When I heard drumming in the distance at the Parc de la Villette, I practically broke into a run. This patch of park in northern Paris, where Africans and Caribbean Frenchmen turn up on Sunday ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

New England’s reigning salsa big band, Ray Gonzalez y Su Orquesta, is the main stage headliner at the third annual Samba Fest hosted by Trinity College and taking place Saturday, May 2, from noon to 4 ...

The event organisers are confident that with the extra revenue generated by the new sponsorship deal they can cater for a wider variety of tastes and bring top class samba, salsa and Latin programmes ...

Like the mambo and the salsa, the roots of the samba lie with the religious traditions and the people of West Africa, exported to Brazil with slavery in the years between 1600 and 1888. The word ...