The Aka Pygmies living in the south-west region of the Central African Republic have developed a distinctive vocal musical tradition, which involves a complex type of contrapuntal polyphony based on ...

The Power of Our Heritage The African oral tradition has always been more than mere entertainment. As noted by renowned scholar Chinua Achebe in his seminal work “Things Fall Apart,” our ...

It is these storytellers that help to preserve the African oral tradition and folklore of African people, through spoken and written word, song, dance, etc. This year, NABS will be hosting the ...

Siphokazi Jonas is a South African poet, playwright and actor ... and I really wanted to bring the energy of oral literature and storytelling to the text. The adventure of intsomi in particular ...

It blends African languages with English ... Helena Gullah elders and singers to help preserve the oral tradition that is Gullah music. The "Lowcountry" album, released in 2023 and featured ...