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Each year, Columbia University's Business School and School of International and Public Affairs come together for the annual Africa Economic Forum (AEF). This year marks the university's 18th conference scheduled for Friday, April 22nd and Saturday, April 23rd. The event takes place at the new Manhattanville campus and will be the first AEF in-person conference after a 3-year virtual format due to the pandemic.

Widely recognized in New York for his twice-a-week dance and drumming classes at Cumbe, Diomande draws on diverse traditions from Ivory Coast. He learned how to dance and play the drum as a child living in Toufinga, a small farming village in the northwestern part of the country, and still enjoys it so much that his weekly sessions are usually donation-based or cost less than $20.

Hameed Idowu, one of the first musicians to blend modern, alternative trap and pop music with Afrobeats, moved to the DMV area from Nigeria as a child nearly 20 years ago. Now, after only 2 years of recording music, Idowu continues diversifying the American music industry with his viral song, Wazy, originally released September 22nd, 2016.

Despite the havoc COVID-19 has caused, many music artists continue to do ensure we have songs to add to our playlists. One of these artists Mayorkun, released his new single, Your Body, on Friday, December 4th.

Popularly known as Ayo Jay, the Nigerian singer, Ayoola Ogundeji, discusses the success of his breakout song and how he manages to connect both America and Nigeria through his music in an exclusive interview with AfroVibes.