Introduction to the Asante and the ivory trumpets -- Origins of the Ntahera trumpets -- Anthropological evidence of ivory trumpets in Ghana and West Africa -- Early descriptions of Gold Cost ivory trumpets -- Asante trumpet culture -- The second barrage -- Asante trumpet groups -- Ivory trumpet surrogate speech -- Transcriptions and analyses of Nkontwema and Amoakwa Nnwom -- Epilogue: Philip Asamoah Bonsu and the postmodern condition -- Appendix: Kumase ivory trumpet surrogate speeches, collected by Peter Kwasi Sarpong, with Nana Antwi Boasiako
