[quote=Unregistere;5471239]   Couldn't Africans developed bongos independent of middle eastern and Egypt. That was the point I was trying make bring up Pyramids in Egypt and central American.  The first quote, below, did not say spain had bongos. It simply said historically the origin bongo can traced to Africa.... Meaning for bongos to reach the new world they came from Africa and not spain or north African or the middle east.  Originally Posted by -The Patriot-  Publication: Latin Beat Magazine Publication Date: 01-NOV-03 Format: Online - approximately 577 words Delivery: Immediate Online Access Author: Mangual, Rudy   Article Excerpt Bongól n (commonly used in the plural, bongos); also bongoes: 1. one of a pair of small tuned drums played with the hands and fingers 2. Cuban Twin drums   Historically, the origin of the bongó can be traced to Africa and many Islamic and Middle Eastern civilizations, with carved images of these instruments from Mesopotamia dating back to at least 4000 B.C. Samples of unequal sized small drums that are joined together as one instrument can be found in Egyptian and Moorish folkloric instruments as well as... Theoretically speaking, I suppose they COULD have. But the thing is...they didn't. I'm sure they created drums all on their own, but not bongo drums. Which would be a set of 2 small drums that are attached together, one is slightly larger than the other. Those originate in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt....