and the rich African musical heritage that they carried with them was part of the foundation of a new American musical culture that mixed African traditions with those of Europe and the Americas.

Though jazz and classic blues are really early twentieth-century black music ... as opposed to most Latin and Caribbean American colonies. Unlike in Brazil or Cuba direct African infusions into black ...

She was also the founding director IU's African-American Dance Company. After the pandemic, Santiago, who never had a studio ...

American dancer and choreographer Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991) opened the door to spiritual and emotional expression, creating the foundations of modern dance as she codified inventive ...