Calabashes are used in many cultures around the world. My calabash was acquired when we were living in West Africa in the 1950s-60s. It comprises a lid and a base; I photographed them side by side ...

This year, the dancers, in every age and size, will perform "Calabash: The African Gourd." "The calabash was an instrument, it was the first drum," musical director of Imani Edutainers Chinua ...