Editing Djembe (section)

===Commercially produced instruments===
Most djembes from Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, and Senegal are still hand carved from traditional species of wood, using traditional tools and methods. In the 1990s, djembes started being produced elsewhere, such as in [[Ghana]], [[Nigeria]], [[South Africa]], and [[Indonesia]], often using modern machinery and substitute species of wood, such as [[tweneboa]] (''[[Cordia platythyrsa]]'') or [[mahogany]] (''[[Swietenia mahagoni]]'' or ''[[Toona sureni]]''). However, these woods, being softer and less dense, are not as suitable as the traditional woods.<ref name="Woods" /> A number of western percussion instrument manufacturers also produce djembe-like instruments, often with fibreglass bodies, synthetic skins, and a key tuning system.<ref name="Polak Bamako">{{cite journal|title=A Musical Instrument Travels Around the World: Jenbe Playing in Bamako, West Africa, and Beyond|first=Rainer|last=Polak|editor-last=Post|editor-first=Jennifer|journal=Ethnomusicology: A Contemporary Reader|year=2005}}</ref>