Bakosó: Cuban Grooves Meet Afrobeats
A young boy from the dance group Sangre Nueva shows off his moves in La Maya, Santiago de Cuba. Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi/Courtesy of the Artist hide caption
A young boy from the dance group Sangre Nueva shows off his moves in La Maya, Santiago de Cuba.
Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi/Courtesy of the ArtistEli Jacobs-Fantauzzi jumps on new sounds as they emerge. He's documented the Cuban rap movement (2005's Inventos: Hip-Hop) and the fusion between highlife and hip-hop (2008's Homegrown: HipLife in Ghana). So when he noticed a new style that mixed Cuban music, hip-hop, a hint of reggaeton and Afrobeats, Eli recalls telling his brother Kahil, "Yo, let's go down there and document this genre being born."
Bakosó: Afrobeats of Cuba is the thrilling result. On this week's show, the brothers share what went into making the movie, but also lots of great dance music.