Olivia Stepp said she's been "bit" by the rippling drum rhythms and authentic dances from a rich Guinea culture built on generations of storytelling. Stepp's classic ballet training did not prepare ...

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 ...

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 West African instrument dùndún is also known as “talking drum” because players can match the pitch and rhythm of speech patterns on it. A new study reveals just how closely dùndún players match ...

Music is such an important part in many cultures. The drums in particular play a role in African and Caribbean traditions.

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 ...

Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation celebrates its 25th anniversary and the start of a new School of the Arts season, ...

KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. — Students from Blythewood High School's West African Drum and Dance Ensemble performed for the students at Jackson School in Kershaw County at the district's Black History Month ...

Among the many musical masters living in New Orleans, Seguenon Kone stands apart. Unlike the jazz, brass and blues greats who were raised in and fed off the city's rich cultural landscape, Kone, an ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Members of the Spirit of Angela West African Dance and Drum group perform for a crowd at the end of a Kwanzaa celebration on ...