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2. Bongo drum - Wikipedia

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   Bongos originated in eastern Cuba at the end of the 19th century, possibly from a pair of larger drums such as the bokú. These older, larger bongos are known as bongó del monte and played in changüí. The smaller bongos used in son cubano were popular across Cuba by the 1910s and reached the concert halls of the eastern United States in the ...

3. Conga - Wikipedia

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   Conga drums are classified according to their size, which correlates to their pitch: larger drumheads have a lower pitch and vice versa. Originally, drums were tuned by adjusting knots and tension ropes on the drumhead, or, more commonly, where the drum heads were tacked or nailed to the top of the shell, by careful heating of the head.

4. Nahru Lampkin - Wikipedia

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   Nahru Lampkin, aka Bongo Man (born 1962), is an American entertainer, musician, street performer, and entrepreneur from Detroit, Michigan. [1] He has two other jobs, but he is best known as a street performer who plays conga drums (referred to as bongo drums by his customers) [2] near the entrance to sporting and other events, while offering rhymed comments to passers-by. [3]

5. List of conga players - Wikipedia

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   A pair of congas. Conga players perform on a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum of African origin called the Tumbadora, or the Conga as it is internationally known. It is probably derived from the Congolese Makuta drums or Sikulu drums commonly played in Mbanza Ngungu, Congo.

6. Owerri Bongo - Wikipedia

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   In 1972, Nze Dan Orji, and Raphael Amarabem formed the Peacocks International Band. The band’s first single, “Sambola Mama,” was the first truly popular Bongo music. It would go on to sell 150,000 copies in Ghana, and more than double that amount in Nigeria. The 1970s and ‘80s marked the strongest periods in the trajectory of Bongo ...

7. Afro-Caribbean music - Wikipedia

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   In contrast, the hembra bongo is considered the female of the pair and produces low, deep sounds. [23] The congas and bongos originated in Cuba among African slaves and are key instruments of the afro-Caribbean music genre. [23] These drums are reminiscent of other African style drums that inspired them such as the batá, yuka and makuta drums ...