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 ...

A free West African drum circle takes place every Tuesday night in Fayetteville. The circle is led by Francis Kweku Osei, a professional drummer from Ghana. The event aims to share West African ...

Central African languages and our own -- The drums -- How messages are sent on the talking drum -- What's in a name? -- Ourselves as others see us -- Births, marriages and deaths -- Sporting events -- ...

When spoken word meets the pulse of the African drum, the stage becomes a meeting point between language, music and memory.

Abasi "Manblack" Hanif is a teacher, artist, percussionist, and founder of ‘Livin The Rhythm' event. Hanif teamed up with chef and entrepreneur Rahein Jones. Jones' The New Vegan businesses acquired ...

Winter chokes the highveld in Johannesburg, South Africa, and takes from me, from our entire culture, a mighty mountain. Gabriel Mabi Segwagwa Thobejane, the diminutive tower of rhythmic power, has ...

GLEN DALE -- John Marshall High School’s music program was gifted authentic handmade African drums on Thursday. The drums were donated by Wheeling resident John Faini, son of the late Phil Faini, who ...

Louis Tebugo Moholo-Moholo was born in St Monica’s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa on 10 March 1940. He’d not have appreciated that introduction, once chastising an interviewer: Ah, no! My name is ...

West African drumming, dance and song will move from Gettysburg’s Lincoln Square to the Gettysburg College campus during “The Forbidden Drum,” an upcoming four-day music program that will take place ...

A rhythmic interpretation of how African drums are made, how they sing and tell a story, and how they serve the Yoruba and Ashanti cultures. siris_sil_36703 ...