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Where: The Agora African Drum Beat Circle is hosted at Taste of West Africa, 116 Person St. in Fayetteville. When: Starts at 7 p.m. and runs until 8:30 p.m. every Tuesday from April 8 to Aug. 26.

Batá drums came to Cuba in the early 1800s when a Yoruba master arrived on the island, as the wall text says, "in bondage." "Approximately a million slaves were brought to Cuba," Bretos said.

In Africa, she studied under Bolokada Conde, a master on the djembe, a goblet-shaped drum traditionally carved from a single piece of African hardwood and topped with an animal skin as a drumhead.