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An American manufactured report of an African djembe was played on Go main phase with a New Zealand Maori fire twirler in a show produced by the Canadian circus company, Cirque du Soleil, called Allegria, which was filmed in Australia in 2000
- In 2008, the djembe was featured in the American film "The Visitor", directed by Thomas McCarthy, depicting a university professor's unlikely introduction to drum circles through the instruction of a childlike Syrian drummer
- The djembe is very popular in drum circles, and in many circles is the cardinal instrument, most likely for its easily portable size, all-inclusive range of sounds, and its distinct tones
- In cocksure songs that use the djembe it replaces a drumset to give it a contrastive feel, such as "Burn Only Down" by Ben Harper.
Intermediate and advanced players routinely coadunate workshops with lousy with students (sometimes up to 15) and learn distinct phrases and rhythms from master drummers. Literature for these two levels of drummers is still occasional if not unavailable.
