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 ...

Performances in N.Y.C. The festival hosts the National Dance Company of Ghana at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. “You’re getting the best of all the dances.” Gifty Sowu, left, and Faustina Amankwah of ...

It took IShowSpeed little to no time to build a solid fanbase in South Africa. In yet another display of the power of his infectious energy, the popular YouTuber brought African soldiers together in a ...

A video currently making waves online captures members of a group identified as the Efadzinam Borborbor Band performing the iconic Ewe traditional dance. The video, which went viral on September 11, ...

Noyam African Dance Institute has staged a brilliant production titled ‘Goli’ to pave the way for more ground-breaking productions to tell the African story. The spectacular contemporary African dance ...

Ann-Marie Shapiro is sweating and catching her breath as she sits to put on her shoes in the great room at the Channing-Murray Foundation. She looks physically spent but elated. The 41-year-old ...

Guggenheim Award-winning dance scholar and choreographer Dr. Kariamu Welsh, the creator of the African dance technique Umfundalai, will join Drexel University for a discussion and demonstration on ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Skidmore College is well-known for its hands-on approaches to education. Recently, the music department presented an example of this with a show by Dr. Ruth Opara’s class on ...

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 ...