Photographer Thina Zibi captures more Cape Town youth culture for AfriPOP! This month she visited the Cold Turkey, held every second Sunday at a popular braai (barbecue) venue in Woodstock, Cape Town. Says Thina: “The parties are popular for its dubstep and bass beats. It always manage to host a fun and vibrant crowd. I managed to grab some snaps of the stylish Cold Turkey faces and looks.” Take [...]
Rwandan electro pop singer Iyadede returns with a new video from her EP, The Demo, titled Love Mantra. Written by Iyadede and produced by her longtime collaborator, Blessoill, it was inspired by meditation mantras used to reflect on love. “The song talks about finding your way back to love in the universal sense of that,” Iyadede tells AfriPOP! Related Photos: Iyadede The singer adds that she dedicates the song to [...]
(photo by Akintola Hanif) Brooklyn-based Sierra Leonean photographer and educator Delphine Fawundu-Buford has been documenting hip hop for over a decade. In the 90s she traveled to South Africa to document the emerging hip hop secen in countries like Senegal and Ivory Coast. Now working on a series on Afropolitans to be exhibited at the “Digital Media + Culture in Africa” panel organized by Society HAE during Social Media Week [...]
Creative agency Asilia and the Afri-love blog are hosting A Tropical Christmas: a celebration of creativity and good company. Be there!
Forbes Magazine has taken it famous wealthiest list to the continent and released their inaugural ‘Africa’s 40 Richest.’ Here’s what we learned.
Remember the term ‘yuppy’? It sometimes feels as if there is a special little corner of hell that these strange words go to, after having been used and abused.
This video makes London look pretty. Lol! Ntjam Rosie is a Jazz singer we’ve been up on for a little while based in the Netherlands. Check out her brand new video for her second single off her album Elle, and see her at the North Sea Jazz Festival in September
Come to the British library this month and meet one of Africa’s most important film talents, Waniru Kahiu. She will be talking Afrofuturism, science fiction. All the infor you need is under the hood.
We’re ever so pleased to hear that Ghanaian via Brooklyn MC Blitz the Ambassador’s European hits the big smoke next month. Get the details and a taster for the gig underneath the hood.
Spoek Mathambo makes his debut UK performance at what’s becoming one of our favourite culture nights: V&A’s Friday Late, Afropolitans. All the details for this fantastic (and free!) event are under the hood so pop it now.
