The evolution of musical culture in the Americas — from 1500s to present-day — is the fusion of its three musical roots: from the native indigenous peoples, the African Diaspora and the Spaniards. The ...

Djeneba Sako moved to the U.S. from Mali, West Africa, more than 20 years ago to share her passion for African dance. DENVER — If you follow the sound of drums from the unassuming corner of Bayaud ...

The next time you see an African dance, pause, take a moment, look closely, and maybe, just maybe you might find the joy hiding in the crevices of our plight.” These are the crowing words to the poem ...

The Thiossane West African Dance Institute is bringing the sights, sounds and motion of West Africa to Ohio State this week. The Thursday, Friday and Sunday performances in Sullivant Hall will be ...

A video doing rounds on the Internet shows a triad of African kids dancing to the popular song Calm Down by Selena Gomez and Rema. Calm Down, a lovely ballad by Nigerian singer Rema and American ...

Moving to the beat of a drum ensemble, Robin Getter sways and flows in traditional African dances with her dance troupe every Tuesday at Our Lady of the Lake University's International Folk Culture ...

Ananya Jahanara Kabir receives funding from the European Research Council, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and King's College London. In the age of coronavirus, the #JerusalemaDanceChallenge ...

The viral video showing African kids grooving to Kala Chashma from the Hindi film Baar Baar Dekho was posted on Instagram. The image, taken from the viral Instagram video, shows a group of African ...

If you walked by Mulberry Arts Studios in the past couple of weeks, there's a chance you heard the sound of drums. Not just any drums — traditional African drums, called djembe, that are so ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Rae Kala is a traveler — Central America, Mexico, Santa Cruz in California, West Africa — but Port Townsend pulls her back, again and again. In the past, she helped assemble an African ...