Creating African musical instruments can be a rewarding experience, connecting you to the continent's rich cultural heritage ...

The kalimba, an African musical instrument, produces soothing sounds that can inspire digital artists to create unique visual ...

The djembe drum dates back roughly between 400 and 800 years, created during the Malian Empire by the Mandé people across regions including Senegal, Mali, Guinea, and the Ivory Coast. Picture a goblet ...

Breaking Boundaries with Rhythm, Melody, Culture, and Innovation. Globally celebrated figure and legendary musician, composer, instrumentalist, DJ, and producer Michael Prince Johnson has released his ...

African instruments are rich and unique in their sounds. With such uniqueness in sound, they have influenced music from other parts of the world. Here are 7 musical instruments whose origin dates back ...

The aesthetic dimensions of African musical instruments are not only visual, but aural and symbolic as well. As cultural objects, they can represent and reinforce political authority, social ...

Exhibition tour: National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C., April 23-June 18, 1989; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, July 16-September 10 ...

The soul-shattering abuses suffered by enslaved Africans, who were forcibly stripped of their languages, religions and other key aspects of their culture, were fortunately no match for their ...

EVERETT — A nonstop flight from Seattle to Africa will take close to 20 hours and cost thousands. But life on the continent can be experienced for free this weekend in Everett. The first-ever Sounds ...