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Bembé (rhythm)
Bembe may refer to: Music * Bembé (rhythm), in African and Cuban music * Bembe (West African drumming), in Yoruba music * Bembe (membranophone), a Trinidadian drum more commonly known as "bemba" * ''Bembé'' (album), by Milton Cardona People * Bembe people, people of central Africa * António Bento Bembe, Angolan general and politician Other * Bembe language (Ibembe), spoken by the Bembe people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Tanzania * Bembe language (Kibembe), spoken in the Republic of the Congo * Bembe, Angola Bembe is a town and municipality in Uíge Province in Angola. The municipality had a population of 32,955 in 2014. In the mid-19th century Bembe was a center of mining by the Portuguese colonial government and one of the points of contract with ..., a town and municipality in Uíge Province in Angola See also * Beembe tribe (Kongo), of the Republic of the Congo {{disambiguation, surname ...
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Bembé (rhythm)
Bembe may refer to: Music * Bembé (rhythm), in African and Cuban music * Bembe (West African drumming), in Yoruba music * Bembe (membranophone), a Trinidadian drum more commonly known as "bemba" * ''Bembé'' (album), by Milton Cardona People * Bembe people, people of central Africa * António Bento Bembe, Angolan general and politician Other * Bembe language (Ibembe), spoken by the Bembe people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Tanzania * Bembe language (Kibembe), spoken in the Republic of the Congo * Bembe, Angola Bembe is a town and municipality in Uíge Province in Angola. The municipality had a population of 32,955 in 2014. In the mid-19th century Bembe was a center of mining by the Portuguese colonial government and one of the points of contract with ..., a town and municipality in Uíge Province in Angola See also * Beembe tribe (Kongo), of the Republic of the Congo {{disambiguation, surname ...
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Bembe (West African Drumming)
Bembe may refer to: Music * Bembé (rhythm), in African and Cuban music * Bembe (West African drumming), in Yoruba music * Bembe (membranophone), a Trinidadian drum more commonly known as "bemba" * ''Bembé'' (album), by Milton Cardona People * Bembe people, people of central Africa * António Bento Bembe, Angolan general and politician Other * Bembe language (Ibembe), spoken by the Bembe people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Tanzania * Bembe language (Kibembe), spoken in the Republic of the Congo * Bembe, Angola, a town and municipality in Uíge Province in Angola See also * Beembe tribe (Kongo) The Beembe (also ''Bembe, Babembe'') are a Bantu people living in southern Congo-Brazzaville, precisely in Bouenza and in the cities of Brazzaville, Dolisie, and Pointe-Noire Pointe-Noire (; kg, Njinji, french: Ndjindji with the letter d fo ...
, of the Republic of the Congo {{disambiguation, surname ...
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Yoruba Music
Yoruba music is the pattern/style of music practiced by the Yoruba people of Nigeria, Togo, and Benin. It is perhaps best known for its extremely advanced drumming Drumming may refer to: * the act of playing the drums or other percussion instruments * Drummer, a musician who plays a drum, drum kit, or drums * ''Drumming'' (Reich), a musical composition written by Steve Reich in 1971 for percussion ensemble ... tradition and techniques, especially using the Talking drum, gongon hourglass shape tension drums. Yoruba folk music became perhaps the most prominent kind of Music of West Africa, West African music in List of Caribbean music genres, Afro-Latin and Caribbean musical styles; it left an especially important influence on the music used in Santería practice and the music of Cuba. The Yoruba people of south-western Nigeria are also one of the most socially diverse groups on the African continent. A major feature that sets them apart from other groups in Nigeria is their accom ...
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Bembe (membranophone)
This is a list of membranophones used in the Caribbean music area, including the islands of the Caribbean Sea, as well as the musics of Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Belize, Garifuna music, and Bermuda. It only includes membranophones that are indigenous to the local music area or are a vital and long-standing part of local culture. It does not include membranophones that are, for example, a part of Western style orchestras, nor does it include trap sets and other common membranophones used in popular music recordings of many genres across the world. Almost all membranophones are drums and percussion instrument A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...s. The Hornbostel-Sachs number is given after each instrument. ...
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Bembé (album)
''Bembé'' is a headway voice/percussion album by Milton Cardona. The album contains a recording by Kip Hanrahan of Eya Aranla performing a full Santería ceremony. Critical reception The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ... described the album as "an album with the crisp detail of a pop studio recording." Track listing References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bembe (Album) 1986 albums Jazz albums by American artists ...
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Bembe People
The Bembe (''Babembe'') are an ethnic and linguistic group based in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Tanzania. It is a sub-ethnic group of the Mongo Mongo may refer to: Geography Africa * Mongo, Chad, a Sahel city * Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo (Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction) * Mongo, Sierra Leone, a chiefdom * Mongo River (Little Scarces River), Guinea and Sierra Leone, a tributar ... ethnic group. In 1991, the Bembe population of the DRC was estimated to number 252,000 and around 1.5 million in 2005.Bembe, ethnologue.com


Cultural traditions

A semi-nomadic people, who often settled in forest environments, the Bembe tended to abandon their small villages as the soil became less fertile. The women cultivated the crops and the men hunted and fished. ...
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António Bento Bembe
António Bento Bembe is the Secretary-General of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC), a general of Angolan Army, a minister without portfolio in the Angolan government between 2007-2009. He is the Secretary of State of the Angolan government for Human Rights, has served as the President of the Cabinda Forum for Dialogue (FCD) since its establishment in 2004. He served as President of FLEC-Renovada. Rival Cabindan rebel groups met in Helvoirt, the Netherlands, in 2004 and formed the Cabinda Forum for Dialogue (CFD), a body dedicated to representing Cabindans in peace negotiations with the Angolan government. Bembe has served as the CFD's President since its establishment. Dutch police arrested Bembe at the Opening Session of the VII UNPO General Assembly in the Peace Palace in The Hague in the Netherlands in June 2005. The arrest came in response to a U.S. government request for extradition on kidnapping charges in relation to a Chevron worker's disapp ...
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Bembe Language (Ibembe)
Bembe (Kibembe or Ebembe) is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Western Tanzania. According to ''Ethnologue'', it forms a dialect continuum with the Lega language Lega is a Bantu language, or dialect cluster, of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo ... through Mwenga Lega. References Lega-Binja languages {{Bantu-lang-stub ...
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Bembe Language (Kibembe)
Bembe (Kibeembe) is a Bantu language of Congo-Brazzaville. It is closely related to Kikongo. ''Pangwa'' (not the Pangwa of Tanzania) may be a dialect. Maho (2009) considers Beembe, Kamba-Doondo, and Hangala (Ghaangala) to be distinct languages. It should not be confused with the Bembe language (Ibembe) Bembe (Kibembe or Ebembe) is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Western Tanzania. According to ''Ethnologue'', it forms a dialect continuum with the Lega language Lega is a Bantu language, or dialect cluster, of the ... spoken in Congo-Kinshasa and Tanzania. References External linksThe Noun Phrase in Kibembe (D54)
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Bembe, Angola
Bembe is a town and municipality in Uíge Province in Angola. The municipality had a population of 32,955 in 2014. In the mid-19th century Bembe was a center of mining by the Portuguese colonial government and one of the points of contract with the rulers of the Kingdom of Kongo The Kingdom of Kongo ( kg, Kongo dya Ntotila or ''Wene wa Kongo;'' pt, Reino do Congo) was a kingdom located in central Africa in present-day northern Angola, the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Republic of the .... References Populated places in Uíge Province Municipalities of Angola {{Angola-geo-stub ...
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