The djembe drum dates back roughly between 400 and 800 years, created during the Malian Empire by the Mandé people across regions including Senegal, Mali, Guinea, and the Ivory Coast. Picture a goblet ...

Michael Prince Johnson’s latest album blends Afro-House with traditional African instruments, telling a powerful story of Africa as the origin of knowledge, rhythm, and culture. Breaking Boundaries ...

In the Harris Theater’s reimagining of Scott Joplin’s “Treemonisha,” the West African kora take center stage. The First Recording of Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer" Chris Ware and Scott Yoo discuss ...

The soul-shattering abuses suffered by enslaved Africans, who were forcibly stripped of their languages, religions and other key aspects of their culture, were fortunately no match for their ...

African instruments are rich and unique in their sounds. With such uniqueness in sound, they have influenced music from other parts of the world. Here are 7 musical instruments whose origin dates back ...

The aesthetic dimensions of African musical instruments are not only visual, but aural and symbolic as well. As cultural objects, they can represent and reinforce political authority, social ...

The Black Banjo Reclamation Project aims to put banjos into the hands of everyday people. Paul Ruta Of all the melodic musical instruments in the world, perhaps none is more connected to the land it ...

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