A divine informed Mamady Keita’s mother to expect fame for her son before he even left the womb. It wasn’t long before he became known as a rhythm prodigy in his native village of Balandugu in the ...

The roomful of djembe drummers became as one and, finally, I was swept away to a blessed place, carried on the tide of the increasingly frenetic beat. The waves of percussion were arriving one after ...

“African drums have long been used to communicate, celebrate, mourn and inspire — echoing through peace and war, planting and harvest, birth and death,” shared Cheenu.