One of the best-known African drums is the West African djembe. It is shaped like a large goblet and played with bare hands. The body is carved from a hollowed trunk and is covered in goat skin.

Enslaved Africans seeking to reconnect with their lost cultural traditions brought African concepts to instruments in the ...

Tiitambe West African Dance Ensemble is coming to Family of Christ Lutheran Church in Chanhassen on Wednesday, April 3 at 6 p.m. to perform free for the public. The musicians celebrate music and ...

Florence Price took the traditions of classical music and combined them with West African rhythms and dance ... Banned from playing musical instruments, these slaves used their bodies to create ...