A free West African drum circle takes place every Tuesday night in Fayetteville. The circle is led by Francis Kweku Osei, a professional drummer from Ghana. The event aims to share West African ...

GLOVERSVILLE — The Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts, 2736 Route 30, will have an African drumming circle class from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 5 in the grand gallery. John Dickson will be the instructor.

TORRINGTON — Effie Mwando was speaking to more than a dozen people on a recent Thursday night session of African drumming at Howard’s Bookstore. “Just feel it,” she said. “Rub your hands over it, ...

MAYFIELD — An African drumming circle workshop will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday in the Grand Gallery at the Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts, 2736 Route 30. John Dickson has been teaching ...

SOUTHWICK — Nearly 20 elementary-aged children have gathered in a circle, many of them starting to play with a djembe, a traditional West African drum. The others are clamoring for hand-held frame ...

No African drum -- or djembe, as they are known in West Africa -- is the same. No two offer the same tone. Some of the hand-carved instruments are large. Some are small. Some are undistinguished in ...

West African drum master Mamadou Traore is back for his next Community Drum Circle at The Melon Ball, 1970 Lake Blvd. in Davis, on Saturday, Sept. 23, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Open to avid drummers, and to ...

Mirror photo by Cherie Hicks Yamoussa Camara plays a djemba drum in Heritage Plaza while his wife, Valerie Metzler, watches. Behind him is a gongoma. Yamoussa Camara rapidly tapped the hacksaw blades ...

For the first time in years, Milwaukeeans can celebrate African culture during an ethnic and cultural showcase at Brown Deer Park in July. This year's celebration features a day full of traditional ...