Paramount chief dancing, New Yam Festival, Ahenkro, 1986

Paramount chief Tolԑԑ Kofi Dwuru III (Omanhene) dances to the rhythms of fontomfrum and atumpan (in Twi) drums at the celebration of the New Yam Festival (Finyjie Lie in Nafaanra) in the Ahenkro palace. He wears a blue-and-white strip woven cloth of the type previously made from locally spun and dyed cotton thread. Two photos. Ahenkro, 28 July, 1986.

Creator

• Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Subject

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

Publisher

• University of Victoria Libraries

Keyword

• New Yam Festival
• Fontomfrom drums
• Palace
• Atumpan drums

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/8fe783fc-2cc0-4c54-b793-24fb3ec3daa4