Thursday Mountain Stage 4-4.45 pm

Friday Jam Tin 10.45-11.30 am

Drumbumba is a community drumming group specialising in rhythms from West Africa

Current members

Karen Eusebe – Dance -Djembe and Dununbas 

Karen is our amazing dancer she has been drumming and dancing with drumbumba since 2014 , always full of energy and has a  great love for the drumming culture, her dance style is from the Caribbean 

Debie Djembe – Djembe

Drumming for debie is a way of life, it’s a way of being whole when your body has limitations. Debie has a great love for the djembe culture and has been learning drums for many moons

Bob Karma – Dununbas, kenkeni – krin – congas

Bob has been playing with Drumbumba for a couple of years. Bob is a reggae artist who likes to drum (please check out his music ) 

Roger Dun Dun Thompson 

Roger began his percussion journey in 1979 with congas, firstly taking lessons with Clive Roydhouse, then playing for Dance North’s warm-up classes from 1986 to 1998. He then was a foundation member of Tumbadoras, an Afro-Cuban drumming group, and in 2001, Wassa, Rhythms of West Africa until 2016. After a three year stint playing as percussionist and singer with a disco acid jazz group, Roger returned to West African music in 2020 with Drumbumba, as dundunfola and singer.

West African drumming & dance in Townsville.

Our weekly class is taught by Debie, who has been playing djembe for many years and has studied with Griot Mohamed Bangoura Master Drummer BANGOURAKE as her main teacher,  Debie has also been taught by Famoudou Konaté
and Mamady Keïta, and acknowledges the gift they have given to her along with other drum masters from Africa.

African drumming is a culture with a rich history of Griots who have the birthright to teach the rhythms to students, forever mindful and respectful of the beautiful culture of the drums. Griots are teachers, storytellers, singers, musicians, and oral historians in West Africa

Drumbumba performances are not traditional drumming they are performance drumming and the arrangments are taken from rhythms taught to Debie by her teachers and then arranged by Debie and the group. The rhythms are always played with love and a great respect for the culture of the drums and dances of West Africa.

Karen our dancer is of  Caribbean origins and her dances are an expression of emotion and movement not traditional West African dance choreography.

Discover the power of collective rhythm and unlock a world of happy endorphins.

If you are interested in West African drumming with Drumbumba in Townsville let us know.

See you there!