THE COMMUNICATIVE ROLES OF THE OÌ€SÌ©IRIGI (TRADITIONAL DRUM) IN ILE-IFE, NIGERIA

Abstract

In Africa, people have used drum telegraphy to communicate with each other for centuries. Drum communication methods are not languages in their own right but they are based on actual natural languages. The sounds produced are conventionalized or idiomatic signals based on speech patterns. The messages are normally very stereotyped and context-dependent. Vidal (2012) opines that it is noteworthy that communication is indispensable to the interaction that occurs among Africans, individuals, music and the indigenous community.