Mikeall “Myienie” Caesar founded N’Fungola Sibo to teach West African dance, a mission encouraged by her longtime mentor, Papa Abdoulaye Camara. Originally from Senegal, Camara had moved to New ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The African National Congress (ANC) has governed South Africa since the ...

University of Kwa-Zulu Natal provides funding as a partner of The Conversation AFRICA. This is a hymn to an African woman who has inspired not only African dancers but a global community of artists to ...

A South African dancer and choreographer, she was known as a fearless creative force who brought African dance styles to traditional pieces like “Swan Lake.” By Isabella Kwai and Roslyn Sulcas Dada ...

In a joyful expression of West African culture through dance, music and storytelling, the youth and professional dance companies from Thiossane West African Dance Institute will showcase the ...

“Bomba is not only a genre, it's kind of a lifestyle," one dancer said. As the nation commemorates Black History Month, Afro-Puerto Ricans are using their traditional dance and music -- Bomba -- to ...

Kids can party with the best of them this weekend at the Aquarium of the Pacific. That’s all thanks to an international party-planning duo who said they’re aiming to reinvent the way parties are ...

A proud sister-in-law captured the moment her brother’s bride performed a traditional Samoan dance — called the taualuga — for her new family, and now the footage is going viral. Lyrah Siarrah (@lyrah ...