Madeleine Yayodele Nelson, the founder and lifelong leader of Women of the Calabash, a percussion ensemble devoted to music from across the African diaspora, died on Sept. 6 in Manhattan, N.Y. She was ...

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Madeleine Yayodele Nelson, the founder and lifelong leader of Women of the Calabash, a percussion ensemble devoted to music from across the African diaspora, died Sept. 6 in Manhattan, New York. She ...

With their traditional African dress and their Nigerian percussion instruments called shekeres, which are handmade from gourds, the Women of the Calabash look as though they come from strange, exotic ...

Ilori's design incorporates the calabash percussion instrument as a symbol of participation and conviviality, drawing inspiration from the knowledge systems of Western African societies. The calabash ...

Just how far can a groove take you? To the depths of space, to stretches of desert punctuated by towns nestled among the dunes? On Saturday at Cafe Nine, Dilemastronauta and Imarhan gave a masterclass ...