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National Independence Day Celebration - DC

The National Capitol Guardians Marching band participates in the annual Fourth of July parade in Washington D.C., July 4, 2025. Photo by Dominic Gwinn/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cameroon drum-makers cash in on its popularity

STORY: Cameroon drum-makers cash in on its popularity DATELINE: May 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:25 LOCATION: Yaounde CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of slit drum makers working 2. SOUNDBITE (French): MARTIN MBEZELE ZAMBO, Slit drum maker 3. various of local artists dancing to music played by slit drum STORYLINE: In Ekali, a village on the outskirts of Cameroon's capital city Yaounde, the rhythms of tam-tam, a centuries-old traditional drum fills the air. Martin Mbezele Zambo has made a name for himself in the village as one of the best tam-tam drum makers. At 42, Zambo has spent most of his life making tam-tam of all sizes and colors and other typical African drums. Zambo and six other drum-makers used tree trunks drums. They then put animal skin over the top of the hollowed trunk, stretching it, and tying it down, or made the Balafon instrument by using a series of wooden bars, or keys and resting them on a bamboo frame. It is an ancestral know-how that is passed on from generation to

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CAMEROON-CENTRE REGION-TAM-TAM MAKING

(220501) -- YAOUNDE, May 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Artisans work in a tam-tam workshop in Centre region, Cameroon, April 29, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Cameroon drum-makers cash in on its popularity" (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)

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CAMEROON-CENTRE REGION-TAM-TAM MAKING

(220501) -- YAOUNDE, May 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Martin Mbezele Zambo carries the tam-tam he made in a workshop in Centre region, Cameroon, April 29, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Cameroon drum-makers cash in on its popularity" (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)

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CAMEROON-CENTRE REGION-TAM-TAM MAKING

(220501) -- YAOUNDE, May 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Martin Mbezele Zambo works in a tam-tam workshop in Centre region, Cameroon, April 29, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Cameroon drum-makers cash in on its popularity" (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)

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CAMEROON-CENTRE REGION-TAM-TAM MAKING

(220501) -- YAOUNDE, May 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Artisans work in a tam-tam workshop in Centre region, Cameroon, April 29, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Cameroon drum-makers cash in on its popularity" (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)

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CAMEROON-CENTRE REGION-TAM-TAM MAKING

(220501) -- YAOUNDE, May 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Martin Mbezele Zambo plays the drums in a tam-tam workshop in Centre region, Cameroon, April 29, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Cameroon drum-makers cash in on its popularity" (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)

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CAMEROON-CENTRE REGION-TAM-TAM MAKING

(220501) -- YAOUNDE, May 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Artisans work in a tam-tam workshop in Centre region, Cameroon, April 29, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Cameroon drum-makers cash in on its popularity" (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)

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CAMEROON-CENTRE REGION-TAM-TAM MAKING

(220501) -- YAOUNDE, May 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An artisan works in a tam-tam workshop in Centre region, Cameroon, April 29, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Cameroon drum-makers cash in on its popularity" (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)

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Shop Signs - Cannes

A shop sign of PRINCESSE tam-tam,on July 12, 2021 in Cannes, France. Photo by David Niviere/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shop Signs - Cannes

A shop sign of PRINCESSE tam-tam,on July 12, 2021 in Cannes, France. Photo by David Niviere/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tam Tam Batucada Orchestra

The Tam Tam Batucada Orchestra warms up the fans prior to the friendly football match Czech Republic vs Brazil at Sinobo Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, March 27, 2019. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Tam Tam Batucada Orchestra

The Tam Tam Batucada Orchestra warms up the fans prior to the friendly football match Czech Republic vs Brazil at Sinobo Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, March 27, 2019. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Tam Tam Batucada Orchestra

The Tam Tam Batucada Orchestra warms up the fans prior to the friendly football match Czech Republic vs Brazil at Sinobo Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, March 27, 2019. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)