The acclaimed Ethiopian-American artist Meklit Hadero released her new album A Piece of Infinity on September 26 on the Smithsonian Folkways label, and recently released sessions of these new ...

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 ...

The TéMaTé Institute for Black Dance and Culture hosts an annual dance convening that demonstrates the artform’s ability to connect and transform through workshops and performances with experts who ...

On Wednesday, Sept. 24, the Flagstaff Art and Leadership Academy hosted the West African Drum and Dance Workshop. The workshop showcased West African culture through drumming and dancing. Gabriel ...

Award-winning Senegalese filmmaker Mamadou Dia (“Nafi’s Father”) is in post-production on “Legacy,” a documentary that follows students at a legendary West African dance school. The director will be ...

Seven years ago, a squat, powerful Negro girl named Pearl Primus, who had just graduated in biology from Manhattan’s Hunter College, was ringing doorbells in search of a laboratory job. She did not ...

The Wazumbians, an Afrofusion band from Accra, Ghana, perform at the 17th Annual ACANA African Festival at Cherry Street Pier on August 3, 2025. Voffee Jabateh, CEO of ACANA, speaks during the 17th ...

At the Atlanta African Dance & Drum Festival, the steady beat of the drums and the grounded movements of the dancers speak a language older than words, one that restores our connection to home and ...

The Atlanta Voice has stood as a pillar of truth, empowerment, and advocacy in Metro Atlanta for six decades. As we celebrate our 60th anniversary, we invite you to invest in independent journalism ...

Toe-tapping and clapping, an enthusiastic audience at the Historic Grove Theater, gleefully watched well-trained area residents perform West African, Korean and South Indian dances. Ramya S. Kapadia, ...

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 ...