Drums, rattles, and other percussion instruments are well-known sources of musical accompaniment connected to Native American music. Flutes were one of the first melodic instruments developed by North ...

Any attempt to extricate black threads from the American tapestry will result in the entire fabric becoming undone.

Discover Rio de Janeiro's architectural marvels, blending modernism with rich cultural heritage in the Marvelous City.

Just moments before leaving office, President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents. Peltier was ...

In Tanzania, Kising'a farmer Bonnie Lelunga has been performing traditional Hehe music, exploring the country's fraught, colonial history.

A new documentary on Afrobeats, Nigerian Yoruba music, and politics will look at a century of fuji, juju, apala, sakara, highlife and more ...

Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution to a conflict in eastern Congo, where Rwandan-backed rebels’ rapid ...

Mike Dada, President and Executive Producer of All-Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) and H.E. Amb. Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development ...

Status: The 2025-2026 call for applications for the First Nations Languages Funding Model of the Indigenous Languages Component led by Canadian Heritage is now open until February 7, 2025. Please do ...

While 17 states and dozens of cities recognize Indigenous Peoples Day, Montana — home to 12 tribes and seven reservations — is not among them. Sen. Shane Morigeau, D-Missoula, on Wednesday ...

NFMLA showcases films by filmmakers of all backgrounds throughout the year, across both our general and InFocus programming.