Can a sales engineer save a vanishing African drumming craft?
In short: As Singapore's traditional artisans fade, a new niche emerges. This film follows the delicate, manual process of djembe tuning and the struggle to preserve a specialized skill.
The djembe, an African drum carved from a single piece of wood, arrived in Singapore during the city's experimentation with world music. Today, Sonny Wee operates as the city's only specialist in the painful, manual art of djembe tuning. The documentary follows Muhammad Hafez, a sales engineer, as he attempts to learn this artisanal trade to prevent the skill from disappearing.
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