Claim: The Fontomfrom, which was first introduce in North Africa during the 1320s, is shaped in an hourglass drum which is only used for reciting proverbs.
Evidence: Prior to the Fontomfrom becoming the ensemble that it is today, it was first introduced into Bonoman by Bonohene Akumfi Ameyaw I and Bonohemaa Owusuaa Abrafi circa 1320s, from North Africa. Bono State (or Bonoman) was a trading state created by the Bono people, located in what is now southern Ghana. Ghana (/ˈɡɑːnə/ (listen)), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa.