And that role, it turns out, was a considerable one, especially for the slave-trading kingdoms of western and central Africa. These included the Akan of the kingdom of Asante in what is now Ghana ...

They were used on the middle passage in forcing Africans to exercise, preserving them for slave labour, and the Akan drum may have reached Virginia in this manner. Appropriating musical ...

(Kwaku, an Akan day name, was often given to boys born ... Nathaniel Jennison of the nearby town of Barré, already owned eight slaves, and as far as Jennison was concerned, if a revolution ...

They were used on the middle passage in forcing Africans to exercise, preserving them for slave labour, and the Akan drum may have reached Virginia in this manner. Appropriating musical ...

Today he tells the extraordinary story of a now fragile African drum. It was taken to America during the years of the slave trade and where it came into contact with Native Americans. The drum was ...