An Oakland woman has brought the joy of dance and an appreciation for African American culture to performers and audiences for 52 years. Artistic director Deborah Vaughan crafts diverse performances ...

African contemporary dance is a powerful and evolving art form that has captured the world's attention. By fusing traditional ...

Stafford Berry Jr. is one of the first artisans awarded the Midwest Culture Bearers Award for his African-rooted dance, ...

The dance world mourns the loss of Judith Jamison, a towering figure in contemporary dance whose influence spanned decades ...

Sloan drew inspiration from a dance popularized in the mid-19th century by William Henry Lane, an African American performer known as "Master Juba." Lane famously competed against Irish American ...

Thiossane West African Dance Institute will showcase West African culture in music, dance and storytelling performances.

The keyboard, everything, came to me,” she said, “including knowing that I wanted ‘Fanga’ to go with that.” It was the moment of inspiration for the title song of “Soaring High,” Kuumba’s live concert ...

On Nov. 6, Grand Valley State University’s Africana studies program (AAA), in collaboration with the African Student Council ...

We hear of the value of asking our elders about our culture before it's too late, before they die along with their troves of historically personal facts. A dozen reviewers chose nine finalists ...