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talking drum

hourglass-shaped West African drum
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Summary

talking drum ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,329 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: drum[2]
  • Commons category: Talking drums[3]
  • Main subject: Akan culture[4]
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification: 211.242.11[5]
  • Different from: Q12777235[6], dunun[7]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Music[8]

Why It Matters

talking drum has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). talking drum. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/talking-drum
MLA “talking drum.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 13 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/talking-drum.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_talking-drum_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{talking drum}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/talking-drum}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-13}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16h ago · Fmadore007 · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['az', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'dga', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fi', '
    Library of congress authority id → sh2014002574
    Sitelink count → 26
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Library of congress authority id: sh2014002574, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290628|batch #290628]]"
  2. 12w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → Akan culture
    Image → TalkingDrum.jpg, Trompe Dondo-Africa Museum.jpg, Igba 1.jpg +7
    Video → A cultural display.webm
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Music
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||dag, fi, dga, tw, gur, en, en-gb, fat, fr, gaa, kus, mos, simple, wlx, gpe, abr, ee */ Cleanup: remove self_stated_in refs; remove alias=label/mul ("
  3. 12w ago · Affulogboka · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Q12777235, dunun
    Subclass of → —
    Seko id → 01041, 01040
    Wikidata description → hourglass-shaped West African drum
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ On focus list of wikimedia project: Akan culture"
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