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Akan Drum
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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 objects in the British Museum and poss
On display in the British Museum
On display in the British Museum
The Old Plantation, ca. 1785–1795. Late 18th-century watercolour showing enslaved people dancing, with a banjo and drum, on a South Carolina plantatio
The Old Plantation, ca. 1785–1795. Late 18th-century watercolour showing enslaved people dancing, with a banjo and drum, on a South Carolina plantation.
Chief of Abetifi's orchestra, c.1890, showing a similar drum
Chief of Abetifi's orchestra, c.1890, showing a similar drum
Fante people
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The modern Mfantsefo or Fante confederacy is a combination of Akan people and aboriginal Guan people. The Fante people are mainly located in the Central and Western regions of Ghana, West Africa, occu
Akan Drum
…supposed that this was why the drum was transported. The word Akan refers to the culture in what is today Ghana and includes the Akwamu, Bono, Akyem, Fante, Asante and Akuapem people. This particular drum was obtained in Virginia by the Rev. Clerk on behalf of the Anglo-Irish scientist Sir Hans Sloane…
Peter Turkson
Peter Turkson
Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan