CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The International African American Museum (IAAM) is hosting a West African drumming experience as part of its summer Keys and Conversation program. The Amen-Ra Drummers will ...

Jessie Lehmann, a member of The Know Bodies Band, discovered her passion for traditional West African drumming before she even visited Africa. Through a drum club at her college, Lehmann, who had no ...

The Djembe: From West African Villages to Global Stages The djembe drum dates back roughly between 400 and 800 years, created ...

Juneteenth celebrations are expected to draw newly energized crowds around the country this weekend following the surge in activism around police brutality last year, and the recent federal ...

After a two-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity Rally and March in downtown Spokane will return Monday. Organized by the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr ...

PART OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH. IT WAS A SIGHT TO SEE THE AKWABA ENSEMBLE BRINGS HIGH ENERGY TO THEIR PERFORMANCES, AND THESE STUDENTS FROM THE DERRYFIELD SCHOOL WERE ALL IN. ONCE YOU HEAR THE SOUND OR ...

Tuviel Levi, music producer and owner of Interplay Recording and Multimedia studio in Boulder, has a long-term relationship with African drum music and reggae. When he was growing up in Brooklyn, New ...

Dr. Sylvanus Kwashie Kuwor, scholar and leader, Hesu African Drum Ensemble, Ghana, is the head of Department of Dance Studies at the University of Ghana. He has over a decade experience in Britain as ...

Royal Hartigan is a percussionist, pianist, and tap dancer who has studied and performed the musics of Asia, Africa, Europe, West Asia, and the Americas as well as African American blues, gospel, funk ...

Viterbo University is presenting a night of African music featuring drummers and a vocal ensemble Monday, Oct. 23, as part of the 2006-07 Bright Star Season. Mombasa Party, a vocal group from Kenya, ...