The djembe drum dates back roughly between 400 and 800 years, created during the Malian Empire by the Mandé people across regions including Senegal, Mali, Guinea, and the Ivory Coast. Picture a goblet ...

This instrument also the balafon, which is an African marimba, and also the ngoni which is a five string West African lute.

A recent Monday, 12:33 p.m.: Wherever Yacouba Diarra plays his music, he says, he is home. Which is why, despite being born into the Bouaba tribe in the West African nation of Burkina Faso, he's ...

Ahmed Abdul-Malik was a resourceful and versatile bassist capable of fitting in with the groups of Thelonious Monk, Herbie Mann, and others. On his few recordings as a leader, he dove head first into ...

Amid Black History Month celebrations in February, some local musicians say they are finding more opportunities at various venues to share their work and stories. One Bay Area man who plays an unusual ...

The ASU African Drum Ensemble gathers people together to learn and appreciate different African nations' traditional music. The ensemble chooses a nation to study, and it bases its performances on ...

MUSCAT (Reuters) - The coastal Arab nation of Oman is the unlikely center of a thriving African music scene with roots stretching back centuries and across the seas to Zanzibar. The Omani empire in ...