In the vast and ever-evolving landscape of global folk traditions, women have long turned to music as a subtle yet potent form of resistance. Denied access to formal platforms of power political ...

Congo Square is set to thrum back to life next weekend, as the Congo Square Rhythms Festival returns to Louis Armstrong Park ...

The annual Congo Square Rhythms Festival is returning this year, bringing some of the African cultural traditions practiced ...

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The walls of The Sunshine Cultural Arts Center in East St. Louis, seen on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, are lined with photos of ...

Fifty years since Tobago — together with its island neighbour, Trinidad — became a republic, it’s embraced independence while ...

ABC News reports that France has repatriated a sacred talking drum looted from West Africa’s Ivory Coast in 1916 by French ...

During the African Student Association ‘s workshop Tuesday, music reverberated throughout Pennington Hall as students learned the dynamic steps of African dance. From the lively Afrobeats to ...

Charlotte-area organizations like El Alma de la Luna, Dances of India and Charlotte African Drum and Dance Collective elevate ...

African music is dominating the global soundscape, with Afrobeats and other genres reshaping mainstream music worldwide. But ...

“African drums have long been used to communicate, celebrate, mourn and inspire — echoing through peace and war, planting and harvest, birth and death,” shared Cheenu.