For many on the continent and among the diaspora, navigating multiple identities via cultural attire is a birthright, but it can create some complications ...

Which of the 97 films anointed as Best Picture by the Academy are, in reality, the best? And which are the worst? Almost ...

Charlotte-area organizations like El Alma de la Luna, Dances of India and Charlotte African Drum and Dance Collective elevate ...

At least 48 boys and young men died during the latest round of initiation ceremonies in South Africa, which involve the highly secretive process of traditional circumcision to “become a man.” ...

Growing up near Sao Paulo, Mariana Da Cruz knew there was more to Brazilian music than just singing Bossa Nova tunes. She wanted to branch out and combine numerous other styles like hip-hop and ...

Works by Soa Ratsifandrihana and Robin Orlin evoked Malagasy line dances and Zulu rickshaw drivers. We call it muscle memory, the library of skills imprinted somewhere deeper than the conscious mind.

In 1950 Australian writer and dancer Jean Garling argued: Dance reflects [a people’s] reaction to environment, for it is ...

A workshop on breaking, also known as breakdancing, has been a source of joy for children in Goma since 2008.

Flatfoot dancing originated in Appalachia as early as the 1700s, combining traditions of Scots-Irish settlers, ...

During the African Student Association ‘s workshop Tuesday, music reverberated throughout Pennington Hall as students learned the dynamic steps of African dance. From the lively Afrobeats to ...

South African rand steady as hawkish Fed, Middle East tensions weigh The South African rand held steady in early Thursday trade as investors assessed the U.S. Federal Reserve's hawkish stance, which ...