djembe
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He closed this song with a dynamic djembe beat, moving through multiple time signatures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2024
The 2002 race provided Bourgi with another colourful story, when a representative of Burkinabe leader Blaise Compaoré arrived in Paris with a large sum of money concealed in djembe drums.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2024
To help him make ends meet, the drummer Billy Hart got him a gig playing the djembe for a physical therapy dance class at a nursing home in Harlem.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2023
In the center were percussion instruments of all kinds from shakers to bongos and djembe drums.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2022
Tanasia goes and sits at the other end of the table, on the other side of Spike, who has paused her conversation with Lara about the djembe to raise her eyebrows at me.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
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