February 4, 2025
Planet Afropop: Golden Elephants and Ibibio Gospel
This edition features Ibibio Sound Machine and winners of the Afropop prize at the 2024 Syli D'Or competition, Boubé and Less Toches.
In this edition of Planet Afropop, our newest producer Stella Hartman reports on the UK/Nigerian group Ibibio Sound Machine’s venture into gospel music. Then Georges, Mukwae and Banning preview the annual Syli D’Or battle of the Afropop bands in Montreal by profiling the two winners of the 2024 Afropop Award. Boubé is a young Tuareg composer/singer/bandleader from Niger who now makes his home in Montreal. And Less Toches is a powerful, pan-Latin American ensemble with a fresh, global take on cumbia and more.
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