Education
He attended North Texas State University from 1967 to 1969, then moved to New York in 1970.
He attended North Texas State University from 1967 to 1969, then moved to New York in 1970.
His oratorio African Portraits, which premiered in Carnegie Hall in 1990 by the American Composers Orchestra, has been performed 55 times by major orchestras, with the most notable performance being that by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The work traces the African American experience by combining West African music, blues, jazz, and classical music As of 2010, Lokumbe resides in Bastrop, Texas.