All day Saturday, you can enjoy food, music, dancing and more at the 12th annual Charlotte African American Festival. The Uptown event celebrates the heritage and accomplishments of African Americans.

The fourth annual Sounds of Africa Festival drew enthusiastic participants to Garfield Park in Everett Friday, including ...

Reviewed by Cecilia Durojaye in African music (Grahamstown, South Africa) 10 (3) 2017, pages 170-173 (ML5.A25 AFA). AFA copy Purchased from the Warren M. Robbins Library Endowment. African Drumming: ...

A free West African drum circle takes place every Tuesday night in Fayetteville. The circle is led by Francis Kweku Osei, a professional drummer from Ghana. The event aims to share West African ...

Selah Thompson (front) teaches how the skirt is used in Afro Cuban dance to mimic natural movements seen in nature at the Traditional Music Society dance class. Susan Pfannmuller Special to The Star ...

Babies are born with rhythm, notes Baba Shomari Matthews, director of the Nanou Djiapo African Drum & Dance group in Detroit. “The first time you hear rhythm is inside your mother’s womb. That ...

KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. — Students from Blythewood High School's West African Drum and Dance Ensemble performed for the students at Jackson School in Kershaw County at the district's Black History Month ...

Most of the Emerson Drummers play the djembe, a traditional African drum made from stretched animal skins and a hardwood shell, tuned with rope. The Emerson Drummers is made up of 15-20 members of the ...

For many years, indigenous African drums were deemed unsuitable for Christian worship by numerous believers. However, Peter Olalekan Adedokun, founder of Drumsvoice of Jesus, has challenged this ...