While foreign gospel has traditionally held a prominent place on the continent in the past, a new wave of homegrown talent is ...

Negro spirituals were created by Africans during slavery and have been passed down from generation to generation. In Baton ...

Some note that as many as 20% of Africans enslaved in North America were Muslims; conversion to them represents a return to their African spiritual roots. Still others say that orthodox Islam ...

Enslaved Africans seeking to reconnect with their lost cultural traditions brought African concepts to instruments in the ...

Sister Anne Arabome, a member of the Sisters of Social Service (SSS) of Los Angeles, has established the first theological ...