For a little more than three decades, Simmons has taught classes in West African and Afro-Cuban music and history at Duke University. Simmons says his djembe classes are typically small. But that does ...

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- As a ferry with decorative taiko drums on its hull eases into the port of Iojima, a tiny island in southwestern Japan, a welcoming rumble of rhythmic sounds from the shore ...