Exiled for much of his career, he was acknowledged universally as a pioneer and a leading light of the international free jazz scene.

The beat goes on — and so does the message. The Queen City Senior African Drummers and Praise Dancers are marking 25 years of movement, music, and ministry. Their anniversary ...

Oluwamodupe Oloyede MIAMI – Oluwamodupe Oloyede made history when she became the first female head drum major for Florida A&M University’s famed Marching ...

When I think of roots, I think of lineage and mothers. Tradition is passed on primarily through the mothers," dancer Ramya S.

With over 50 athletes and a commitment to excellence, the club is now seeking community support to overcome financial challenges and defend their national title.

Drum majorettes or “drummies” first appeared in the 1970s with marching girls performing in street parades. Today, in many South African schools, it is a competitive sport. When Karin Verster first ...

BOHLOKONG. – The Tiisetsang Secondary School scooped two trophies in different categories during the recent inaugural Dihlabeng Mayoral School Drum Majorettes Festival at the Nthute Primary School in ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa speaking at a forum in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Monday. He has come out against the U.S. move to grant Afrikaners refugee status.

Drum majorettes drill their squad for competition AllAfrica ... South Africa: Bonteheuwel Learners On the March. 19 September 2024. GroundUp (Cape Town) By Mary-Anne Gontsana.

The group’s director told Albawaba that the De Hoop Drum Majorettes won first prize in the South African Majorette Championships in 1993. A second prize for Marshal Dancing followed in 1998.

From 2017 to 2020, photographer Alice Mann documented South Africa's all-female school drum majorette corps. A long-term photographic project explores the way the unique sport of drum majorettes ...

Ruth Sandra Crowley Obear, former first lady of UTC, died Thursday at the age of 89. Born August 20, 1934, Ms. Obear was the eldest daughter of Adelaide Hamilton Lennox Crowley, and John Cornelius ...