The colourful metropolis of Accra is abuzz with anticipation because it prepares to host the inaugural West Africa Music & Arts Pageant (WAMAFest) from June nineteenth to June twenty second, 2024. This historic occasion guarantees an electrifying fusion of music, arts, and tradition, celebrating the wealthy heritage of West Africa and its international affect. Juneteenth…
Visiting musicians performed West African songs for Lake Placid Elementary Faculty college students on Friday, Might 24. From left are Theresa Hartford, Dian Oury Bah and Seny Daffe. (Information photograph — Andy Flynn) LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Elementary Faculty gymnasium Friday morning, Might 24, was stuffed with the rhythmic…
Theresa Hartford is heart stage Friday within the Lake Placid Elementary Faculty fitness center taking part in a West African drum in entrance of Yunga Webb, left, Seny Daffe, center, and her husband Dian Oury Bah. Daffe and Bah are initially from the West African nation of Guinea. (Enterprise photograph —…
Kampire has curated a brand new compilation of East and Southern African music, ‘A Dancefloor in Ndola’. The double-vinyl and digital bundle will land on third August by way of Strut Data. The album’s title is taken from the Zambian city the place Kampire grew up, having been born in Kenya to Ugandan dad and…