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African music, with its distinctive emphasis on polyrhythm and beats flowing from percussive instruments, was long treated as subordinate in the international music arena. Music from the continent ...

The One Beat at a Time drumming circle led an informative discussion on West African drumming music at Aiken's Unitarian Universalist Church Saturday. The group's lively demonstration not only taught ...