Here’s a feather in our organizational cap: As part of the 2022
globalFEST Wavelengths Conference, on Jan. 27 Afropop Worldwide will
be presented with the Impact Award.
As yesterday’s
announcement explains, “This
award goes to an organization that has earned respect and praise from
the global music community for their outstanding commitment to the
field. This year's recipient is Afropop
Worldwide
(Sean Barlow, Georges Collinet, and Banning Eyre). Afropop debuted on
public radio in 1988. Thirty-four years later, the core team is still
at it, having survived wars, recessions, political upheavals, and a
pandemic, continuing to aid, advise, and mentor artists, producers,
writers, filmmakers, presenters, and colleagues in countless
endeavors supporting and promoting global music.”
The
two-day conference of world music professionals will happen via Zoom,
with the awards ceremony on
Jan. 27 at 4 p.m. Tickets
are available right here. The
musical showcase goes down next week,
Jan. 18-20, a three-night "Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST"
series, hosted by Angélique Kidjo,
Thanks to globalFEST, and we’ll see you at the ceremony!
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