Hailing from the Ga people of Ghana, the kpanlogo rhythm is matched with a dance style bearing the same name. The syncopated ...

Morgan State University has become the first HBCU to participate in the Venice Architecture Biennale with “ReCall & Response, ...

Africanism is to remain relevant in the 21st century, it must evolve with the continent's youth, not above them or despite ...

As June honors the people, places, and cultural influences of Black Music Month, it would be impossible not to mention the impact that Afrobeats has had not just on hip-hop music, but pretty much all ...

The study of rhythmic structures, which appears in the journal Current Biology, analyzed the drumming patterns of chimps from the rainforests in East and West Africa. The trees in those ...

Chimpanzee drummers have rhythm and even region-based patterns Chimpanzees drum on large tree roots to communicate with one another, and international researchers have discovered their drumming shares ...

Music has always been at the heart of Black culture—a tool for storytelling, healing, resistance, and celebration. Whether through gospel’s soul-stirring harmonies, jazz’s improvisational brilliance, ...

1. Introduction to Rhythm: Begin with a basic rhythm introduction, teaching kids about rhythm patterns and how to create their own using different drumming techniques. 2. Name That Beat: Have kids ...