| There is little doubt that the djembe has found its place in the great orchestra of the world. |
| Fascinated by African percussion instruments, he had been to Mali a decade earlier to learn the difficult skill of djembe playing. |
| I thought about how different my life would be if I spent more time sitting under trees learning about the djembe. |
| Badji once spent two years on Jeju Island in South Korea, playing the djembe at the African Museum. |
| There are 230 drummers, mostly banging on riempie drums, with a core unit of 15 bigger djembe drums carrying the sound. |
| The legend of his technique on the djembe and other African membranophones is unrivaled. |
