Atumpani

Atumpani pl. ntumpani [Arab. *tabl], *“talking drum” of the Ashanti of Ghana. According to Hause, both drum and name are borrowed, the latter presumably from the Mandingo. Cf. ntumpani, “talking drum” (93, 162). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Hause, Helen E. “Terms for Musical Instruments in the Sudanic Languages,” Supplement to the Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 68. New Haven, Conn., 1948. Rattray, R. S. Ashanti. Oxford, 1923.