Instruments
- Aburukuwa
- Atoke
- Brekete - used especially by the Gorovodu, a vodun order of the Anlo and Ewe peoples.
- Axatse - a rattle or idiophone.
- Fontomfrom - the royal talking drum of the Akan peoples.
- Kaganu - a narrow drum or membranophone.
- Kidi - a drum about two feet tall
- Kora (instrument) - a 21 string double harp-lute
- Kloboto
- Kpanlogo
- Prempensua - large thumb piano.
- Totodzi
- Seprewa - 6-10 stringed harp of the Akan and Fante peoples of south and central Ghana, used in an old genre of praise music.
- Sogo - the largest of the supporting drums used to play in Atsiã
Lobi xylophone. Goun kakagbo - hongan
- Calabash - A dried calabash bowl turned upside down and hit with the fist and fingers wearing rings. Used as accompaniment to melodic instruments
- Flutes
- Goonji/Gonjey/Goge - Traditional one stringed-fiddle played by a majority of other sahelian groups in West Africa.
- Gungon - Bass snare drum of the Lunsi ensemble. Of northern origin, it is played throughout Ghana by various groups, known by southern groups as brekete. Related to the Dunun drums of other West African peoples.
- Gyil - large resonant Xylophones, related to the Balafon.
- Gyilgo - small pentatonic thumb piano.
- Koloko - Varieties of Sahelian lute. Varieties include the one-stringed 'Kolgo/Koliko' of Gur-speaking groups, the two-stringed 'Molo' of the Zabarma and Fulani minorities, or the two-stringed 'Gurumi' of the Hausa.
- Lunna/Kalangu - Varieties of Hourglass-shaped Talking drums.
- Musical bow - known as 'Jinjeram' (in Gurunsi) or Jinjeli (in Mossi-Dagomba languages).
- Shekere
- Whistles
- Horns
- Lemba people Instrumentation: mbira
- Yombe people instrumentation = panpipe
- Shangaan Instrument: guitar
- Venda Instruments: ngoma drums - panpipe
Comorian msondo - ndzendze. Zaramo dance/instrument msondo - also ngoma. Lango okeme. Busoga panpipe
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