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 ...

“They did a thing for the ancestors,” Abdel R. Salaam told Observer, “and then the rains came.” He was talking about his recent trip to visit the Baka people in the Dja Faunal Reserve, located in ...

African exercises provide a unique approach to improving finger flexibility, drawing from traditional practices passed down ...

Mozambique’s most influential contemporary choreographer uses bodies in motion to artfully — and clearly — trace the complex recent history of his country. By Tavares Cebola and John Eligon Reporting ...

A South African dancer and choreographer, she was known as a fearless creative force who brought African dance styles to traditional pieces like “Swan Lake.” By Isabella Kwai and Roslyn Sulcas Dada ...

Selah Thompson (front) teaches how the skirt is used in Afro Cuban dance to mimic natural movements seen in nature at the Traditional Music Society dance class. Susan Pfannmuller Special to The Star ...

DanceAfrica, BAM's longest-running program and the nation's largest festival of African dance and culture, returns for its 48th year with a full weekend of performances, films, dance classes, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Comfortable with trending on TikTok, the South African songstress has also been the face of a few viral dances, prompting hundreds ...

Emmanuel Adejumo who goes by the stage name Boi Sala is the son of one of Nigeria’s most popular and celebrated comedians Baba Sala. Emmanuel is also an artiste like his father. As a multi-talented ...

A year has passed since an Angolan dance troupe called Fenómenos do Semba released a video of themselves dancing in a courtyard in Luanda to the South African hit song Jerusalema by Master KG. With ...

Ann-Marie Shapiro is sweating and catching her breath as she sits to put on her shoes in the great room at the Channing-Murray Foundation. She looks physically spent but elated. The 41-year-old ...

American streamer and YouTuber IShowSpeed, real name Darren Watkins Jr, is concluding a 28-day tour of Africa, aiming to challenge prevailing stereotypes of poverty and violence by showcasing the ...