The ASU African Drum Ensemble gathers people together to learn and appreciate different African nations' traditional music. The ensemble chooses a nation to study, and it bases its performances on ...

Two large barrel drums sat side by side in the ethnomusicology department, representing the musical culture of African villages from which they originated. The drums are called Atumpan, considered a ...

Reviewed by Cecilia Durojaye in African music (Grahamstown, South Africa) 10 (3) 2017, pages 170-173 (ML5.A25 AFA). AFA copy Purchased from the Warren M. Robbins Library Endowment. African Drumming: ...

Program notes by Guy Warren on container. Performer(s): For jazz ensemble featuring African drums; Guy Warren, drums-composer-conductor ; James Hawthorne Bey, Robert Whitney and Phillip Hepburn, drums ...

There are as many reasons to take an African drumming class as there are people taking the class. Students in Heidi Alina’s Wednesday morning class at Red Crags Arts & Agriculture House in Manitou ...

So much of the dance and music of the New World, and especially of the Caribbean, has its roots in West Africa. The rhythmic sounds and movements are the strongest cultural ties that the millions of ...

In West African dance, the rhythm of the drums and the movement of the dancer work together in unison, almost as one colorful, throbbing body. Other styles, from ballet to modern, disconnect the two; ...

Hands, moving like quick-fire pistons against the taught skin of African drums, sound-tracked the procession of men and women as they made their way to the opening ceremony of the 12th annual Kwanzaa ...

A sacred drum that once served as a powerful communication tool for communities in Ivory Coast has returned home more than a century after it was seized during French colonial rule. Known as the ...