BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Tamara Ebo says the area around her Devastation Dance Company and Academy is a “gym desert”. There is not a traditional fitness center within a 10 minute drive from the dance ...

Lagos, Nigeria — March 5, 2026. — 1win Nigeria set the Guinness World Record for the Most Massive Afrobeat Dance, creating a moment that blended culture, community, and celebration in true Lagos style ...

The genre of Afrobeat was started by Fela Kuti, the legendary Nigerian singer and political activist who died of AIDS in 1997. There’s been a push to teach people more about him, with museum exhibits, ...

“We have eight people out right now, and we're all in one van with no trailer,” says NOMO bandleader and saxophonist Elliot Bergman. “It's like the Ringling Brothers' clown car, Russian nesting dolls ...

You wouldn't necessarily call NOMO a jazz group, though as a touring band it certainly could pass for one. A week ago at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art, it carried a front line of trumpet, ...

Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, who started drumming in the 1960s, gained fame throughout Africa, Europe and North America. (Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images) Tony Allen, a Nigerian drummer and driver of the ...

African landscapes and cultures provide unique inspirations for cardio workouts that can be performed anywhere ...

CITY student Christine Ngo Souhe convinced charity funders to award her £1,000 to run African dance classes for youngsters in Southampton because she was worried they were growing up not knowing ...

JOHANNESBURG — Pioneering drummer Tony Allen, the driver of the Afrobeat sound, has died in Paris at age 79. Allen died Thursday night at the Pompidou Hospital of an aortic aneurysm, his manager Eric ...