Johnny Sourou is a Beninese gospel artist celebrated for blending traditional Beninese and African elements into his music. With over 30 years of experience, he has become a seasoned vessel of African ...

Africa Music Library (AML), a non-governmental music collective dedicated to the archiving, preservation and study of African music, and connecting older and newer generation of African musicians ...

Music and rhythms from traditional instruments serve multiple purposes, including marking significant life events such as births, puberty rites, weddings, and funerals. The Dipo Tɔ (Dipo guard ...

Despite all the odds, this cultural superpower was successfully used to introduce a bountiful new world of music to the Americas by rethinking how to play traditional Western musical instruments ...

“Music instruments are like furniture which should be in every household. Amid these shortages, I wish to become the best African traditional music instrument manufacturer in the near future.

A traditional musical instrument, shantu ... In its fourth dossier on African music, Anadolu explored the shantu, widely used in Niger, Ghana, and Nigeria. The shantu, a percussion instrument ...

Senegal has a rich history of traditional music – and this lives on as it influences the west African country’s ... music not only incorporates instruments that were used to make music long ...

This year's celebration features a day full of traditional African Art, curated music, food tasting and a dance demonstration. Three woman came together to bring the African Cultural Festival back ...