Arts + Culture
The djembe: how a Mande drum became one of the world’s most popular instruments
The djembe, a goblet-shaped drum from the Mande world of West Africa, is played with bare hands and…
djembe
Arts + Culture
Les Ballets Africains: the Guinean troupe that brought West African dance to the world’s stages
Les Ballets Africains, founded by Fodéba Keïta in Paris in the early 1950s, became Guinea's national ballet after…