AfriPOP! Video: Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond on “Powder Necklace”
Ghanaian author Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond’s Powder Necklace tells the story [...]
Goapele Talks New Album, ‘Milk and Honey’
AfriPOPmag: You’re wrapping up your third album, ‘Milk and Honey.’ What’s it all about?
Goapele: I would say this album is more soulful. There’s gonna be some R&B, there’s even a song that I was working on last night that I was like, ‘I can dance to this.’ And then there’s some ballads where the music resonates with something that’s more classic and old school where I’m lyrically and vocally vulnerable. Then there’s some fun and whimsical songs, mainly all love songs.
Anisa Mpungwe gives you Loin Cloth and Ashes
In February Loin Cloth and Ashes joined the list of fashion labels to receive a coveted spot in the Arise African Collective Fashion Show at New York fashion week. Meet the face behind the label, Tanzania’s own Anisa Mpungwe. We caught up with the style maven, to get a little more insight on the designer.
AfriPOP! interview: Netsayi
Here at Afripop we’ve been big fans of Zimbabwean Netsayi ever since she burst onto the scene with her 2006 debut Chimurenga Soul. With her rootsy, soul vibe and clever, heartfelt lyrics she won critical acclaim. Now six months after the release of her second album Monkey’s Wedding and just a few weeks shy of the arrival of her first child, Netsayi talks to us about the birth of albums, babies and nations.
AfriPOP! intervew: Inua Ellams
No one co-signed Phonte of Little Brother’s famous piss-take of black spoken word coffee house-type poets harder than me. Soon as they had the mic trust I’d be walking out. Because of those guys, I suspect I might have missed out on some genuinely gifted artists who could compose ideas beyond mythical black queens and their vaginas. At the time I was okay to take my chances.
