djembê

See also: djembe and djembé

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • jembê

Etymology

From French djembé, from Mandinka jembe, from Bambara.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒẽˈbe/

  • Rhymes: -e
  • 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[1], 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
      Of the four, djembe is the most popular instrument. It gained worldwide repercussion from the 50's onward, mainly because of djembe players like Mamady Keita, Famoudou Conatê, etc., being very used by nearly all of Africa

See also

  • djembefola (“somebody who plays the djembe”)
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