Si Hene
← All terms
Glossary

Gungwe

Kasem · Kassena-Nankani / Upper East · Instrument

Gungwe is the plural of gungonga, an hourglass-shaped tension drum played with a single curved stick, of the kind known elsewhere in Ghana as lunga, dondo or donno.

The gungwe are hourglass tension drums played with a curved stick.

← Back to glossary