The popularity of Afropop music is not only reflected in cultural trends and global recognition but also in the increased travel and gatherings of people across Africa. This text explores the connection between Afropop's growing influence and the surge in tourism and social events in African cities.
Photo illustration by Matthew Cooley. Images in illustration by Samir Hussein/WireImage; Steve Granitz/FilmMagic; Gareth Cattermole/MTV EMA/Getty Images/Paramount; Stephane Cardinale/Corbis/Getty Images; Jamie McCarthy/Getty Imagesand I were taking a car across Lagos’ posh Victoria Island last week, he noted the heightened influx of out-of-towners in the Nigerian metropolis this December.
The holiday season has always been a popular time for diasporans to return to Lagos – or make their first visits – but everywhere we went, from intimate backyard dinners to massive music festivals, folks commented on how traffic and crowding seemed especially intense this year, even as the profile ofAs we kicked around theories about why that might be, one of the clearest correlations to me was this: Every year since at least 2016, Afropop (and Nigerianwinning the first Grammy created just for African performance just this year. As the music has drawn us closer culturally – birthing massive pop stars, dictating dance trends, and driving discourse – it makes sense that it has also drawn us physically closer as well. , all-night clubbing, and kickbacks – and all those spaces run on Afropop. And it’s not just Lagos people are flocking to; Accra, Addis Ababa, Cape Town, Cotonou, Johannesburg, Nairobi and more are alive with music too. Through the power of Afropop, an umbrella term for the many modern genres that span the African continent, the people are knowing and celebrating themselves, and each year the party gets more irresistible. Here, myself, a Sierra Leonean-American staffer atNelson C.J. of Nigeria, Cameroonian-American writer Achille Tenkiang, Kui Mwai of Kenya and Madzadza Miya of South Africa rank the best Afropop songs of the year, considering impact, regional representation, and our uniquely cultivated tastes.Rosline Layo has a sound that stylishly blends Ivorian flavors with modern Afropop sensibilitie
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