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 »

Morocco: The Lure and Lore of Gnawa

The Gnawa musical healers of Morocco are a perennial fascination within the broad tableau of the Afropop story. They bring together potent themes--slavery and its legacy of… Read more »

Morocco: Deborah Kapchan On the Gnawa of Morocco

Deborah Kapchan is a professor of Performance Studies at New York University, and the principle voice for Afropop Worldwide's Hip Deep program, Traveling Spirit Masters: The Gnawa… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Baloji Releases Soundtrack for His Film Agure (Omen)

It's been a while since we heard from maverick Congolese/Belgian hip-hop artist Baloji. But he's been busy! He's now out with an EP for his Oscar-nominated film Augure (Omen),… Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

South Africa: Nduduzo Makhathini - in Conversation With the Ancestors

One of the most anticipated and outstanding performances at this year's Festival International de Jazz de Montreal was from jazz pianist Nduduzo Makhathini. Makhathini is often… Read more »

West Africa: Kokoroko - Evolving the Legacy of West African Music

The origin story of the band Kokoroko began, as all origin stories about humans and music do, in Africa. In this case, it was Kenya in 2014, in the town of Meru on the northeastern… Read more »

Nigeria: Adekunle Gold At Kings Theater in Brooklyn

Nigerian pop star Adekunle Gold returned to New York this week for a show at King's Theater in Brooklyn. The event was scheduled for September 29, the day Brooklyn nearly drowned,… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Sidiki Dimbélé's Journey With the Djembe

At the speakeasy in Dalston, London, Hannah Allchurch had the pleasure of interviewing and listening to the talented multi-instrumentalist Sidiki Dembélé, accompanied… Read more »

Nigeria: Mr. Eazi Fuses African Art and Music Into a Global Sensation With the Evil Genius

Mr. Eazi, the award-winning Nigerian artist, is blurring the lines between continents and genres with his groundbreaking project, The Evil Genius. This innovative fusion of… Read more »

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 »

Zambia: From Zamrock to the Great Year - Zambian Artist Sitali Siyolwe Releases Fourth Studio Album

Sitali is a New York-born singer-songwriter and guitarist from Zambia who has been in the D.C. and summer festival music circuit scene for years. If you were to ask anyone outside… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Mokoomba - Tusona (Tracings in the Sand)

By the time the Zimbabwean band Mokoomba arrived on the African pop scene with their international debut album Rising Tide in 2013, they had been developing their sound for a… Read more »

South Africa: Sharon Katz and the Peace Train New Album - for You

South African singer/songwriter and bandleader Sharon Katz co-founded the band The Peace Train in 1992. Nelson Mandela was just out of prison, and Katz and her musicians traveled… Read more »

Nigeria: Rema Conquers Bollywood With TikTok

As we celebrate King Sunny Ade for having the longest charting African album on Billboard (Jùjú i Music, 1982, Island Records), forty-plus years later, Rema is… Read more »

Nigeria: KSA Passes the Baton to Rema as Longest-Charting African Album on Billboard

In the midst of celebrating Afropop Worldwide's 35th anniversary, Nigerian jùjú maestro King Sunny Ade fans and those new to him will appreciate a new landmark.… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Mokoomba's Unforgettable Return to London

After 6 years since the legendary Mokoomba last played in London, they finally made their very special appearance at the Jazz Cafe, in Camden Town. And there is no better place to… Read more »