Young Brunette Girl With Djembe Drums Reveals On The Balcony Terrace

- More recently, Salimata Diabaté from Burkina Faso has performed as lead djembe player with her group Afro Faso Jeunesse, proving that female djembefolas can match their male counterparts in every respect.
- In the West, Monette Marino-Keita from San Diego won the 1st National "Hand Drum-Off" Competition in 2001, performed internationally with the percussion ensemble Sewa Kan, and produced her first album Coup d'Eclat in 2010.
- Anne-Yolaine Diarra is a French djembefola in the Strasbourg group Sokan, where she plays with three male djembefolas from Burkina Faso.