{"id":30056,"date":"2026-09-03T14:56:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T11:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/togosunny.com\/?p=30056"},"modified":"2026-09-30T17:42:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:42:38","slug":"african-drums-at-mondos-evening-of-travel-stories-10-september-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/togosunny.com\/en\/african-drums-at-mondos-evening-of-travel-stories-10-september-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"African Drums at Mondo&#8217;s Evening of Travel Stories 10 September 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n.mdj26 * { box-sizing: border-box; }\n.mdj26 { background:#f3eed3; color:#3a2000; font-family:'Lato',sans-serif; padding:40px 20px; max-width:960px; margin:0 auto; }\n.mdj26 h1 { font-family:'Cinzel Decorative',serif; font-size:2.6em; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:2px; text-align:center; margin:0 0 10px; background:linear-gradient(90deg,#D4AF36,#EECF46); -webkit-background-clip:text; background-clip:text; color:transparent; line-height:1.2; 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Before the first tale is told, and again during the interval, a djembe speaks \u2014 Senam&#8217;s hands find the drumhead, and a West African heartbeat rises quietly through the room, carrying a second continent into the evening.<\/p>\n \n  <div class=\"mdj26-dates\">\n    <div class=\"mdj26-card\">\n      <div class=\"mdj26-label\">When<\/div>\n      <div class=\"mdj26-value\">Thursday, 10 September 2026<br>18:00\u201320:00<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n \n  <div class=\"mdj26-location\">\n    <span class=\"mdj26-label\">Where<\/span>\n    Mondo, Telliskivi 60a\/5, 10412 Tallinn (Telliskivi Creative City)<br>\n    More about the host: <a href=\"https:\/\/mondo.org.ee\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mondo.org.ee<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n \n  <div class=\"mdj26-section-title\">TogoSunny at Mondo&#8217;s Evening<\/div>\n  <div class=\"mdj26-services\">\n    <a class=\"mdj26-service\" href=\"https:\/\/togosunny.com\/en\/services\/\ud83e\udd41-drumming-section-emotional-culture-and-energy-booster-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n      <span class=\"mdj26-icon\">\ud83e\udd41<\/span>\n      <span class=\"mdj26-stitle\">Drumming Section<\/span>\n      <span class=\"mdj26-desc\">Emotion, culture and an energy boost \u2014 live drumming that wakes up the room.<\/span>\n    <\/a>\n    <a class=\"mdj26-service\" href=\"https:\/\/togosunny.com\/en\/services\/\ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f-showcase-togo-presentation-and-its-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n      <span class=\"mdj26-icon\">\ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f<\/span>\n      <span class=\"mdj26-stitle\">Cultural Showcase<\/span>\n      <span class=\"mdj26-desc\">A presentation of Togo and its community \u2014 stories and objects from a faraway home.<\/span>\n    <\/a>\n    <div class=\"mdj26-service\">\n      <span class=\"mdj26-icon\">\ud83c\udfad\ud83e\uddf6<\/span>\n      <span class=\"mdj26-stitle\">Art &amp; Craft Objects<\/span>\n      <span class=\"mdj26-desc\">Wooden drums, calabashes and other West African handcrafted pieces you can touch and take home.<\/span>\n      <span class=\"mdj26-links\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/togosunny.com\/en\/products\/\ud83c\udfad-\ud83e\uddf6-handicrafts\/african-music-instruments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">African Music Instruments<\/a>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/togosunny.com\/en\/products\/\ud83c\udfad-\ud83e\uddf6-handicrafts\/calabash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calabash<\/a>\n      <\/span>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n \n  <div class=\"mdj26-about\">\n    On 10 September, MT\u00dc Mondo opens its Telliskivi office for an evening of stories: journalists share images and reflections from Kenya, Uganda and Armenia. TogoSunny brings a breath of West Africa to the room \u2014 djembe drums open the evening and carry the audience through the interval, straight into the rhythm of Togo.\n  <\/div>\n \n  <div class=\"mdj26-contact\">\n    Would you like a djembe performance or workshop for your own event?<br>\n    Write to us at <a href=\"mailto:info@togosunny.com\">info@togosunny.com<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n \n  <div class=\"mdj26-results-title\">Outcomes<\/div>\n  <div class=\"mdj26-results-grid\">\n    <div class=\"mdj26-photo\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/togosunny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MondoDjembe2026091001.jpeg\" alt=\"Panel of journalists on stage with a photo from Uganda projected behind them\">\n      <div class=\"mdj26-caption\">The evening&#8217;s storytellers on stage, with a photograph from Uganda projected behind them.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"mdj26-photo\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/togosunny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MondoDjembe2026091002.jpeg\" alt=\"Audience listening as travel photos are projected on the wall\">\n      <div class=\"mdj26-caption\">The audience settled in as travel photographs from East Africa were projected on the wall.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"mdj26-photo\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/togosunny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MondoDjembe2026091003.jpeg\" alt=\"Guests seated in a circle around the storytellers\">\n      <div class=\"mdj26-caption\">Guests gathered close around the storytellers, drinks in hand.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"mdj26-photo\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/togosunny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MondoDjembe2026091004.jpeg\" alt=\"Senam Tsogbe sitting among the audience, listening\">\n      <div class=\"mdj26-caption\">Senam among the audience, listening to the journalists&#8217; stories before taking up the djembe.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"mdj26-photo\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/togosunny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MondoDjembe2026091005.jpeg\" alt=\"Full room of guests at Mondo's Telliskivi office\">\n      <div class=\"mdj26-caption\">A full house at Mondo&#8217;s Telliskivi office for the evening of travel stories.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"mdj26-photo\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/togosunny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MondoDjembe2026091006.jpeg\" alt=\"Audience in the room with TogoSunny's corner in the background\">\n      <div class=\"mdj26-caption\">TogoSunny&#8217;s corner buzzed quietly at the back of the room while the stories continued.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"mdj26-photo\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/togosunny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MondoDjembe2026091007.jpeg\" alt=\"TogoSunny team standing among baskets and textiles\">\n      <div class=\"mdj26-caption\">Friends of the TogoSunny team in the craft corner, surrounded by baskets and West African textiles.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"mdj26-photo\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/togosunny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MondoDjembe2026091008.jpeg\" alt=\"Table with bissap, samosas, chapati and pastries\">\n      <div class=\"mdj26-caption\">African herbal teas, samosas, chapati and Kenyan pastries \u2014 the tasting table prepared by TogoSunny&#8217;s friends for the evening.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n \n  <div class=\"mdj26-video-wrap\">\n    <video controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" playsinline=\"\">\n      <source src=\"https:\/\/togosunny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MondoDjembe202609video01.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\">\n    <\/video>\n    <div class=\"mdj26-caption\">Djembe in the craft corner \u2014 a short clip of the drumming that opened the evening.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mdj26-video-wrap\">\n    <video controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" playsinline=\"\">\n      <source src=\"https:\/\/togosunny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MondoDjembe202609video02.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\">\n    <\/video>\n    <div class=\"mdj26-caption\">More djembe rhythm from the TogoSunny corner, as guests gathered around.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>African Drums at Mondo&#8217;s Evening of Travel Stories Journalists&#8217; stories from Kenya, Uganda and Armenia \u2014 opened by TogoSunny&#8217;s djembe 10 September 2026 On this September evening at Mondo&#8217;s Telliskivi office, East Africa meets the Caucasus: journalists come home with notebooks full of dust, altitude and stories from Kenya, Uganda and Armenia. 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