The most significant wind instrument in West Africa is the algaita, a large oboe-like instrument. It has a strong, almost piercing sound that can be heard for miles, ideal for open-air festivities and ...

Bringing a taste of Senegal to Metronome on a dark October night, Seckou Keita and the Homeland Band performed a rich and ...

Every year sees the release of thousands of albums, and only a select few manage to break through the noise to reach your ears eventually. During the pandemic lockdown, several music heads played ...

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The Roxbury Public Library celebrates the music and culture of West Africa with a performance at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6 by Sean Gaskell on the kora, a 21- string harp typically made from a ...

It was Birmingham Town Hall but not as I'd ever seen it before. The whole audience were up on their feet, dancing, singing ...

Some of that lack will be addressed, in its own sweet West African way, when legendary singer-guitarist ... indigenous instruments from the griot zone, such as the harp-like kora and the tuned ...

It could be easy to overlook the dangers of tensions rising again in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s fixation on securing an outlet to the Red Sea, and his proven ...

AMSTERDAM, Oct 17 (Reuters) - The conservative Dutch government is looking into sending rejected African asylum seekers to Uganda, Prime Minister Dick Schoof said on Thursday, while acknowledging ...

Samuel Oyewole is affiliated with Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria. Christopher Isike does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would ...