Jabali Afrika still going strong in the US

The last time I watched Jabali Afrika perform was on a wintry afternoon in Washington D.C at the Smithsonian Institute, the world famous museum, to celebrate the inauguration of Barrack Obama as President of the United Sates in 2008. After that show, we huddled in a small room of the imposing building for an interview with the group that has now lived and performed in the U.S for more than 15 years.

“I have three children growing up in America who, just like Obama, are products of a mixed heritage and now they, too, know that whatever they dream of, they can achieve,” Joseck Asikoye told me at the time.