A free West African drum circle takes place every Tuesday night in Fayetteville. The circle is led by Francis Kweku Osei, a professional drummer from Ghana. The event aims to share West African ...

Abasi "Manblack" Hanif is a teacher, artist, percussionist, and founder of ‘Livin The Rhythm' event. Hanif teamed up with chef and entrepreneur Rahein Jones. Jones' The New Vegan businesses acquired ...

No African drum -- or djembe, as they are known in West Africa -- is the same. No two offer the same tone. Some of the hand-carved instruments are large. Some are small. Some are undistinguished in ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Staten Island Urban Center, Alkebulan Consciousness Rising and the Staten Island Afro American Historical and Genealogical Society recently celebrated Black History Month ...

SOUTHWICK — Nearly 20 elementary-aged children have gathered in a circle, many of them starting to play with a djembe, a traditional West African drum. The others are clamoring for hand-held frame ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Join Chet Leach for this free African drum circle at the Emerson Sunday, Oct. 4. Extra drums are ...

The One Beat at a Time drumming circle led an informative discussion on West African drumming music at Aiken's Unitarian Universalist Church Saturday. The group's lively demonstration not only taught ...

Mirror photo by Cherie Hicks Yamoussa Camara plays a djemba drum in Heritage Plaza while his wife, Valerie Metzler, watches. Behind him is a gongoma. Yamoussa Camara rapidly tapped the hacksaw blades ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the first time in years, Milwaukeeans can celebrate African culture during an ethnic and cultural showcase at Brown Deer Park ...

The rhythm of the djembe has a way of returning drummers to their most fundamental natures. As vibrations from the goblet-shaped drum pulse through the bloodstream, the strains of contemporary living ...