If you walked by Mulberry Arts Studios in the past couple of weeks, there's a chance you heard the sound of drums. Not just any drums — traditional African drums, called djembe, that are so ...

Editor's Note: This interview is part of an ongoing Star series highlighting Kansas Citians from historically underrepresented communities and their impact on our region. The series builds on The Star ...

Egyptian groups include the national folk troupe of the Artistic House for Folk and Performing Arts, regional troupes such as the Assiut Folk Arts Troupe, the New Valley Folk Arts Troupe, as well as ...

Francesca Negro is affiliated with the Centre for Theatre Studies and the Centre for Comparative Studies at Lisbon University. A group of young dancers from Uganda, Triplets Ghetto Kids, went viral ...

The Spokane Folklore Society's Fall Folk Fest is taking place this weekend, offering a vibrant celebration of traditional and ...

Traditional African musical sounds and songs are under threat today. More than 50 years after the end of official colonial rule, the legacy of colonialism continues to sideline many traditional ...

EAST FLATBUSH, Brooklyn (WABC) -- As we wrap up celebrating Black History Month, a Brooklyn family teaching African dance and drumming in public schools lost its rhythm after not getting paid for ...

Joseph Kamaru, the performer who records under the name KMRU, admits that being a composer of ambient electronic music is not an obvious path to fame and fortune in his home country of Kenya. “It has ...