“We have had African Culture Connection here a few times before, always high energy so we invite them as much as possible.” Students of every background experienced a little bit of West ...
A practical and theoretical introduction to traditional West African music and culture. Students experience the rhythms, songs, movements, and languages of Ghana and its neighboring countries through ...
Despite all the odds, this cultural superpower was successfully ... South African singer Miriam Makeba and others. A West African banjo-like akonting instrument on display in Spain’s the Casa ...
Highlighting Black talent is the central mission of the second annual We Black Folk Fest at Club Passim in Cambridge, a two-day festival in February honoring the West African griot tradition through ...
WEST AFRICA has long been a source of booze. In Yoruba mythology Obatala, a deity sent to create humans, stumbled on palm wine and fell into a drunken slumber before completing the task.