In a bid to boost cultural awareness, students from regional and remote ares of New South Wales are getting a lesson in the basics of West African drumming and its significance.

One of the best-known African drums is the West African djembe. It is shaped like a large goblet and played with bare hands. The body is carved from a hollowed trunk and is covered in goat skin.

Sommet/Mandingue/Summit 5 (Mandingue Summit) is the fifth edition of a three-day multidisciplinary festival celebrating traditional West African arts and culture, and includes both free and ...

Curious about many different types of music, in the 1970s Reich travelled to Seattle to study the Balinese gamelan and to Ghana, to study West African drumming – and his own piece, Drumming ...

Thiossane West African Dance Institute will showcase West African culture in music, dance and storytelling performances.

Presenting the one of a kind and unique event called Wooden Roots Experience where you can fully embrace and educate yourself with a full weekend of traditional West African drumming, dance ...