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    The Akan Drum is a drum that was made in West Africa and was later found in the Colony of Virginia in North America. It is now one of the oldest African-American...
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    (Asante Twi: Asanteman), today commonly called the Ashanti Empire, was an Akan state that lasted from 1701 to 1901, in what is now modern-day Ghana. It...
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    Aburukuwa (category African drums)
    the Abrukwa) is an open drum of the Akan people and the Asante people of Ghana. It is a high-pitched talking drum used by the Akan people, bottle-shaped...
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    instruments such as the talking drum ensembles, Akan Drum, goje fiddle and koloko lute, court music, including the Akan Seperewa, the Akan atumpan, the Ga kpanlogo...
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    and its wood is used for drums or other carpentry. Cordia africana has been used in the manufacture of drums. The Akan Drum which is now in the British...
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    Meyerowitz, Eva Lewin-Richter (1958). The Akan of Ghana: Their Ancient Beliefs. Faber & Faber. "The talking drums of the Yoruba | African Music: Journal...
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    Brong and the Abron, are an Akan people of West Africa. Bonos are normally tagged Akan piesie or Akandifo of which Akan is a derivative name. Bono is...
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    goldwork and regalia from Ghana including the Bowdich collection, the rare Akan Drum from the same region in west Africa, pair of door panels and lintel from...
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    the talking drum among West African ethnic groups: Tama (Wolof of Senegal) Gan gan, Dun Dun (Yoruba of Nigeria and eastern Benin) Dondo (Akan of central...
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    Preceded by 86: Akan Drum A History of the World in 100 Objects Object 87 Succeeded by 88: North American buckskin map...
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    Africa, Oceania and Americas Akan Drum Aubin Codex Benin Bronzes Briggs Enigma Bronze Head from Ife Codex Kingsborough Double-headed serpent Hoa Hakananai'a...
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    178. ISBN 0-313-01132-X. OCLC 52734130. Kpanlogo drum rhythms Kpanlogo @ Akan Festival 2016 - Tufts University Kpanlogo Kpanlogo African Drumming Dance...
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    Object Origin Date BBC website BM website Additional contributors 86 Akan Drum from Africa, found in the USA 18th century BBC BM Bonnie Greer, Anthony...
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    Onyame, Nyankopon (Onyankapon) or Odomankoma is the supreme god of the Akan people of Ghana, who is most commonly known as Anyame. The name means "The...
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    Africa, Oceania and Americas Akan Drum Aubin Codex Benin Bronzes Briggs Enigma Bronze Head from Ife Codex Kingsborough Double-headed serpent Hoa Hakananai'a...
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    of the Akan ethnic group and are native to the Ashanti Region of modern-day Ghana. Asantes are the last group to emerge out of the various Akan civilisations...
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    Africa, Oceania and Americas Akan Drum Aubin Codex Benin Bronzes Briggs Enigma Bronze Head from Ife Codex Kingsborough Double-headed serpent Hoa Hakananai'a...
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  • Big Drum is a genre, a musical instrument, and traditional African religion from the Windward Islands. It is a kind of Caribbean music, associated mostly...
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    hands or L-shaped sticks. The atumpan or ntumpane talking drum are used by Asante and Akan to communicate/send messages and are mostly found in Ghana...
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    Adinkra symbols (category Akan language)
    other architectural features. Adinkra symbols appear on some traditional Akan goldweights. The symbols are also carved on stools for domestic and ritual...
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    spider) is an Akan folktale character associated with stories, wisdom, knowledge, and trickery, most commonly depicted as a spider, in Akan folklore. Taking...
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  • Africa, Oceania and Americas Akan Drum Aubin Codex Benin Bronzes Briggs Enigma Bronze Head from Ife Codex Kingsborough Double-headed serpent Hoa Hakananai'a...
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    Africa, Oceania and Americas Akan Drum Aubin Codex Benin Bronzes Briggs Enigma Bronze Head from Ife Codex Kingsborough Double-headed serpent Hoa Hakananai'a...
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    Coast. New York: The Free Press. ISBN 0-02-908926-3 Alan Lloyd, 1964, The Drums of Kumasi, London: Panther. Ernest E. Obeng, 1986, Ancient Ashanti Chieftaincy...
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    Africa, Oceania and Americas Akan Drum Aubin Codex Benin Bronzes Briggs Enigma Bronze Head from Ife Codex Kingsborough Double-headed serpent Hoa Hakananai'a...
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    Fontomfrom (redirect from Fontomfrom drum)
    FONTOMFROM DRUM ENSEMBLE SET". djembedirect.com/. Djembe Direct. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2015. The Akan of Ghana:...
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    with the Yoruba Egungun festivals have also been identified. However, an Akan origin is more likely because the celebration of the Fancy Dress Festivals/Masquerades...
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    Asante goldwork from Ghana, including the Bowdich collection, the rare Akan Drum from the same region in West Africa, a series of soapstone figures from...
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    Atabaque (category Hand drums)
    tension drums appeared in Bahia, Suriname, St. Domingue, Cuba, and the southern states of America. These drums traveled with the Ewe, Fon, Akan, and Yoruba...
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    The Ashanti people invented the Fontomfrom, an Asante talking drum, and the Akan Drum. The predominant means of travel within Ashanti region and Kumasi...
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