Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emerging in the 2000s, Afrobeats is a popular style of West African music that employs polyrhythms and syncopation and draws ...

Boston dance lovers are moving to a new beat. “Afrobeats is fresh. It’s new,” said Chidinma “Chi-Chi” Osuagwu, the founder and co-director of Afrobeats Dance Boston. “Afrobeats and its mark on the ...

The members of Dzana, Yale’s first and only Afrobeats dance group, share at least three things in common: an interest in exploring new aspects of African culture, a passion for dancing, and a desire ...

Dancers and musicians can stop by Norfolk State University this weekend to see a performance by a Ghanaian musician, celebrate music and watch dance teams compete for scholarships. Afrobeats FEST 757 ...

It has required the diligence and unalloyed creativity of performing artistes, music producers, show promoters, video directors, choreographers, disc jockeys, graphic artists, fashion stylists and ...

From Lagos to London to Los Angeles, a new style is taking dance clubs and music charts by storm. Chances are, you’re already familiar with the sound, even if you haven’t heard the name. Afrobeats, a ...

A new festival happening in Virginia Beach this weekend gives people a chance to get in on a cultural movement reaching across the globe. The Tidewater African Cultural Alliance will host its first ...

A new collection mashes-up Jamaican dancehall, soca, hip-hop and polyrhythms from Ghana and Nigeria. Critic Milo Miles says Afrobeats Hot Hits is a "seductive invitation to dance." This is FRESH AIR.

Naponi Jurkin has a hard time finding a place to dance in Dallas. “I won’t go somewhere if I know the music is bad or the DJ is bad,” Jurkin said. Jurkin, who is South Sudanese, has struggled to find ...

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to join Christian Mintah, who is in the MFA in contemporary dance program at CWRU, for an Afrobeats Dance Workshop Friday, Nov. 15, ...

Naponi Jurkin has a hard time finding a place to dance in Dallas. “I won’t go somewhere if I know the music is bad or the DJ is bad,” Jurkin said. Jurkin, who is South Sudanese, has struggled to find ...