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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Sep 16

    Ara Thunder is one of few women in Nigeria who play the traditional "talking drum" - an instrument long used to send messages between villages.pic.twitter.com/gi0Hd8ozCI

    The talking drum instrument is traditionally played by men and has long been used to transmit messages between villages.
    3:17 AM - 16 Sep 2018
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    • Youseff Dee Darnell Clayton Oklah Kunim Danso Rebecca D Alabi ⓑ ðîåmøñð§ k. Anu☆ Obaasima 👑
    18 replies 893 retweets 1,392 likes
      1. Olamide Obe‏ @olajideobe Sep 16
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Why do they call gángan a talking drum? Do other drums wail or stutter? Bàtá talks, omele talks, Iya ìlù talks, sákárà talks. All drums talk. Please, call gángan with its name. Stop calling gángan talking drum. It is gángan.

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      1. Teddy Warria‏ @twarria Sep 16
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @folukeifejola

        We should promote our culture daily.

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      2. Leslie Nartey‏ @LeslieNartey Sep 16
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Try using it to broadcast your news to the entire world. Lets see who will listen and understand.

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      1. Theophilus Ogbamudu‏ @TOgbamudu Sep 17
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        The word Àrà here is wonder, as in wonder woman and not Àrá thunder

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      1. Papi Chulo‏ @enjoyment_daddy Sep 16
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @phee_boo

        To think I'm still crushing on this woman after so many years 🤔😢

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      1. twentyFIVE  ♉‏ @randel_herbert Sep 16
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        as a millennial i need ringtones by the talking drum, 'wake up', 'time to sleep' etc

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      1. Jason toni‏ @Jasontoni2 Sep 16
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Still relevant? Haven't heard from her in a long long time

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      1. Naa Tsotsoo Soyoo I‏ @NaaSoyooI Sep 17
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @animle_oyanka

        https://m.facebook.com/100001041345929/posts/2104995269545164/ …

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      1. ℤ𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕖 𝔸𝕦𝕣𝕒  🌬‏ @lovefromzanne Sep 17
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        And @zanneaura will also been one of the few Nigerian women in the UK who also plays the Talking Drum . So excited 🤩

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      1. Laëtitia  🦚‏ @iLaeti Sep 17
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @real_hanane

        D'une certaine manière, elle est un peu traductrice, comme nous !

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      1. Josly Ngoma‏ @joslyngoma Sep 16
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Preserve the african culture 🖤

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      1. Zilo Groove‏ @zilogroove Sep 16
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Get some African Hip-Hop AFRO SAL SOUL VOLUME 2 by ZILO GROOVE Hip-Hop, African Music, Jazz & Dance SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/album/5Ec0mFI9mvAWX5NCCGPUG7 … iTUNES http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1426026193?ls=1&app=itunes … APPLE MUSIC http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1426026193Y … GOOGLE MUSIC https://www.google.com/search?q=zilo+groove+afro+sal+soul+volume+2+google+play&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b# …

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      2. Victor Owo‏ @owo747 Sep 16
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        but this is not the Ara we know. Is she new?

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      3. WORLD WONDER‏ @itsAduke Sep 21
        Replying to @owo747 @BBCAfrica

        Àrà is different from àrá

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      4. Victor Owo‏ @owo747 Sep 21
        Replying to @itsAduke @BBCAfrica

        And what is the difference between them? The capital and small letters? Because i had seen a similar interview, same wordings, and depictions and story line, with Aralola many years ago, and i got confused, not on BBC though. Can you please clarify? Thank You..

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      1. clement segun akran‏ @segetti Sep 16
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Awesome 😎

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      1. Norman7‏ @Norman773871937 Sep 16
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Preserve the culture

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