Bongos

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Percussion

Wood & animal skin

Bongos were developed from African drums that were brought over to Cuba by enslaved people in the 17th century, and started being used in their present form in the 19th century.

Bongos were popularized in America by Cubano and Puerto Rican musicians who introduced them in the 1920s and 1930s!