Each week, Daily Bruin A&E will explore the instruments of the World Musical Instrument Collection and their performers that all contribute to the musical landscape of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of ...
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 ...
It was not only about drumming. Organisers of the yearly African Drum Festival in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, held a conference tagged: Drumming for advancement, a workshop and an exhibition at ...
Talking drums from Yoruba culture are quite popular during religious occasions and other festivities but you can get familiar with the other languages of drums in Yoruba land. Yoruba language and ...
In Henry Dumas' short story "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" three "afro-horns" have been forged from a rare metal found only in Africa and South America. One rests in a European museum; a second one is ...
It took only one Yoruba chant before Ibeyi had fans swaying drowsily under their spell. Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz, the twins who make up Ibeyi, slunk onto the 9:30 Club stage on Wednesday like ...
"I think my strength is not being brilliant in any one thing," says San Bruno's Michael Spiro, "but perhaps being really good and solid at a lot of things." Eclecticism is a virtue, and maybe a ...
NàìjáTreks: What is your original English name? Ayantunde: I am not English. I am German. My German name is Anselm Ramacher. I was born in Remscheid, Northwestern Germany, I grew up in the south ...