South African musician Abel Selaocoe explains his “paper” technique of practicing cello as a kid, the power of singing to ...

Led by master drummer and dancer, Kerfala “Fana” Bangoura, the ensemble combines the iconic djembe hand drum with a trio of drums played with sticks, known as dunun, sangban, and kenkeni. The powerful ...

One of the best-known African drums is the West African djembe. It is shaped like a large goblet and played with bare hands. The body is carved from a hollowed trunk and is covered in goat skin.

Every year over Memorial Day weekend, against the backdrop of the bucolic Beaufort River and under the shade of swaying ...

Florence Price took the traditions of classical music and combined them with West African rhythms and dance. In the orchestra these rhythms are played in the percussion section and are mirrored in ...

That means making and selling the instruments he grew up with, and it means teaching African percussion styles. “In Canada there is not much African music,” Dioubaté notes. “So I’m very ...