Meaning & use
Jembe
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A goblet-shaped hand drum of West African origin, played with bare hands; a variant spelling of "djembe."
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The drummers set up a circle of jembes for the workshop.
He learned to play the jembe from a teacher in Guinea.
A note on using this word
"Jembe" and "djembe" are alternate English spellings of the same Mandinka word for this widely played West African drum.
Words with a similar meaning
djembe
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