For a little more than three decades, Simmons has taught classes in West African and Afro-Cuban music and history at Duke University. Simmons says his djembe classes are typically small. But that does ...

Alicia Hurtt, Executive Director of the Women’s Wellness Center, hosted a traditional West African Dance Immersion Workshop at 310 S. Scott Street. Alicia Hurtt mentioned that Tifini Austin proposed ...

One of the best-known African drums is the West African djembe. It is shaped like a large goblet and played with bare hands. The body is carved from a hollowed trunk and is covered in goat skin.