Meanings
noun
alternative gumbe
- The bench drums, a musical instrument.
Typical instruments used for making traditional Sierra Leonean music include bench drums, or gumbe; other drums; a kind of xylophone called the balangi; and a type of piano called the sansa (also known as a kalimba or mbira) that is played with the thumb.
2007, Suzanne LeVert, Cultures of the World: Sierra Leone, page 109
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