I found this quote from the EverybodyDrum.com
website
"[T]hese drums come from Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana,
Senegal, Gambia, and Guinea. Early Bougarabou bear a likeness to Ngoma
Drums, and Vodou Drums. In recent drum shell “genealogy”
I have found that Senegal carver’s have created Bougarabous with
the “skirt” of the shell depicting women’s breast,
and another version which resembles the goblet shape of the Djembe that
make the stem of the shell bulb like. The wood used in Senegal is dense,
and heavy, with a red and gold tint.... this same wood is used for making
the Sabar and Djembes. The Ghana Bougarabou (Lark in the Morning calls
it a Rasta Drum) is made of the lighter wood bathed in palm oil and
has a ring around the stem for its “skirt”, this ring is
usually 1/3 the way up the drum shell. The Ghana Bougarabou is often
headed with goat skin. The most renowned Bougarabou makers of today
would be the Ivory Coast !! A darker wood, reminiscent of the wood from
Mali, even the geometric patterns bear a likeness to the carver’s
of Mali. These have a THICK cow hide with the hair still on the drum." |
