There are as many reasons to take an African drumming class as there are people taking the class. Students in Heidi Alina’s Wednesday morning class at Red Crags Arts & Agriculture House in Manitou ...

Learn drum rhythms and patterns from members of the West African Music & Dance Ensemble. Kwesi Anku, Kwaku Manu, and Selasi Morgan are members of the Bay Area's West African Music and Dance Ensemble.

When Chimie Bangoura moved to Vermont in 2007, he knew plenty of languages, but English was not one of them. Growing up in West Africa, he spoke French at school and learned the six native languages ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The African Dancing and Drumming Program's ready to groove with you. These young dancers from Greensboro's the Dance Project and the Suah African Dance Theatre have been making a ...

The West African instrument dùndún is also known as “talking drum” because players can match the pitch and rhythm of speech patterns on it. A new study reveals just how closely dùndún players match ...

On a recent Saturday, the main hall of Yale’s Afro-American Cultural Center echoed with the sound of drums, playing driving, intricate rhythms together — compelling enough to bring someone in off the ...