Every two years, the Marquesas Islands hosts a festival, Matavaa o te Henua Énanta in native Marquesan. The next festival ...

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 ...

Come celebrate 25 years of rhythm with Baba Roots and share the heartbeat of West African drumming next month. Bovenzi will host his family, and fellow drummers together for an afternoon filled with ...

Dakar, Senegal's capital, is famous for its lively cultural scene. The city hosts several events where sabar drum dance performances are the highlight. From local neighborhoods to cultural centers, ...

T. Ayo Alston is the founder and artistic director of Ayodele Drum & Dance, an all-female company specializing in music and dances from West Africa. Ayo, which means “joy” in Yoruba, is Alston’s ...

On Wednesday, Sept. 24, the Flagstaff Art and Leadership Academy hosted the West African Drum and Dance Workshop. The workshop showcased West African culture through drumming and dancing. Gabriel ...

It is the culminating event for the Djapo Cultural Art Institute’s year-long community dance and drum classes. The 6th annual two-day Dance and Drum Festival includes West African dance and drum ...

For the last two decades Kilautiup Songuninga has been gathering songs and stories to revive the age-old tradition of Inuit drum dance. Although the songs were often performed by men, it’s women who ...

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Texas to announce the end of the Civil War and slavery. The Nefertari African Dance Co. out of ...

A rich taste of African culture that provides amazing, vigorous, high energy, and powerful movement. Let the beat of the drum move your body. Participants will learn songs, rhythms, dances, and ...

Drumming and dancing filled the afternoon as a performing group brought a West African drum meditation to the Student Services Plaza on Wednesday, Feb. 26. Invited by the Social Justice Center, the ...

The Family of Aya recently led a drum and dance lesson for students at Valdosta State University. (Submitted photo) VALDOSTA — On March 4, Valdosta State University’s Sociology of Music class hosted ...