Brackets [] after a name indicate the region of the person. Parentheses after a name indicate the recordings on which they can be heard. Names without parentheses are listed in the discography as soloists. The disparity in the number of jembe players from Guinea and from Mali is only a reflection of the commercial recording activity in those countries; it is not representative of the actual number of active unrecorded jembe players.

MALI
Coulibaly, Soungalo [Beleko; Bouake, Ivory Coast]
Diabate, Siaka (Soungalo Coulibaly)
Diakite, Amidou (Rhythms of Mali)
Doumbia, Adboul [Segou]
Doumbia, Souleymane (Salif Keita)
Dumbia, Yamadu 
Jakite, Jaraba (Yamadu Dumbia)
Kante, Mamadou
Kouyate, Burama (Rhythms of Mali)
Kouyate, Jelimadi (Yamadu Dumbia)
Traore, Ibrahima (Djeneba Diakite)

GUINEA
Bangoura, Bemba (Djimo Kouyate)
Camara, Aboubacar "Fatouabou" (Soumah, Percussions de Guinee 1994)
Camara, Alpha (Aboubacar Camara, Sabre Soumano)
Camara, Aly (Fatala)
Camara, Dumais (Famoudou Konate)
Camara, Fode (Africa Djole n.d.a.)
Camara, Ladji [Siguiri]
Camara, Laurent (Percussions de Guinee 1989, Ballets Africains, Mamady Keita 1995)
Camara, Mamadouba "Mohamed" (Percussions de Guinee 1994)
Camara, Moussa (Mamady Keita 1995)
Camara, Segou (Africa Djole n.d.a.)
Camara, Yamoussa (Master of the Forest)
Conde, Mamady (Mamady Keita 1995)
Kante, Lancei (Percussions de Guinee 1994)
Keita, Gbanworo (Percussions de Guinee 1989, Ballets Africains)
Keita, Mamady [Mandiana]
Keita, Noumody (Percussions de Guinee)
Keita, Ntoman (Mamady Keita 1992)
Konate, Famoudou [Kouroussa] (Mamady Keita 1995)
Konate, Ibrou (Famoudou Konate)
Kourouma, Mamadou (Mamady Keita 1995)
Kouyate, Papa (Oumou Dioubate)
Oulare, Fadouba (Mamady Keita 1995)
Sano, Mohamed Kemoko (Ballets Africains, Master of the Forest)
Soumah, Lamine (Percussions de Guinee)
Sylla, Aly (Soumah, Percussions de Guinee 1994)
Sylla, Abdoulaye (Master of the Forest)
Toure, Arafan (Fatala)
Traore, Kaloga (Africa Djole n.d.a.)
Undidentified from Karala 
Unidentified from Mandiana and Koumana 
Youla, Fode (Africa Djole)

COTE D'IVOIRE (IVORY COAST)
Bakayoko, Mamady (Adama Drame 1994)
Bakayoko, Karim (Adama Drame 1994)
Drame, Adama [Nouna, Burkina Faso; Bouake]
Keita, Issa (Adama Drame 1994)
Keita, Moussa (Adama Drame 1992)

SENEGAL
Balde, Ibrahime (Orchestre Africa Djembe)
Batakan, Joseph Gomez (Orchestre Africa Djembe)
Camara, Mamadou (Orchestre Africa Djembe)
Kande, Abdoulaye (Orchestre Africa Djembe)
Kouyate, Djimo [Tambacounda]
Niass, Alassane (Orchestre Africa Djembe)
Sidebe, Mamadou (Mandiani Drum and Dance)

BURKINA FASO
Coulibaly, Lassina (Les Freres Coulibaly)
Coulibaly, Ousseni (Les Freres Coulibaly)
Coulibaly, Souleymane (Les Freres Coulibaly)
Kone, Jacouba (Koko du Burkina Faso)
Ouattara, Yaya (Farafina)
Unidentified from Bobo Dioulasso (Danses du Burkina Faso)