There are as many reasons to take an African drumming class as there are people taking the class. Students in Heidi Alina’s Wednesday morning class at Red Crags Arts & Agriculture House in Manitou ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Some lucky kids got to learn from an award-winning artist about African drumming. Weekly classes in African drumming at the Baden Street Settlement are underway. Classes are hosted ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Skidmore College is well-known for its hands-on approaches to education. Recently, the music department presented an example of this with a show by Dr. Ruth Opara’s class on ...

They had to compete with graduations, the incipient Memorial Day weekend holiday, and a dreary morning, but a trio of drummers and dancers nonetheless drew a crowd. Christian Adeti, Maxwell Ayivi and ...

Santa Cruz is known to have a plethora of cultural dance and features an authentic cultural African experience. Amongst the talent here are Santa Cruz residents Mbor and Oumou Faye, originally from ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) – Dr. Marcia Howard is a Waianae High School special education teacher, but her classrooms are like no other. [Hawaii news on the go–LISTEN to KHON 2GO weekday mornings at 7:30 a.m.] ...

Recipient of the 2015 Jack Benny Arts and Humanities Award Helen Bond of Grayslake has brought West African drumming to the region — and like other Lake County venues, Gorton Community Center is ...

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: ...

If you ever came across African diasporic music in North Carolina with live drums — like, djembes, dununs, shékeres — then there's a good chance master drummer Baba Bradley Simmons was involved.