One of the best-known African drums is the West African djembe. It is shaped like a large goblet and played with bare hands. The body is carved from a hollowed trunk and is covered in goat skin.

Florence Price took the traditions of classical music and combined them with West African rhythms and dance ... Banned from playing musical instruments, these slaves used their bodies to create ...

Songhoy Blues, an African desert blues group with Touré at the helm, was eventually formed. The group gained fame after a run ...