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Akan drum, the oldest African-American object in the British Museum

The Akan drum is the oldest African-American object in the British Museum, brought from West Africa to the Colony of Virginia as part of the slave trade around 1735. ‘Akan’ refers to an ethnic group from West Africa. Its culture is most apparent today in Ghana. The Akan drum was acquired by …

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