LAKE WORTH BEACH, Fla. — Art can take many forms but for one dance group in Lake Worth Beach, they're teaching their members and the community all about African culture through the beat of drums and ...

‘Igniting Emancipatory Possibilities through African Diaspora Dance’ summit brings experts and new perspective to campus. Dance enthusiasts, artists, scholars, students and practitioners gathered on ...

Black History Month is an opportunity to recall the people prominent in our past. It’s a way to recognize that their work, their contributions and their very existence are woven tightly into the ...

On Tuesday and Thursday mornings, students dance in lapas, West African wrap-around skirts, to the beat of a live drummer on a Djembe drum. The Barnard dance department’s West African dance classes ...

MACON, Ga. — Sounds like there's a lot going on at the Hayiya Dance Theatre. This dance studio and cultural arts center dances to the beat of its own drum, but to founder Pilar Lowden– this is what ...

Ayodele is a Yoruba word meaning “joy in the home,” and the Chicago-based Ayodele Drum & Dance imparts the joy of these African arts through adult and youth classes, workshops and performances—all ...

In the piece "Tamujuntu", the South African dance company Via Katlehong explores the similarities and shared histories of social struggles between its home country and Brazil. Key to the electrifying ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- At King Elementary School in southwest Fresno, students have been learning about African American culture through dance. This year, 18 students at Martin Luther King ...

Award-winning Senegalese filmmaker Mamadou Dia (“Nafi’s Father”) is in post-production on “Legacy,” a documentary that follows students at a legendary West African dance school. The director will be ...

VESTAL (WBNG) -- An assistant professor in the Africana Studies Department is sharing his knowledge of song and dance with students. Samuel Elikem Kwame Nyamuame a native of Ghana and has a background ...

FARGO — A popular celebration of culture, music and community is back. The All-African Festival North Dakota, now in its second year, will once again fill Broadway Square with food, dance, games and ...

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 ...