On June 13 the sad news arrived that legendary South African drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo had passed away after a long illness ...

African drummer Heidi Alina, who’s also an award-winning, high-level, classical concert pianist, was introduced to drumming more than three decades ago and fell in love with it.

West African master drummer and performer Assane Seck, founder of Africa Dobo Drum and Dance Collective, recently shared his story with Berea through conversation, rhythmic beats and dancing.

Bradley Simmons, instructor of West African percussion at Duke University for nearly three decades, died at 72 on May 22.

West African drumming has opened many doors for Lehmann. She’s participated in various performance ensembles, run drumming events as team building exercises for large corporations, and of course, ...

Burke said he is the great-great-grandson of Peter Bailey, who was part of Company K in the 17th Regiment of the U.S. Colored ...

Morgan State University has become the first HBCU to participate in the Venice Architecture Biennale with “ReCall & Response, ...

Performances featured seven drummers and 12 dancers from RYDDE, highlighting Black Diasporic drum and dance with elements of ...

The drum circle’s newest instructor, Francis Kweku Osei, said he recently immigrated from Ghana to Fayetteville in 2023 after touring internationally with several West African bands as a ...

A signal drum is made by an expert drum maker who digs out the core of a 2-to 3½-ft. log. He does his digging through a 3-to 4-in. slit running the length of the log.

Torrington drum circle leaders Angaza and Effie Mwando say their group brings people together with an understanding of rhythm and expression. ... a West African drum fashioned by hand from wood, ...