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While some were simple utilitarian pieces they could also be highly elaborate works of sculpture while still retaining their function. Variations in the thickness of the walls would vary the tones when struck by heavy wooden drum sticks. Slit-log drums are common in the drum communication systems of Papua New Guinea, where they are known in Tok Pisin as garamut. Message drums, or more properly slit gongs, with hollow chambers and long, narrow openings that resonate when struck, are larger all-wood instruments hollowed out from a single log. In the 20th century the talking drums have become a part of popular music in West Africa, especially in the music genres of Jùjú (Nigeria) and Mbalax (Senegal).

Doodo ( Songhai and Zarma of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger).

Kalangu ( Hausa of northern Nigeria, Niger, northern Ghana, Benin and Cameroon).

Lunna ( Dagomba of northern Ghana Mossi of Burkina Faso).

Dondo ( Akan of central Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire).

Gan gan, Dun Dun ( Yoruba of Nigeria and eastern Benin).

Some of the groups of variations of the talking drum among West African ethnic groups: Ceremonial functions could include dance, rituals, story-telling and communication of points of order. While this type of hourglass-shaped instrument can be modulated quite closely, its range is limited to a gathering or market-place, and it is primarily used in ceremonial settings.