This song uses local goombay percussion to talk about life in the Freetown slum where most of these musicians grew up. From Wordnik.com. [Refugee All Stars: From Sierra Leone To New Orleans] Reference
When the goombay -- a flour-barrel drum -- sounded, the town knew the bamboula had begun. From Wordnik.com. [The Flower of the Chapdelaines] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [The Flower of the Chapdelaines] Reference
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