Bodies, voices and drums blended and exploded with frenzied energy as the Boka N’deye Pan African Drum and Dance Company brought “Festival Africaine!” to Hayden Hall Saturday night. Performing the ...

Babies are born with rhythm, notes Baba Shomari Matthews, director of the Nanou Djiapo African Drum & Dance group in Detroit. “The first time you hear rhythm is inside your mother’s womb.

That authenticity, that connection to their own history and indeed, precursors, is one thing that draws so many African Americans to dance. And then there are those drums. Beating as if angry ...

We write our own stories and present all of the aspects of the African diaspora,” says T. Ayo Alston, executive and artistic director of Ayodele Drum and Dance. | Marc Monaghan Marc C.

This year's showcase theme was Embodying the Elements, focusing on the elements of "earth, fire, water and air through ...

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

Ghanaian dance and drumming in Minneapolis; Flint Hills Family Festival in St. Paul; Twin Cities Asian Fair in Plymouth; ...

A collective of New Orleans cultural organizations will present MBONGI: Kingdom of Kongo, a series of African dance and drum workshops at Toulouse Theatre. The event offers an interdisciplinary ...

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