Janka Nabay, Chopteeth and Elikeh highlight D.C.?s flourishing Afropop scene

When Janka Nabay performs at D.C. nightclub Tropicalia on Friday, the Sierra Leone native will offer a frenetic and infectious take on his homeland?s centuries-old bubu music. It?s a sound that has suddenly made Nabay one of the most celebrated singers in Afropop, a genre whose fan base has swelled in popularity over the past few years thanks to the overwhelming success of the smash musical ?Fela!?

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