Abdoulaye Sylla taught West African dance at Trinity College for many years before moving out to Seattle in 2009. He also led weekly drum and dance classes at Hartford’s West Indian Social Club.

“He’s a drummer for the same reason that apple trees grow apples: God made him that way,” says East Hartford resident ... having to with the drumming of the African diaspora, Carter says ...

HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - They are Hartford Proud ... “So much fun, very energetic I have so much energy I let it out on the drums,” said Nevaehn Stevens, Windsor Locks High School senior.