djembe
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
In the center were percussion instruments of all kinds from shakers to bongos and djembe drums.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2022
Musicians represented a global palette of sounds: the Japanese samisen, African djembe and Congo drums, harp, saxophone, accordion and violin.
From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2022
Magatte Sow, who played other Senegalese percussion on the score — namely sabar and djembe — also will be on hand with a six-piece sabar ensemble.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2021
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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