Africa: Giants of Africa Festival to Return in Kigali On July 26

[New Times] The Giants of Africa Festival is set to return to Kigali from July 26-August 2, bringing together 320 young athletes from 20 African nations, and more than 20,000 spectators for a week of community, culture, basketball, education and entert…

Africa: Kasiva Mutua – Feeling the 6/8 Rhythm

[Afropop] In 2016, Afropop Worldwide spoke with a young Kenyan percussionist, Kasiva Mutua, when she was a member of the Nile Project. The Nile Project actually kicked off three years earlier, and as Nile Project co-founder and CEO, Mina Girgis explain…

Africa: Youssou N’dour At Brooklyn’s King’s Theater

[Afropop] The excitement and anticipation was palpable as the seats began to fill in the historic Kings Theater on Flatbush Ave on Sunday, April 27th, 2025. When hype-man and percussionist Mbaye Dieye Faye led the twelve-piece band onstage, the capacit…

Africa: Jazzahead Spotlights African Jazz and More

[Afropop] One of the Brother Grimm’s fairy tales is about four domestic animals – a dog, donkey, cat, and rooster – who are past their prime and are being mistreated by their master and decide to split and head to the town of Bremen, Germany, to become…