Kpanlogo

[1] It was first played by the Ga ethnic group in the Greater Accra Region, most of whom live in and around the capital city, but is now performed and enjoyed throughout the country.

It began in the early 1960s as an innovative dance form, influenced by American rock and roll, and giving the younger Ga generations a point of distinction from their elders.

Ghanaian master drummer C. K. Ladzekpo states that kpanlogo "is essentially an urban youth dance-drumming and a symbol of the commitment of a rapidly growing Ghanaian urban neighborhood youth in advocating their perspective in shaping the political vision of post colonial Africa" (1995: web).

[3] The music accompanying the kpanlogo dance is drawn from older Ga drumming traditions, such as gome, oge and kolomashie.

The main kpanlogo bell part is one of the most common and oldest key patterns found in sub-Saharan Africa.