Drummer, dancer, folklorist, and researcher, Sule Greg Wilson studied drumming under Baba Ngoma as well as the premier students of Baba Ishangi, Ladji Camara, and Chief Bey and performed with many of the finest artists and groups in the field, including Babatunde Olatunji, the International Afrikan-American Ballet, Africa in Motion Dance Theater, and the Bennu Ausar Aurkestra. He is the author of The Drummer's Path, and also produced the CD and audiocassette The Drummers Path.
Babatunde Olatunji (1927-2003) internationally renowned musician, teacher, and humanitarian, was "teacher in residence" at the Esalen Institute at the time of his death.