Muziwandile Sibongiseni Gigaba, who goes by Muzi Gigaba, doesn't remember telephone wire art being considered as art when he was growing up in Kwa Zulu Natal. Nor was it prominent. Unlike pottery, ...

Dr. Crawley is a Professor of Religious Studies and African American & African Studies at the University ... “Otherwise, We ...

The music and career of Paul Simon is certainly not without its highlights, but the songwriter highlights some very special ...

This year, I visited the Aga Khan Museum (of Islamic art) in Toronto and Islamic art galleries at The Metropolitan Museum of ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Located 2.5 miles south of the ... 130,000 pieces of folk and traditional art from societies all over the globe. At this museum, you'll encounter African, Asian, Middle ...

This year’s rollout takes place November 21-30 at various spots around town, such as the Jerusalem Theatre, the Yellow ...

Ella Jenkins, the prolific, multigenerational musical pioneer who became known as the 'First Lady of Children's Music,' died ...

Clayborn Temple in Memphis, located south of Beale Street, started with an all-white congregation in 1892 and was named ...

He introduced Americans to songs from other cultures, like “Wimoweh” (“The Lion Sleeps Tonight”) from South Africa, “Tzena ... Thanks to Seeger’s influence, protest songs — via folk, rock, blues, and ...

The Red & Black compiles a weekly roundup of shows and events for the upcoming weekend. This weekend includes “A Magical ...

I get chills recalling the sheer power of art that I felt in this room at the National Portrait Gallery, as if the genius loci of Washington, D.C. was standing next to me like a ghost.

As well as seeing some astonishingly beautiful works of art made over the past 100 years, the course will challenge the assumption often made by Western art historians that African art belongs under ...