Afropop Worldwide

Sep 19, 2024 | afropop.org | Kaya Byinshii

Banner image: Kenny Mirasano performing during his concert True Mutu at L’Espace on December 9. Photo from © The New Times Rwanda Rwanda is not often mentioned among those countries currently driving the global momentum of pan-African musics, but the East African nation’s contemporary music scene has been particularly vibrant in recent years. Rwanda is witnessing a growing emergence of young artists who are redefining modern music-making by drawing on their country’s traditional music heritage.

Feb 8, 2024 | afropop.org | Angèle Cossée

We’re enjoying being back in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, this time with a group of 24 intrepid Afroopop travelers for our music and culture visit to Tanzania and Zanzibar. Our first night of music featured a battle of Swahili rumba bands—Mlimani Park and Msondo Ngoma both 12- or so piece orchestras featuring multiple intertwining guitars, blaring trumpet and saxes, and killer, four-man vocal front lines.