The longer I work at Afropop, I feel my mental map of the world becoming increasingly detailed. Like until a few weeks ago, when I th...

Image of Juneteenth 2019 celebration at Hampton National Historic Site in Maryland. It's Juneteenth today, and if that's news to you...

Sharhabil Ahmed holds the title of “King of Sudanese Jazz”—not figuratively, either: he won a contest. But if you're expecting vaguel...

I haven't seen any official surveys on the subject, but my suspicion is that most of us, myself most of all, have spent our quarantin...

The Nigeria that inspired Fela Kuti’s most seminal works was a Nigeria riddled by violence and civil war. The country was ruled by th...

It's Afropop's honor to present the new single from the funky Austin eight-piece band, Superfonicos. Say hello to “El Adios” right he...

Afel Bocoum is a beautiful singer and gifted guitarist and, judging from the personnel on his new album, he knows how to gather talen...

Normally held at a midtown Manhattan hotel, the Latin Alternative Music Conference has moved onto the internet for 2020. Although we...