Hundreds – if not thousands – of people from all walks of life will heed the call of the djembe drum when it takes center stage at public Kwanzaa celebrations throughout the Triangle, particularly in ...

If percussion is the heartbeat of music, Aaron Mossell Junior High School was alive and kicking Tuesday as band students learned to play West African drums. Youssou Lo, a drum and dance instructor ...

Weedie Braimah is a djembefola (a master of the djembe drum), and a force of nature. Born in Ghana and raised in East St. Louis by two world-class drummers, his father Ghanaian and his mother American ...

With powerful drumming and music, heart-stopping acrobatics and colorful dance, Cirque Kalabanté’s “Afrique en Cirque” ushers ...

The sessions primarily involve playing the djembe drum - a large goblet originating from West Africa, covered in goat skin and played with bare hands. Instructor Janice Essam says playing the ...

Led by master drummer and dancer, Kerfala “Fana” Bangoura, the ensemble combines the iconic djembe hand drum with a trio of drums played with sticks, known as dunun, sangban, and kenkeni. The powerful ...

School pupils had the chance to get hands-on with their learning about Africa, with a Djembe drumming workshop.

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- As a ferry with decorative taiko drums on its hull eases into the port of Iojima, a tiny island in southwestern Japan, a welcoming rumble of rhythmic sounds from the shore ...