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Kpanlogo (pronounced "PAHN-loh-goh"), traditionally named Tswreshi or Treshi is a type of barrel drum that is associated with Kpanlogo music, and is usually played with two hands. The drum originates from the Ga people of the Greater Accra Region in Ghana, West Africa. Kpanlogo is the name of a rhythm played on the tswreshi.
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A newer, lesser used master drum is called the agboba (pronounced ag-bo-bah or sometimes bo-bah). This drum was invented by the Ewe in the 1950s to play a newly invented piece called agahu. The agboba is the deepest sounding drum played by the Ewe. It has a fat body and is played leaning over on a stand similar to that for the atsimevu.
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the dono drum [22] 26 Dono ntoasuo: the double dono drums [21] 27 Duafe: the wooden comb [20] 28 Dwenini aben: the ram's horns [21] 30 Epa: handcuffs [20] 34 Fihankra: the circular house [21] 35 Se die fofoo pe, ne se gyinantwi abo bedie: what the yellow-flowered fofoo plant wants is that the gyinantwi seeds should turn black An Asante saying.
One of West Africa’s foremost documentarians of the 20th century, J.K. Bruce-Vanderpuije created a prolific record of life in pre- and post-independence Ghana.
Goonji/Gonjey/Goge – Traditional one stringed-fiddle played by a majority of other sahelian groups in West Africa. Gungon – Bass snare drum of the Lunsi ensemble. Of northern origin, it is played throughout Ghana by various groups, known by southern groups as brekete. Related to the Dunun drums of other West African peoples.
Atente is a plural word derived from otente, the name of an Akan traditional hand drum with two heads covering both ends - thus, "one otente drum" but "two atente drums", and "ben" means flute or an instrument of the aerophones family. The atente drums were the principal instruments that accompanied this flute, hence the name atenteben (or the ...