Woman dancing at the palace, New Yam Festival, Ahenkro, 1986

Palace drummers play an ensemble of '"fontomfrum" (back), "atumpan" (center) and other drums as a woman (Kabrenga) dances at the Ahenkro palace during the celebration of the New Yam Festival (Finyjie Lie in Nafaanra). Drummer in orange shirt, center, Kofi Boakye. Man standing, far right over drums, Kwasi Peter. Ahenkro, 28 July, 1986.

Creator

• Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Subject

• Drums (musical instrument)
• Rites and ceremonies
• Dance

Publisher

• University of Victoria Libraries

Keyword

• Fontomfrom drum
• Atumpan drum
• Palace
• New Yam Festival

Date created

• 1986-07-28

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Geographic coverage

• Ahenkro

Coordinates

• 8.164906, -2.355708

Provider

• Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Genre

• 35 mm slide

Date digitized

• 2016

Technical note

• Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Year

• 1986

Permalink

• http://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/fc9266d7-96b0-4e2c-93fa-1cf44d0372d2