Best of The Beat on Afropop: Dancehall Inna African Stylee

<p>With the Apollo Theater’s annual <a href="https://www.apollotheater.org/event/africa-now-festival/" target="_blank">Africa Now festival</a> <https: www.apollotheater.org="" event="" africa-now-festival=""></https:> set for this weekend and featuring some of today’s hottest African dancehall acts, <em>Best of The Beat on Afropop</em> takes a look back to 2002, when the first wave of dancehall artists springing from African roots and cross-pollinated by Jamaican style began to draw notice internationally.</p> <p>The feature, by Lisa Poliak, introduces&nbsp; Senegal’s Daara-J, Pee Froiss, and V.I.B.;<br></p> <div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/hUtH__k16Hs" allowfullscreen="" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> <p>Gambia’s Rebellion D’Recaller, and Dancehall Masters; Tikken Jah Fakoly, Negromuffin and Jo Black from Ivory Coast;</p> <div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ERTm-UbgHVo" allowfullscreen="" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> <p>and South Africa’s Bongo Maffin.</p> <div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/8VJmCZPKiQ4" allowfullscreen="" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> <p><strong><a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/client-uploads/pdf/Beat214africandancehall.pdf" target="_blank">READ OR DOWNLOAD PDF</a>&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/articles/the-beat-goes-on-intro">ABOUT “BEST OF THE BEAT ON AFROPOP”</a></strong></p>