Winner of a 2008 Parents" Choice award! Based on a folktale from West Africa, this DVD, adapted and visually enhanced from the book "The Lion"s Drum" (also available through Amazon), captures the color and imagery of Africa in an enjoyable, magical story about how the drum came to be. In this tale, a young African hunter discovers a lion playing a magical tree stump. When he tells the chief and people of his village what he has seen and heard, they don"t believe him. But Ajani is determined to prove he didn"t lose his senses. In addition to Ajani"s amazing journey, this video features live performances by Papa Malick Faye, a renowned, traditional drummer from Senegal, Africa; Akayaa Atule, a master dancer from Ghana; and footage of real lions in their natural habitat.