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...

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...

Empire (Asante Twi: Asanteman), also known as the Ashanti Empire, was an Akan state that lasted from 1701 to 1901, in what is now modern-day Ghana. It...

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...

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...

Meyerowitz, Eva Lewin-Richter (1958). The Akan of Ghana: Their Ancient Beliefs. Faber & Faber. "The talking drums of the Yoruba | African Music: Journal...

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...

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...

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...

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...

178. ISBN 0-313-01132-X. OCLC 52734130. Kpanlogo drum rhythms Kpanlogo @ Akan Festival 2016 - Tufts University Kpanlogo Kpanlogo African Drumming Dance...

Africa, Oceania and Americas Akan Drum Aubin Codex Benin Bronzes Briggs Enigma Bronze Head from Ife Codex Kingsborough Double-headed serpent Hoa Hakananai'a...

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...

Africa, Oceania and Americas Akan Drum Aubin Codex Benin Bronzes Briggs Enigma Bronze Head from Ife Codex Kingsborough Double-headed serpent Hoa Hakananai'a...

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...

Africa, Oceania and Americas Akan Drum Aubin Codex Benin Bronzes Briggs Enigma Bronze Head from Ife Codex Kingsborough Double-headed serpent Hoa Hakananai'a...

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...

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...

Africa, Oceania and Americas Akan Drum Aubin Codex Benin Bronzes Briggs Enigma Bronze Head from Ife Codex Kingsborough Double-headed serpent Hoa Hakananai'a...

Preceded by 86: Akan Drum A History of the World in 100 Objects Object 87 Succeeded by 88: North American buckskin map...

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...

spider) is an Akan folktale character associated with stories, wisdom, knowledge, and trickery, most commonly depicted as a spider, in Akan folklore. Taking...

other architectural features. Adinkra symbols appear on some traditional Akan goldweights. The symbols are also carved on stools for domestic and ritual...

Africa, Oceania and Americas Akan Drum Aubin Codex Benin Bronzes Briggs Enigma Bronze Head from Ife Codex Kingsborough Double-headed serpent Hoa Hakananai'a...

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...

Africa, Oceania and Americas Akan Drum Aubin Codex Benin Bronzes Briggs Enigma Bronze Head from Ife Codex Kingsborough Double-headed serpent Hoa Hakananai'a...

further reduced to four major cultural regions – the East Atlantic (primarily Akan), West Atlantic (primarily Kru), Voltaic, and Mandé – differentiated in terms...

FONTOMFROM DRUM ENSEMBLE SET". djembedirect.com/. Djembe Direct. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2015. The Akan of Ghana:...

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...

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...