Naponi Jurkin has a hard time finding a place to dance in Dallas. “I won’t go somewhere if I know the music is bad or the DJ is bad,” Jurkin said. Jurkin, who is South Sudanese, has struggled to find ...

Learn about some of the biggest parties in the U.S. that are bringing all types of people together through African music. By Heran Mamo In the summer of 2021, parties across the globe kept running ...

Let’s set the scene. You’re out with friends, or maybe by yourself, at a local nightclub or day party, and the DJ on set gives a shoutout to the “Carribeans” in the crowd. They say something like, ...

Afropolitan Cities is taking Afrobeats and popular African culture to the streets of Los Angeles for the L.A. Afrobeats Block Party & Jollof Cook-off. It’s described as an immersive fun-filled ...

Oluwaseun Balogun remembers the exact moment he conceptualized the Afrobeats Ultimate Multi-Yacht Party. It was December 12, 2020 and the owner of concierge service Capt Balo Miami had taken some ...

Afrobeats has swept the world of music like a tsunami - it dominates playlists and its fans cram into huge stadiums to hear the likes of Nigerian superstars Wizkid, Davido and Burna Boy. Photographer ...

We're rolling out the 50 tracks that are the most foundational, influential and popular within Afrobeats. Over the last decade, Afrobeats has made significant inroads in the global music industry, ...

Amapiano is a mix of deep house, kwaito, jazz and lounge music. Afrobeats, on the other hand, is an umbrella term used to describe West African music to outsiders. READ MORE South Africa: Lojay and ...

African music, like Latin music, has always placed in the ‘World music’ section of most streaming sites, meaning that the scene is too often misunderstood as being one sound. Well, that was never the ...