The public is invited to two free concerts coming up downtown at Kent Lutheran Church, 336 Second Ave. S. Lasana Kanneh, ...

Osmic Menoe was a young kid in South Africa when he first fell in love with hip-hop culture during the late 1980s, at the height of the country’s anti-apartheid movement. But like so many, at first, ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - ZIZAZI, born from Angela Gibson’s collaboration with Tremontenia, also known as Queen T Morgan, it’s a vibrant symbol of unity in the African drum and dance scene. With ...

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 ...

Tap dance is as much a part of Americana as blue jeans, barbecue or the Statue of Liberty. While not as popular today as it was during its “Golden Age” from 1920 to 1940, the American art form has ...

Jazz has never made much of a round trip back to its African roots. Once past Hugh Masekela, Abdullah Ibrahim and a few other--mostly South African--players, the reciprocity, in terms of jazz emerging ...

Introduction. Some notes before we begin ; Beginnings ; Basic drum technique ; Rhythmic vocabulary patterns -- Stage 1 rhythmic vocabulary patterns. Gankogui and Axatse ; Obwahsimisah: a game song ; ...