Passover and 4/20, there will be a lot of foodstuffs consumed this weekend. But bread alone won’t sustain you, so make a meal ...

Not to mention maracas, triangles, gourds, bells ... who collected some 700 percussion instruments from Asia, the Pacific, Africa, Europe and the Americas. The exhibition, which has text and ...

heard—and later drew—an instrument with animal skin stretched over a gourd and a long neck strung with horsehair. The basic design of that homemade banjo, which descended from African ...

The day was still alive when a group of Abui people danced in a circle around the "maasang"—the central altar of their ...

In Chinese music, gourds fall into one of the eight categories of instruments and produce some of the most essential sounds in a modern orchestra, such as the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra.

In the wake of the recent announcement regarding the sweeping global US tariffs, analysts from South Africa, across the African continent, and internationally have weighed in on the potential ...

The amount of manufactured goods exported from Africa to the United States is minuscule. But for Lesotho, the impact of a stunning 50 percent tariff is enormous. By Patricia Cohen Patricia Cohen ...

Premieres Friday, April 25, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Celebrate International Jazz Day with host Jeremy Irons in a concert featuring Herbie Hancock, Dee Dee Bridgewater and more. Enjoy ...

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...