Very much a local gathering, the free festival is an effort to have music bring people together in an informal, urban setting. Rooted in the community but inviting to all who want to share its values, ...

Once revered as ancestral messengers and custodians of sacred tradition, masquerades across Nigeria are increasingly morphing into tools of fear, ...

The hunter’s death often sleeps inside his own pouch.The calabash that fetches honey must beware the nest of bees.When the goat strays too far into the forest, the leopard does not send an invitation.

On this edition of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sits down with author, artist, and anthropologist Dr. Umi Vaughan to ...

French MPs have unanimously adopted legislation allowing Paris to return to Cote d'Ivoire the Djidji Ayôkwé talking drum, which colonial troops seized from the Ebrié tribe in 1916. The Djidji Ayokwe ...

Nigerian-American author, poet and playwright, Cash Onadele, also known as Aiye-ko-ooto, talks about his play, The Noble ...