From drum circles in Charleston to lessons in Rock Hill, African drumming is an art being embraced across South Carolina.

There are as many reasons to take an African drumming class as there are people taking the class. Students in Heidi Alina’s Wednesday morning class at Red Crags Arts & Agriculture House in Manitou ...

THE techniques and repertoire of traditional African music are handed down by word of mouth. There are skilled musicians who make music their profession. However, participation in music is generally ...

Eminent Nigerians including the Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, Governor Ibikunle Amosun, Minister for Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed and traditional rulers have hailed the on – going ...

The West African instrument dùndún is also known as “talking drum” because players can match the pitch and rhythm of speech patterns on it. A new study reveals just how closely dùndún players match ...

Guinness Nigeria Plc has unveiled the largest drum whose measurement was put at 22ftx25ft by team comprising Alexander Forbes actuaries and Billings Cost &Associates. The drum called “Orijinal” drum, ...

Selah Thompson (front) teaches how the skirt is used in Afro Cuban dance to mimic natural movements seen in nature at the Traditional Music Society dance class. Susan Pfannmuller Special to The Star ...

The African drumming group in Rock Hill plays indoors and outdoors in April 2026.

Thanksgiving weekend has a lot of traditions — besides turkey, there’s the parade and Black Friday shopping. Philadelphia is home to another tradition that’s decades strong. The Philly-based African ...

A reader sends in a good piece from Nautilus magazine, by an ethnomusicologist who writes of being deceived by his African drum instructors. Or was he? Alexander Gelfand writes about how he and his ...