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Djembe Brown goblet-shaped wood and leather drum with blue rope on an alabaster background Lenke wood djembe from Mali Percussion instrument Classification Membranophone Hornbostel–Sachs classification Directly struck membranophones, goblet drums, one membrane, open at one end Related instruments Dunun, Bougarabou, Ashiko, Goblet drum Musicians Bolokada Conde, Soungalo Coulibaly, Mamady Keïta, Famoudou Konaté, Drissa Kone More articles Dunun, Mandinka people A djembe or jembe is a rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands, originally from West Africa. According to the Bambara people in Mali, the name of the djembe comes from the saying which translates to "everyone gather together in peace" and defines the drum's purpose. In the Bambara language, is the verb for "gather" and translates as "peace."