It took IShowSpeed little to no time to build a solid fanbase in South Africa. In yet another display of the power of his ...

It took IShowSpeed little to no time to build a solid fanbase in South Africa. In yet another display of the power of his ...

Samuel Maama Marquaye has returned to Ghana with a clear purpose: to deepen his research into traditional drumming and dance, ...

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 ...

Renowned Ghanaian dancer and singer Joyce Agyei is marking 25 years of sustained contribution to traditional African performance, a career ...

In a joyful expression of West African culture through dance, music and storytelling, the youth and professional dance companies from Thiossane West African Dance Institute will showcase the ...

Penny and the KidVision Pre-K Kids learn about West African dance and music. Penny and the KidVision Pre-K Kids learn about West African dance and music. They listen to a griot (storyteller), make and ...

With division seemingly on the rise in Orange County, Debora Wondercheck said she wanted to bring Orange County community members together through celebration and performance – the result is Sunday’s ...

For the Kawambe-Omowale African Drum & Dance troupe, performance serves as a form of self-care—and introduces the community to a traditional African art form. This story was produced at the 2022 ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The African National Congress (ANC) has governed South Africa since the ...

University of Kwa-Zulu Natal provides funding as a partner of The Conversation AFRICA. This is a hymn to an African woman who has inspired not only African dancers but a global community of artists to ...