Q:Must traditional folk practices in Africa be abandoned for the scientific culture to flourish? ODHIAMBO: I don’t think so. In fact, if you analyze folklore, particularly storytelling, there’s a ...

A celebration dance from the Wollof tribe of Senegal and The Gambia. This includes learning the stance, and then moving in shape - walking and jumping forward and back. Each travelling section is ...

King Buzzard, an African king, "was condemned to travel alone through the world as a buzzard for betraying his own and other people into slavery. When Africans enslaved other Africans, they did not ...

How have folk and country been positioned as white genres? What does black Americana sound like today? Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens explores the history of African American roots music ...