Gotta have that funk, yo. Yale art historian, Robert Farris Thompson, in his 1983 work, Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy, traces the origins of the word “funk” to the ...

Note: This article was originally published in April 2005. It was created at a time when African music was on the cusp of becoming an increasingly large part of the Western pop culture landscape.

The Thiossane West African Dance Institute is bringing the sights, sounds and motion of West Africa to Ohio State this week. The Thursday, Friday and Sunday performances in Sullivant Hall will be ...