Led by master drummer and dancer, Kerfala “Fana” Bangoura, the ensemble combines the iconic djembe hand drum with a trio of drums played with sticks, known as dunun, sangban, and kenkeni. The powerful ...

It will be held at noon inside the Hemmingson Center Ballroom. When a high school’s African percussion group performs at Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at the Spokane ...

Instead, he’s finding gratification and joy in teaching the next generation with Pucci Percussion, a Lafayette-based group that focuses on African drumming. Green founded the group about a ...

Not only do they teach the performance but the history and tradition behind African percussion as well. But when they ...

“For playing of xylophones and drums to become inculturation ... Chu said there is a need for a deep understanding of African Traditional Religions and the Christian traditions if inculturation ...

During his time, the program has grown to include percussion-heavy performances of gamelan, West African and South American music. His final concert is this Friday, May 2, in the Dennison Theatre.