Afropunk won't be able to hold its annual festivals in Brooklyn, Atlanta, Paris, South Africa, or elsewhere this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, but they are holding a virtual fest, Planet Afropunk. It streams from Friday, October 23 - Sunday, October 25 on planetafropunk.com, featuring keynote speakers, food via GrubHub, an art gallery, a hair and beauty market, activism, the Spinthrift Market (featuring a curated selection of goods from Black owned vendors worldwide), and, of course, music.
They've announced the fest's musical lineup, which includes headlining performances from Dreamville-signed R&B singer Ari Lennox, Nigerian Afrobeats singer Tiwa Savage, and Houston rapper/singer Tobe Nwigwe (who recently went viral for his song "TRY JESUS"), plus lots of other cool stuff like Sampa the Great & Petite Noir, serpentwithfeet, DUCKWRTH, Meshell Ndegeocello, Moses Sumney, Smino, Songhoy Blues, Masego, Mereba, and more.