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 ...
BAM’s DanceAfrica returns Memorial Day weekend with a full program of performances, classes, and community events celebrating ...
Traditional African musical sounds and songs are under threat today. More than 50 years after the end of official colonial rule, the legacy of colonialism continues to sideline many traditional ...
African music, with its distinctive emphasis on polyrhythm and beats flowing from percussive instruments, was long treated as subordinate in the international music arena. Music from the continent ...
NewsDay Zimbabwe on MSN
Hwamanda Dance Troupe to light up WIFE Festival
Award-winning Hwamanda Dance Troupe will headline the upcoming Women in Farming and Entrepreneurship Food for Life Festival on May 30 at David Livingstone Primary School with a showcase of Zimbabwean ...
“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 ...
Clips of Björk playing South African music during a recent DJ set have gone viral, delighting local fans and opening up a ...
A group of young dancers from Uganda, Triplets Ghetto Kids, went viral across the world when they earned the “golden buzzer” mid-performance on the TV show Britain’s Got Talent. The golden buzzer ...
As the music industry gathers for Grammy Week, African music is playing an increasingly prominent role — not only on the awards stage, but across global pop culture. That momentum will be on display ...
The country has a rich, original relationship to jazz, with American techniques layered into regional traditions and rhythms. Explore 50 years of recordings picked by musicians, poets and writers. By ...
Independent Newspaper Nigeria on MSN
Zikiri Sourakata Kone: Bamako New Sound Captivating West Zikiri Sourakata Kone: Bamako New Sound Captivating West Africa
ABUJA – In a digital age where African music is increasingly measured by streaming numbers, dance trends, luxury aesthetics and celebrity culture, a different kind of artist is quietly commanding ...
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