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djembe (/'ÊÉmbÉ, 'ÊÉmbeÉª/) The djembe is the goblet shaped drum from West Africa. Abdoul Doumbia, a Djembefola from Sgou in Mali explains that the word 'jembe' comes from two Bambara words, 'Din' which means unity and 'Bin' that signifies harmony. Variations on the spelling of djembe include jembe, dynbe, djimbe, guiembe, jimbe and yembe.
This is interesting to me as the djembe in Africa and in America comes from the kitchens of Africa. Most percussion instruments come from those outdoor African kitchens. Wood and metal make up the kitchen utensils and so it is with the djembe and dunun (the bass drum of the dununba). Even as recently as the 1950s, the djembe was not known beyond African music aficionados and those who grew up with the instrument.