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 explained to Afropop producers Banning Eyre and Ian Coss at the time:

Africa: Afropop Top Videos – 5-1-25 Yemi Alade, Dub Inc and More!

[Afropop] Today we highlight six new Afropop Top Videos for April. You'll find some new faces--WhyDee and ESINAM & Sibusile Xaba--alongside old friends Yemi Alade, DUB Inc., and Madalitso Band from Malawi. We kick off with a name to watch in Senegalese music, Cheikh Ibra Fam.

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 street musicians. While they never achieve that goal, on their way to Bremen they scare off some robbers squatting in a home and then move in themselves to live happily ever after. And while, again, they never actually get to Bremen, the town has embraced the tale of