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.
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 (/n/ (listen)), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa. 
