Bembe may refer to:

Music

Bembé (rhythm) A bell pattern is a rhythmic pattern of striking a hand-held bell or other instrument of the idiophone family, to make it emit a sound at desired intervals. It is often a clave rhythm, ''key pattern'' (also known as a ''guide pattern'', ''phrasing ...

, in African and Cuban music *

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), or bemba, a Trinidadian drum * ''Bembé'' (album), by Milton Cardona, 1986 Other uses * Bembe pe ...

, in

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 tradition and techniques, especially using the gongon hourglass shape tension dru ...

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, Honduras, and Bermuda. It only includes membranophones that are indig ...

, or bemba, a Trinidadian drum * ''Bembé'' (album), by Milton Cardona, 1986

Other uses

Bembe people The Bembe people (Babembe in the plural) are an ethnic group based in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Kigoma Region of Tanzania. They live mainly in the territory of Fizi in South Kivu. The Bembe are also in the province ...

, an ethnic group in central Africa *

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 o ...

(fl. from 2004), Angolan general and politician *

Bembe language (Ibembe) Bembe may refer to: Music * Bembé (rhythm), in African and Cuban music * Bembe (West African drumming), in Yoruba music * Bembe (membranophone), or bemba, a Trinidadian drum * ''Bembé'' (album), by Milton Cardona, 1986 Other uses * Bembe ...

, spoken by the Bembe people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Tanzania *

Bembe language (Kibembe) Bembe (Kibeembe) is a Bantu language of Congo-Brazzaville The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of th ...

, spoken in the Republic of the Congo *

Beembe tribe (Kongo) The Beembe (also Bembe, Babembe, Babeembe) are a Bantu languages, Bantu people living in southern Republic of the Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, precisely in Bouenza Department, Bouenza and in the cities of Brazzaville, Dolisie, and Pointe-Noire. It is ...

, of 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 contact with ...

, a town and municipality in Uíge Province in Angola

Music

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