The djembe drum dates back roughly between 400 and 800 years, created during the Malian Empire by the Mandé people across regions including Senegal, Mali, Guinea, and the Ivory Coast. Picture a goblet ...

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 ...

One of Tanzania’s most endangered possessions isn’t its wildlife; it’s its music. Dozens of musical instruments – and the skill set to play them – are facing extinction in Tanzania, which is why ...

Folk music is a traditional genre that reflects the culture, stories, and history of a community, passed down through generations, often featuring acoustic instruments and simple melodies. African ...

A SUMMER CELEBRATION of black theater comes to the Billie Holiday Theater by way of New Dove Production’s “Ju Ju Man,” an African folk musical. Playwright and founder of New Dove Productions Aduke ...

Chisseko Kondowe is homesick, so he’s trying to bring the sounds of the African bush to South Florida. “I feel like I’m creating my own little tribe,” he says. Kondowe is the guiding force behind ...