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 ...

This object is made from the fruit of a gourd-plant ... 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 ...

Traditionally, a calabash was placed on a holding ... settle on the hollow base," said Manthi. Traditionally, African communities used gourds and calabashes for different purpose including storage ...

His first stop? The supermarket. A large, green calabash gourd caught his eye, and inspiration struck. Why not use it as a cooking pot? As a scout, he had cooked in green papayas, coconuts and bamboo.