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  • This song uses local goombay percussion to talk about life in the Freetown slum where most of these musicians grew up.

    Refugee All Stars: From Sierra Leone To New Orleans 2010

  • When the goombay -- a flour-barrel drum -- sounded, the town knew the bamboula had begun.

    The Flower of the Chapdelaines George Washington Cable 1884

  • The goombay beat time, and the dancers rattled or tinkled the woody seed-cases of the sand-box tree set on long handles and with each of their lobes painted a separate vivid color; rattles of basketwork; and calabashes filled with pebbles and shells.

    The Flower of the Chapdelaines George Washington Cable 1884

  • Faces, necks, arms reeked and shone in the heat, ribbons streamed, gross odors arose, the goombay dominated all, and children of the master race -- for even I was permitted to witness these orgies -- without comprehending, stood aghast.

    The Flower of the Chapdelaines George Washington Cable 1884

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