Toubab Krewe’s music is like Elvis’ hair. In the ’40s and ’50s, some black people combed their hair back to give it a thinner, more “white” look. Because their hair was so thick, however, it often ...

On the islands off the coast of Georgia, the Gullah Geechee culture of ex-slaves was isolated from the rest of the world by seawater and a thick dialect and thus retained a music closer to Africa than ...

Bullion Records, a trailblazer in West African music, under the umbrella of its CEO, Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo and the Managing Director, Mr. Femi Elegbede Ajibola, has embarked on an ...

Their performance at the Barbican’s Milton Court concert hall transported the audience into a space in which boundaries were erased, and hearts open full-wide. The members of the trio are all three ...

“New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations” offers a close look at contemporary West African masquerade focusing on artists from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Sierra ...