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FEATURE: SOMI On Her New Play and Album Celebrating Miriam Makeba – AfroPop Worldwide

February 25, 2022Features, Interviews, Press Reel

by Ben Richmond, AfroPop Worldwide “For the last seven years, Somi has been grappling with the legacy of Miriam Makeba. The South African singer/songwriter and anti-apartheid activist is an icon … Read More

PREMIERE: Michael Olatuja “Soki” – Afropop Worldwide

April 28, 2020Premiere, Press Reel

By Ben Richmond, Afropop Worldwide Afrobeat already takes a huge ensemble—you can find footage of Fela conducting Africa 70 into a lather before picking up his saxophone—and it fills such … Read More