Indigenous musical instruments have long been central to cultural expression in South Africa. They carry history, identity and social meaning. Many of these instruments were developed within specific ...

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 ...

African music, with its distinctive emphasis on polyrhythm and beats flowing from percussive instruments, was long treated as subordinate in the international music arena. Music from the continent ...

Mohamed was born on December 10, 1949 in the working-class gold-mining town of Benoni in South Africa. By his mid-teens, the ...

Africa Week, an annual event promoting the cultures of numerous African countries in Korea, will spotlight the music and ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook It’s seven in the morning and I’m woken up by the pounding of rain on my window. Panicking briefly ...

All instruments were recorded in Native Instruments’ studios in Berlin. West Africa features a sequencer that provides over 70 pre-programmed ensemble patterns with West-African grooves, complete with ...

ROXBURY — The Roxbury Arts Group will continue its 2022 performance season at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, and will feature Chinobay in a concert of contemporary pan-African music at Roxbury Arts ...