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 ...

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 ...

Bodies, voices and drums blended and exploded with frenzied energy as the Boka N’deye Pan African Drum and Dance Company brought “Festival Africaine!” to Hayden Hall Saturday night. Performing the ...

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Dance as viewed through our modern lens is centered on entertainment. You can hardly look at a music video, sports game or viral clip that doesn’t involve the latest dance move of the moment. Thanks, ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The evening will begin with El-drick Aboagye of Ghana leading introductory class ...

Willy Souly’s first Djanjoba dance circle in Burkina Faso did not involve a lot of dancing. “Everyone was expecting me to move and, growing up shy, I froze for almost an entire minute,” Souly said. “I ...

“They did a thing for the ancestors,” Abdel R. Salaam told Observer, “and then the rains came.” He was talking about his recent trip to visit the Baka people in the Dja Faunal Reserve, located in ...

Ann-Marie Shapiro is sweating and catching her breath as she sits to put on her shoes in the great room at the Channing-Murray Foundation. She looks physically spent but elated. The 41-year-old ...

The African National Congress (ANC) has governed South Africa since the inauguration of Nelson Mandela in 1994, which formally brought about an end to apartheid. It supported and actively participated ...

KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - A sample of African culture could be experienced today in Killeen as the Taste of Africa event held their fifth annual celebration while also raising funds to benefit youth in ...