Half of the percussion section is lined up along a classroom wall, with whiteboards to their backs. Each young boy is shaking a shekere — a West African instrument made from a dried gourd and covered ...

The North Ridgeville Branch of the Lorain Public Library System hosted a drumming event Feb. 9 with West African drummer Sogbety Dimonade. The event featured drumming lessons, dance sessions and basic ...

The students were eager to embrace the unique challenge of combining the cadences of traditional marching drums and the djembe, an african drum made from wood and animal skin. "It's pretty cool. I ...

KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. — Students from Blythewood High School's West African Drum and Dance Ensemble performed for the students at Jackson School in Kershaw County at the district's Black History Month ...

Dressed in black and white, the students of McDaniel College’s African Drumming ensemble made their way through campus Thursday night carrying their djembes through the cold for the group’s first ...

They had to compete with graduations, the incipient Memorial Day weekend holiday, and a dreary morning, but a trio of drummers and dancers nonetheless drew a crowd. Christian Adeti, Maxwell Ayivi and ...

Meet the extraordinary women of the African drum who will be coming to Yakima to share their talents in honor of Black History Month. Sheree Seretse, Susu Pampanin and Afua Kouyate’ will be performing ...

Washington, D.C. (7NEWS) — Kankouran's 42nd Annual National African Dance and Drum Conference and Concert is happening Labor Day weekend! We got a taste of the celebration as 4 members joined us live ...

PORTSMOUTH — A large crowd packed Chestnut Street on a Monday morning that brightened up for a Juneteenth ceremony at the African Burying Ground. “It’s important for my kids to be a part of a ...

Jessie Lehmann, a member of The Know Bodies Band, discovered her passion for traditional West African drumming before she even visited Africa. Through a drum club at her college, Lehmann, who had no ...

NEXT SEVEN DAYS. CHERNEY: I AM HERE WITH CASEY WILLIAMS TO TALK ABOUT WE ARE THE DRUM. TELL ME ABOUT THIS. CASEY, MEANING CITY AT PEACE AND THE ARTS. IT STARTS IN AFRICA TO AMERICA, TO WISCONSIN, AND ...

Royal Hartigan is a percussionist, pianist, and tap dancer who has studied and performed the musics of Asia, Africa, Europe, West Asia, and the Americas as well as African American blues, gospel, funk ...