djembê

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Djembês

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Etymology

From French djembé, from Mandinka jembe, from Bambara.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: djem‧bê

Noun

djembê m (plural djembês)

  1. djembe
    • 2023 December 6, Katharina Doring, Margarete Conrado, Artes musicais africanas na Diáspora: corpos, vozes, ritmos e sonoridades em movimento, Editora Dialética, →ISBN:
      O djembê é o instrumento mais popular entre os quatro. Ganhou repercussão mundial a partir dos anos 50, sobretudo através dos djembefolas Mamady Keita, Famoudou Conatê etc., sendo muito usado por quase toda a África
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