Each dance is connected to the different traditional rhythms and music traditions of each region. In Africa, music and dance is used to bring communities together to celebrate special events ...

Music and dance — an integral part of African life — became an important part of life for blacks in America. Both slaves and free blacks used music as an accompaniment to work, worship ...

South African music producer and DJ Murdah Bongz recently became the talk of the town regarding his repetitive dance moves. A ...

Since then, Deister has visited Ghana and has performed with West African music and dance masters. Each piece in this collection doubles as a multiple-play-worthy jazz morsel. "Sahara Breeze," for ...

They turned that love into a livelihood by teaching school children the history behind traditional African music and dance. "In Africa they did everything to the rhythm," Shawne said. Based in ...

Burna Boy, Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer. Afrobeats has dominated global dance music for the last decade or so. Many of us will remember how acts like P-Square of Nigeria ...

Broken Chord reframes their choir experiences through Xhosa and contemporary dance, traditional African music and soundscapes, and stories mined from the personal tales of those who once found ...

Amapiano is one of South Africa's biggest musical exports, thanks to its viral dance challenges and catchy beats. West ...

(Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival) Country ... you should bring your dancing shoes for the first-ever festival square dance. And bring your guitar, banjo or fiddle: “There ...