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Apae

Twi/Akan · Akan (Asante), Ashanti Region (royal court) · Music/Dance

A genre of court praise poetry (mmrane) that recounts past wars, performed by the constabulary with the mpebi ne nkrawiri drums marking its cadences (Ampene & Nyantakyi 2016; Ampene 2024).

The court constabulary recited Apae to recall past wars.

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