A group of men at the Pikworo Slave Camp in northern Ghana demonstrate how slaves would use the rock to make music. It is apparently not hollow, but has some property that makes it sound melodious when you beat it on with smaller rocks.
Rock Drummers at the Pikworo Slave Camp
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