And U.S.-based party series have further piqued the casual Afrobeats listener’s curiosity about the music. “They get the vibe of, ‘Oh, this is a party based around the music I recently discovered?
While these parties have now become grounds for discovery, they’ve long stood as safe havens for members of the African diaspora, who grew up in the States ridiculed for their strange-sounding names, foreign foods and incomprehensible music tastes.