TOMS RIVER Universal African Dance and Drum Ensemble.

In 1985 Francis Awe formed The Nigerian Talking Drum Ensemble with his wife, Omowale, who is the lead dancer.

The Nigerian Talking Drum Ensemble is a group that performs with the hopes to educate the people about the Nigerian culture through music and dance.

On Saturday Jan. 18, the Universal African Dance and Drum Ensemble of Camden arrives with 32 young musicians and dancers plus an array of West African instruments like the djemba and doundouba drums and the balaphon, which is like a marimba.

Unity Community Center Cultural Dance and Drum Ensemble.

They are the Universal African Dance and Drum Ensemble of Camden, N.J., and the Creative Outlet Dance Theater of Brooklyn.

(1962) (Featured African Drum Ensemble)

This item was a very distinctive entry for the 2006 Guinness Book of Records as "The Largest Drum Ensemble" playing in unison!

It was released on cassette in 1984 and rereleased in 1989 as a remixed version retitled Live Drum Ensemble.