Listen Up: AfroPop! Nation Expands its Empire on ‘Local Vibes’

Episode 34

Ryan Pitkin and Mark KempMarch 16, 2018June 14, 2024

In the lead up to the big “Bantu Experience” party at the Gantt Center on March 17, we brought in two of the three co-founders of AfroPop! Nation: Ifeanyi Ibeto, aka DJ Kato; and April Hood. We talked with the duo about the beginnings of their Afrocentric party promotions, African culture in America, appropriation and more.

For those who prefer the written word, be sure to check out Mark Kemp’s feature on AfroPop! Nation from this week’s print issue. And of course, catch up with all our past episode on iTunes and Stitcher, or just type “Local Vibes” into your Spotify search bar and find us there.

This article appears in Spring Guide 2018.

Ryan Pitkin

Ryan Pitkin began his journalism career at Creative Loafing as an intern, later becoming the writer of CL's satirical column, The Blotter, and recently became the News Editor. Other publications he has... More by Ryan Pitkin

Mark Kemp

Mark Kemp is Creative Loafing's former editor-in-chief, and the author of Dixie Lullaby: A Story of Music, Race and New Beginnings in a New South. He is currently the senior editor of Our State magazine.... More by Mark Kemp