méta and the Ìyáàlù Dùndún --; title: Speaking in codes : Enà Bàtá -- -- Epilogue:; title: Bàtá is the mouthpiece of Awo.