Enslaved Africans seeking to reconnect with their lost cultural traditions brought African concepts to instruments in the ...

Students of every background experienced a little bit of West African culture through food, music and dancing.

Songhoy Blues, an African desert blues group with Touré at the helm, was eventually formed. The group gained fame after a run of shows in Bamako, Mali. Around that time the group met Paul Chandler, a ...

As Calgary’s population grows and diversifies, its cultural and music scene is expanding to reflect this dynamic shift. From ...

Highlighting Black talent is the central mission of the second annual We Black Folk Fest at Club Passim in Cambridge, a two-day festival in February honoring the West African griot tradition through ...

Serving as an ensemble in the Vernacular Music Center, the East African Quartet shares their music and culture to knit ...

A practical and theoretical introduction to traditional West African music and culture. Students experience the rhythms, songs, movements, and languages of Ghana and its neighboring countries through ...

Mo' Meta Blues is more than just an autobiography—it's Questlove's love letter to the African rhythms that have shaped his ...

The first African American to play the lead role in “Carmen” at the Sydney Opera House is shifting away from her roots to ...

The Owensboro branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), in collaboration with the Owensboro NAACP and ...