December 29, 2022
Africa: La Brigida Orquestra - Playing for "The Big Minority"
Perhaps the best thing about the annual WOMEX conference is that it's like going to a delicious buffet where you can fill your ears with samples of musical cuisines from around the… Read more »
December 23, 2022
Africa: New Africa 2022 - Video Playlist
Afropop Worldwide spent last fall asking artists and colleagues what was new for them in African music in 2022. The answers we got ranged from emerging artists, to changes in the… Read more »
December 20, 2022
Africa: Creative Industries Flourish At U.S. Africa Leaders Summit
Afropop Worldwide's executive producer Sean Barlow received hard to get Secret Service vetted media credentials to cover the historic, just concluded U.S. Africa Leaders Summit in… Read more »
December 16, 2022
Africa: Cumbe Center for African and Diaspora Dance in Brooklyn Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary
Afropop Wordwide's executive producer, Sean Barlow, recently participated in Fet Iajwa, the 10thanniversary celebration of the Cumbe Center for African and Diaspora Dance in the… Read more »
South Africa: Pilani Bubu - Reclaiming and Reinventing Folklore
If you wanted one word to describe South Africa's Pilani Bubu, the word might be "vibrant." Bubu has a vibrancy when you see her, when you hear her sing, or even just talk. At the… Read more »
December 15, 2022
Africa: New Videos - Cheikh Ibra FAM, Lucas Santtana, Fally Ipupa, Sampa the Great, Ayra Starr
We recently launched the Afropop Worldwide Top Video playlist on YouTube and this week we have five great new entries, beginning with Senegalese singer and multi-instrumentalist… Read more »
December 13, 2022
Congo-Brazzaville: Balka Sound
Congo-Brazzaville, like Congo-Kinshasa--two cities facing off across the Congo River--is best known for Latin-tinged Congolese rumba. This reputation has always masked the rich… Read more »
Africa: Sidi Samb's Afroflamenco Fusion
Sidi Samb is the leader of Afroflamenco, and as the name suggests, the band fuses African music with flamenco. But there's more to it than that. Samb is a Senegalese Wolof griot,… Read more »
December 08, 2022
Congo-Brazzaville: Fally Ipupa's Formula 7
Fally Ipupa is undeniably among the top African musicians on the scene today. An alumnus of Koffi Olomide's Quartier Latin, Ipupa has enjoyed a spectacular solo career since 2006… Read more »
December 03, 2022
Africa: Go, Africa! | Fonce, Afrique! Oxlade and Juls Official Africa World Cup Song
World Cup brings memorable songs and who can forget the pride we had in Africa hosting the World Cup South Africa in 2011. Waka Waka was an instant hit for Shakira. What a… Read more »
November 22, 2022
Africa: Baaba Maal and Wakanda Forever
If you're an Afropop fan who's had the pleasure of seeing the Marvel Studio blockbuster, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, you were likely struck within the opening minutes of the… Read more »
Tanzania: Miracle Corners of the World Trains Youth in Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia
Afropop Worldwide's executive producer Sean Barlow was pleased to participate with our colleagues at Music Corners of the World (MCW) at their recent 18th annual gala at New York… Read more »
November 19, 2022
Tanzania: Sauti za Busara Festival in Zanzibar - Vision for February 2023
Afropop Worldwide's executive producer, Sean Barlow, recently interviewed Yusuf Mahmoud, the creator and director of Zanzibar's acclaimed Sauti za Busara (Swahili Sounds of Wisdom)… Read more »