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Talking drums of Africa : Drums of Takyiman / video by Sarah Adams, Michael Boateng, and Christopher D. Roy ; directed by Christopher D. Roy.
LIBRA DVD 001 836
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drum--Performance.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies.
- Techiman (Ghana)--Religious life and customs.
- Techiman (Ghana).
- Techiman (Ghana)--Social life and customs.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Ghana--Techiman.
- Akan (African people).
- Drum--Performance--Ghana.
- Drum.
- Ghana.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (40 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Drums of Takyiman
- Title on container: Drums of Africa : talking drums of Techiman
- Talking drums of Techiman
- Place of Publication:
- [Santa Cruz, CA] : [CustomFlix], [2004]
- System Details:
- DVD - NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Many African people speak tonal languages whose tonal patterns can be imitated by drums. This means the drums can "speak" and communicate over long distances. Among the most famous of these people are the Akan-speaking peoples of Ghana, including the Asante, Fanti, and Bono people of the kingdom of Techiman. This DVD video shows the drum ensemble of the Bono people of Techiman in the royal palace at the funeral of the late Omanhene, in February, 2004.
- The drummers play a series of seven songs, which are repeated by both the senior, elder drummers, and by their young apprentices. Narration by the Akan scholar who explains (in English) what each song means.
- Notes:
- Recorded live in Feb. 2004.
- OCLC:
- 62074585
- Publisher Number:
- 879724002542
- 206242 CustomFlix
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