Nigerian businessman and impresario Paul Okoye organised one of the most impressive showcase of African and Afrobeats talent in the inaugural One Africa Music Fest at the Barclays Center Arena in Brooklyn, New York City.
For the last half a decade, Afrobeats has been the ubiquitous sound to emerge from Africa. No other style of music from the continent has garnered this level of popularity and global penetration in recent years. The Afrobeats sound is everywhere, and it is being driven by a largely African diaspora audience. But where did it start?
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