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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.
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When the goombay -- a flour-barrel drum -- sounded, the town knew the bamboula had begun.
The Flower of the Chapdelaines George Washington Cable 1884
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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
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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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