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Name: Twenisini

Geographic Region: Africa

Country of origin: Ghana

Classification: Membranophone

Author: Abraham Adzenyah
           

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The literal translation of the name is "short drum." It is the lead drum of the kete drum ensemble for the paramount chief of the Ashante people of Ghana.

Last Modified: 02-Aug-2005

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