NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Shimmy Jiyane and Latroit about their new project to reimagine classic House tracks to tell the story of the roots of the genre – translated and sung by the choir in Zulu.

The Mainstay is proud to present, as its opening concert of the season in honor of Black History Month, “History of Praise – ...

The African American Voices Gospel Choir provides a space for students to come together to worship through song, dance, service and miming. The traditional gospel choir is a student organization that ...

For Costa Mesa’s Debora Wondercheck, Juneteenth is a time for reflecting on the struggles endured by ancestors born into slavery, the advancements that led to their emancipation and the perseverance ...

Just as great pressure creates diamonds out of coal — the world’s largest diamonds come, after all, from South Africa — man’s injustice to his fellow man can paradoxically create great art: an art of ...

American gospel music might have taken the forefront as a preferred source of inspiration for Gospel music lovers but African listeners are increasingly rediscovering and embracing their homegrown ...

In West African dance, the rhythm of the drums and the movement of the dancer work together in unison, almost as one colorful, throbbing body. Other styles, from ballet to modern, disconnect the two; ...

INNER CITY: (Singing) Let me take you to a place I know you want to go. It's a good life, yeah. SHAPIRO: It's called "Good Life," by Inner City. Music producer Dennis White, aka Latroit, was part of ...