About the Show

From hambone to hip-hop, an extraordinary ensemble of dancers, drummers and musicians takes us from West Africa to Washington, D.C., to reveal the hidden histories and resounding rhythms that transformed America.

From the show:

Powerful. Precise. Persistent. Political. The drum is talking. The music is calling. When Africans lost the right to use their drums, the beats found their way into the body of the people—the DRUMFOLK. New percussive art forms took root and made way for tap, beatboxing and the African American tradition of stepping.

Critic Reviews (1)

"The Body Is Also a Percussive Instrument: In 'Drumfolk,' Step Afrika! performs dances rooted in African-American history. “They took the drums away, but they could not stop the beat!”
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