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April 05
Africa: Dele Sosimi Talks Afrobeat - From Fela Kuti to the Future
The lights dimmed inside London's legendary Jazz Cafe, the air thick with anticipation. A melting pot of Londoners - longtime Afrobeat devotees, curious newcomers, and those simply… Read more »
April 01
Africa: Season 16 of Afropop - the Ultimate Cultural Exchange Series, Premiering Monday, April 1
AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange, the award-winning series by Black Public Media (BPM) and WORLD, debuts season 16 on Monday, April 1. The series, renowned for its powerful… Read more »
March 18
Africa: Moonshine Lights Up the Globe With Afro-House Extravaganzas
Moonshine is a Montreal-based, Afro-house collective founded in 2014 by Juno-nominated musician Pierre Kwenders and his childhood friend Hervé "Coltan" Kalongo--both of… Read more »
March 15
Africa: How Beyoncé Reclaims Country Music's Roots for Black Artists
You have no doubt heard that global music diva and 32-time Grammy Award winner Beyoncé dropped a pair of hit country songs--"Texas Hold 'Em" and "16 Carriages"--in her… Read more »
February 29
Africa: Cine Africa - the Kitchen, the Grenfell Tower Disaster, and the Windrush Scandal
On June 14, 2017, 72 residents perished in the Grenfell Tower disaster in London. Grenfell Tower was a "council house," one of Britain's federal government-funded buildings based… Read more »
January 26
Africa: Afropop Top Videos for January 2024
Kickoff 2024 entries to the Afropop Top Video playlist with six great new entries. Topping the list are two featuring today's Mama Africa, Angelique Kidjo, continuing her role as… Read more »
January 12
Africa: The Afro-Semitic Experience - 'Unity in the Community'
The Afro-Semitic Experience is a six-piece ensemble of Jewish and African-American musicians dating back to the late 1990s, when Hartford-based pianist and vocalist Warren Byrd and… Read more »
December 31, 2023
Africa: Afropop Game Changers 2024
Happy New Year. The future looks bright for African musicians and content creators as their ingenuity and talent are changing the global cultural landscape. Like the abundance of… Read more »
December 20, 2023
Africa: Camp Afropop 2024
Camp Afropop 2024 is gearing up to be an extraordinary event with a lineup of diverse and talented artists. The festival will feature Georges Collinet, a renowned broadcaster and… Read more »
November 21, 2023
Africa: Top Afropop Videos - Thanksgiving Edition
As Thanksgiving is upon us, some may find time to squirrel away with a phone or laptop and escape into a world of music and imagination. Others may wish to share these with an… Read more »
November 20, 2023
Africa: WOMEX 2023 - the Rundown From Ron!
Each year, come late October, there is a gathering of what could be described as a tribe - this year it was nearly 3000 people, from over 100 countries. There are no real rules to… Read more »
November 13, 2023
Africa: Afropop Celebrates 35 Years At Sob's in New York, Congo-Style!
Congo's Samba Mapangala and the Soukous Stars animated a high-spirited Afropop Dance Party at the legendary New York nighclub SOB's on Friday, Novemver 10th. The event was to honor… Read more »
November 09, 2023
Africa: Images of WOMEX 2023 in Spain
Each year when the world music expo, WOMEX, closes up shop in another European city, we get the stats. And the 23rd edition in A Coruña, Spain, was no exception. So here… Read more »
October 31, 2023
Africa: Afropop Top Videos for October - Dobet Ghahore, Novalima, Kavita Shah and More...
The videos just keep on coming. Here are eight more, once again spanning the endless diversity of today's African and diaspora music and video. Read more »
October 25, 2023
Africa: Catching Up With Delgres
Since we last spoke with Danaë, the band has released two full-length albums, Mo Jodi in 2018 and at 4:00AM in 2021, and are now finishing work on their third album to be… Read more »
October 20, 2023
Africa: Etienne Sevet - the Many Adventures of the Bongo Hop
One of this year's headliners at the International Festival de Nuits Afrique in Montreal this summer was The Bongo Hop. Read more »
October 11, 2023
Africa: Stephen Marley - Old Soul and Bob Marley: Africa Unite
Bob Marley is an enduring icon of popular music. But even icons need refreshing from time to time, and two recent releases add depth and luster to the ongoing Marley legacy.… Read more »
Africa: Africa Unite
Africa Unite was probably inevitable. In the decade-plus that Afrobeats has been on the rise worldwide, outreach and collaboration with established genres, mostly hip-hop and… Read more »
September 12, 2023
Africa: Afropop Top Videos - Stephen Marley, Bombino, Las Hijas Del Rap
The awesomely creative and inspiring videos just keep coming. Here are six more additions to Afropop's Top Videos YouTube playlist, once again spanning the endless diversity of… Read more »
August 04, 2023
Africa: Instagram Message From Bonnie Raitt to Afropop Worldwide
Three days ago Bonnie Raitt sent her fans a heartwarming message about her experience traveling to Mali in 2000 with Afropop Wordlwide. Check it out! Read more »
July 28, 2023
Africa: Sobs Celebrates 40 Years
Sean participated this week in the party hearty celebration of the 40th anniversary of SOB's (Sounds of Brazil), the legendary nightclub in New York City founded by Larry Gold. Read more »
July 27, 2023
Africa: Simon Shaheen Discusses the History and Art of the Oud
In preparing the program "Journeys With the Oud," Afropop's Banning Eyre visited Palestinian composer Simon Shaheen, an oud and violin virtuoso. They met in Shaheen's Brooklyn… Read more »
July 26, 2023
Africa: Nuits d'Afrique Rides Again With Yemi Alade, SONA Jobarteh, Dicko Fils and Much More!
The 37th edition of the Nuits D'Afrique festival in Montreal is a wrap. Once again, the city hosted twelve days of live music from Africa and the diaspora, featuring many of the… Read more »
July 18, 2023
Africa: 2023 Montreal International Jazz Festival
The Festival International de Jazz de Montreal (FIJM) returned in its 43rd edition in full swing (and shuffle, backbeat, Afrobeat, and even ¾ time). It's been three years… Read more »
Africa: Oumou Sangare and Vox Sambou At Celebrate Brooklyn
On Friday, July 14, bookended between well-timed tropical downpours, a remarkable concert went down at Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park. Oumouy Sangare, pioneer of Mali's… Read more »
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