ngoma

British

/ əŋˈɡəʊmə, əŋˈɡɒm- /

noun

a type of drum

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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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