This book examines African cultural drumming traditions used in contemporary practices of healing and education. It takes a behind the scenes look at how participants, teachers, and music therapy professionals use the rhythms of African drumming to help teach and heal. In particular, the book focuses on the history of African drumming coming into the United States, and how the traditional uses of the drumming are reflected in these healing and education settings today. It addresses questions regarding the drumming’s healing characteristics, educational influences, and cultural appropriation. African drumming and its rhythms have an inherent healing and uniting quality that communities across cultures and across continents have started to utilize.