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ngoma

British  
/ əŋˈɡəʊmə, əŋˈɡɒm- /

noun

  1. a type of drum

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of ngoma

Swahili

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The government sent engineers to Tanzanian villages to find ngoma groups to record for broadcast, and later took control of the sole radio station.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2014

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