From the Nicholas Brothers to Gregory Hines, Savion Glover to the Alvin Ailey dancers, some of the world’s most influential hoofers are of African descent. The origins of their incredible movements ...

Last Saturday, the audience at the Barbara Barker Center for Dance at the University of Minnesota got a taste of West Africa from the Bangouras, an immensely talented family from Guinea whose ...

Bodies, voices and drums blended and exploded with frenzied energy as the Boka N’deye Pan African Drum and Dance Company brought “Festival Africaine!” to Hayden Hall Saturday night. Performing the ...

East St. Louis’ artists foster African American dance legend Katherine Dunham's legacy. African American dance legend Katherine Dunham turned East St. Louis into an important hub of the Black Arts ...

"The instruments used in this recording are called: tama, banta, tcha tcha, gamba, tin tin, baba, and sabar." Recorded Sept. 1952. Program notes by Jerry Newman on container. Performer(s): Sonar ...

Dingaka may mark a trend of sorts. Most made-in-Africa melodramas use throbbing tom-toms and tribal dances merely as an exotic backdrop for the doings of great white hunters, drunken missionaries, or ...