The drum movie

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Updated: 24 Jul 2019

Movie poster for the film of DRUM. The film stars Taye Diggs and is based on the real life accounts of Drum magazine writer Henry Nxumalo.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 28). The drum movie. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0047924

South African History Online (2011) 'The drum movie', South African History Online, 28 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0047924 (Accessed: 3 September 2026).

South African History Online, The drum movie [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0047924, (accessed 3 September 2026).

"The drum movie." South African History Online, 28 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0047924. Accessed 3 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "The drum movie." South African History Online. March 28, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0047924.

The drum movie

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