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A junjung (or variously jung-jung, gungun, dyoung-dyoung etc.)^[1] is the royal war drum of the Serer people in Senegal and the Gambia.^[2] It was played on the way to the battlefield, on special state occasions as well as on Serer religious ceremonies.

It is also the progenitor of the music of the same name found in the Caribbean.^[3]

Notes

^ Léopold Sédar Senghor, À l'appel de la race de Saba (1936) : « Ma tête bourdonnant au galop guerrier des dyoungs-dyoungs, au grand galop de mon sang de pur sang »
^ Louis Diène Faye. Mort et naissance: le monde Sereer, p56. Nouvelles Éditions africaines, 1983 ISBN 2723608689
^ Pathé Diagne, Tarana ou l'Amérique précolombienne : un continent africain, Harmattan, 2010, p. 260, ISBN 978-2-296-11484-5

[1] Léopold Sédar Senghor, À l'appel de la race de Saba (1936) : « Ma tête bourdonnant au galop guerrier des dyoungs-dyoungs, au grand galop de mon sang de pur sang »

[2] Louis Diène Faye. Mort et naissance: le monde Sereer, p56. Nouvelles Éditions africaines, 1983 ISBN 2723608689

[3] Pathé Diagne, Tarana ou l'Amérique précolombienne : un continent africain, Harmattan, 2010, p. 260, ISBN 978-2-296-11484-5

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+{{Short description|War drum of the Serer ethnic group}}
-{{for|the [[Malinke]] people's drum|Dunun}}
+{{For|the [[Malinke]] people's drum|Dunun}}
-{{see|The Battle of Fandane-Thiouthioune}}
+{{Further|The Battle of Fandane-Thiouthioune}}
 [[File:Serer Royal War Drum (Jung-Jung). 19th Century. Jung-Jung From The Kingdom of Sine (in modern day Senegal).jpg|thumb|19th century junjung, from the [[Kingdom of Sine]], part of present-day [[Senegal]].]]
-A '''junjung''' (or variously ''jung-jung'', ''gungun'', ''dyoung-dyoung'' etc.)<ref>[[Léopold Sédar Senghor]],'' À l'appel de la race de Saba (1936)'' : « Ma tête bourdonnant au galop guerrier des dyoungs-dyoungs, au grand galop de mon sang de pur sang »</ref> is the royal [[war drum]] of the [[Wolof people]] in [[Senegal]] and the [[Gambia]].<ref>Louis Diène Faye. Mort et naissance: le monde Sereer, p56. Nouvelles Éditions africaines, 1983 {{ISBN|2723608689}}</ref> It was played on the way to the battlefield, on special state occasions as well as on [[Wolof people|Wolof traditional ceremonies]] in the Kingdom of Jolof. The Jung-jung was introduced to the Serer Kingdoms of Sine and Saloum by Wolof princes from Jolof, especially Lat Mingué Ndiaye, grandson of the Wolof king Birame Ndiemé Coumba Ndiaye of Jolof.
+A '''junjung''' (or variously ''jung-jung'', ''gungun'', ''dyoung-dyoung'' etc.)<ref>[[Léopold Sédar Senghor]],'' À l'appel de la race de Saba (1936)'' : « Ma tête bourdonnant au galop guerrier des dyoungs-dyoungs, au grand galop de mon sang de pur sang »</ref> is the royal [[war drum]] of the [[Serer people]] in [[Senegal]] and the [[Gambia]].<ref>Louis Diène Faye. Mort et naissance: le monde Sereer, p56. Nouvelles Éditions africaines, 1983 {{ISBN|2723608689}}</ref> It was played on the way to the battlefield, on special state occasions as well as on [[Serer religion|Serer religious]] ceremonies.
-Sabar is also the [[progenitor]] of the music of the same name found in the [[Caribbean]].<ref>Pathé Diagne, ''Tarana ou l'Amérique précolombienne : un continent africain,'' Harmattan, 2010, p. 260, {{ISBN|978-2-296-11484-5}}</ref>
+It is also the [[progenitor]] of the music of the same name found in the [[Caribbean]].<ref>Pathé Diagne, ''Tarana ou l'Amérique précolombienne : un continent africain,'' Harmattan, 2010, p. 260, {{ISBN|978-2-296-11484-5}}</ref>
 ==See also==
+{{Portal|Senegal|Gambia|Religion|history|Music}}
 * [[Dunun]]
-{{Portal|Senegal|Gambia|Religion|history|Music|War}}
 ==Notes==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
 {{Serer topics|state=collapsed}}
 {{Percussion}}
+{{Authority control}}
 [[Category:African drums]]