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Ahenemma Cultural Troupe

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The New York–based eighteen-member piece performs drumming and dancing of some West African cultures, including Kete, Fontomfrom, Daansuom, and Adowa of the Akan; Kpalongo and Fume-fume of the Ga; Borborbor of the Ewe; Damba of the Northern Ghana; Bawa of the Dagarti; Wale of the Senegal and Mali, among others.

Though popular at Ghanaian events in the New York Metro Area, the Ahenema Cultural Troupe has performed and organized workshops at colleges and universities that include Princeton University in New Jersey, Tufts University in Massachusetts, Michigan State University, and the University of Colorado, Denver.

One of its drummers and a master dancer, Akwasi Poku, volunteers his services as a cultural consultant to some schools in his home state of New Jersey.