Written by guest author, Chief Baba Neil Clarke The Pinkster Festival is a very important 350-year-old, but little known, Africanized celebration which took place annually in the Hudson River Valley region, including the N.Y.C. area for almost two hundred years. ...
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Artist Spotlight: Zorkie Nelson
                              ZORKIE NELSON is a master percussionist, traditional flute player and vocalist specializing in the Ga cultural tradition. Born into a family of musicians in the West African city of Accra, Ghana, Zorkie has studied music since the age of...
Yennnayer in New York: Indigenous Algerian Resistance and Dance in Brooklyn
North African dancer and teaching artist, Esraa Warda, reports on her fieldwork in Algerian communities in Brooklyn, New York.
Voices of New York: Maxwell Kofi Donkor & Sankofa Drum and Dance Ensemble
A biographical portrait of Maxwell Kofi Donkor and the Sankofa Drum and Dance Ensemble, in an interview format.
“Once in Abaganaland”: A Folk Story
The author examines a specific Nigerian tale as a culturally produced text