Gumbe is a style of music from Guinea-Bissau. Gumbe is a specific genre, mostly influenced by zouk music (music of the French Caribbean, though the same term also refers to any music of the country). True gumbe is a fusion of several Bissauan folk traditions. Gumbe is the genre most closely associated with Guinea-Bissauan music worldwide. Not many people know about this type of music.
Gumbe is a primarily vocal and percussive music that has been associated with nationalist thought since colonial times.
It is likely that the etymology of African-American musical genres goombay of the Bahamas originates in Guinea-Bissau gumbe. Gombey music from the Bermuda and the Jamaican square maroon drum called goombay could also be related.
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