There is also Afrobeat — different from Afrobeats — a blend of jazz, funk and traditional West African rhythms popularized by Nigerian musical icon and political agitator Fela Kuti in the 1970s.

The Lynnwood-based Washington West African Center hosted its third annual Sounds of Africa Festival Saturday at Garfield Park ...

Next month, the Seb Kan West African Dance and Music concert returns to the Newmark Theater.We sat down with the founder of the dance company to learn more abou ...

Hearing Black American music on the radio at an early age, Mr. Suso dreamed of bringing traditional West African music up-to-date enough to connect with a global audience.

Jessie Lehmann, a member of The Know Bodies Band, discovered her passion for traditional West African drumming before she even visited Africa. Through a drum club at her college, Lehmann, who had no ...

Daddy Lumba, Ghanaian music superstar, dead at 60 Born Charles Kojo Fosu, Daddy Lumba was a musical giant for the West African nation of 35,000,000, bringing the genre of highlife to a global stage.

When we picture the founders of country music, it is imperative to picture enslaved people and African Americans and imagine traditional West African instruments, religious tunes, and work songs.

There is also Afrobeat — different from Afrobeats — a blend of jazz, funk and traditional West African rhythms popularized by Nigerian musical icon and political agitator Fela Kuti in the 1970s.