Art Company's 'Les Voyageurs du Lointain' bridges West African, Korean cultures A group of dancers chant softly, occasionally repeating the phrase "Yiriba, yiriba." Reverently carrying a balafon, the ...

Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé, a pioneer of African cinema with a career spanning 50 years, has died at age 84, Malian ...

On Wednesday, the movements of West African dance were featured on the Penn State Shenango campus. The Balafon Dance Ensemble ...

An extended trailer for the movie “Roofied,” which is currently in production in the Youngstown area, has been released.

Enough cannot be said about the singing, the dancing, the costume and production design and more in William Kentridge's ...

Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution to a conflict in eastern Congo, where Rwandan-backed rebels’ rapid ...

A West African banjo-like akonting instrument on ... we had longstanding music traditions on the thumb piano, on the balafon [a gourd-resonating xylophone], the various wooden key instruments ...

This moment could provide an opportunity for West African states to shake off the remnants of the power imbalance that characterized France’s presence, and reshuffle the cards of military and ...

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ABIDJAN - The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States takes effect on Wednesday after a year of political tensions, fracturing the region and ...