cover image: Ghana musical instruments: a pair of talking drums

Ghana musical instruments: a pair of talking drums

1966

Notes provided by Rycroft on tape box (these notes are copied word for word): Pair of Akan 'talking drums', 'Atumpan' (played with angular sticks). This recording includes spoken sections delivered by an Unidentified male. He provides information about the drums and the mythological background behind a particular rhythm.
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Authors

unidentified, Rycroft, David, 1924-1997, http://viaf.org/viaf/94840587

Place Discussed
Ghana
Published in
Ghana
Reference
C0811X0045XX-1000
Rights URI
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Source
Europeana https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/2059209/data_sounds_C0811X0045XX_1000