Andrea Queeley teaches a course about societies and cultures of the Caribbean at Florida International University. Seven students sit surrounded by floor-to-ceiling windows, the afternoon sunlight ...

If you ever came across African diasporic music in North Carolina with live drums — like, djembes, dununs, shékeres — then there's a good chance master drummer Baba Bradley Simmons was involved.

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