Our connection to Africa is not a thing of the past, this is what happens when Afrobeats hits Cuba.

Nuestra conexión con África no es cosa del pasado, esto es lo que sucede cuando el afrobeats llega a Cuba.

SYNOPSIS

What does “Está Rico” by Marc Anthony, Will Smith & Bad Bunny have in common with “Made For Now” by Janet Jackson x Daddy Yankee? They both high-jacked AfroBeats and did not give the genre’s origin props. Bakosó is a film that does the opposite, following DJ Jigüe to his hometown of Santiago de Cuba to find inspiration from the new sounds. He finds Afrobeats has helped create a new genre called Bakosó, which itself is beautiful proof that the exchange between Cuba and Africa did not end with the Transatlantic slave trade. Through stunning visuals and a score created by the founders of the genre, the film shows the technology, culture and landscape that shape this African-Caribbean fusion.

Bakosó sigue a DJ Jigüe a su ciudad natal de Santiago de Cuba para inspirarse en los nuevos sonidos, y encuentra que los afrobeats han contribuido a crear un nuevo género llamado Bakosó, un ejemplo de que el intercambio entre Cuba y África no terminó con el comercio transatlántico de esclavos. Un viaje en el que Jacobs-Fantauzzi muestra que la tecnología, la cultura y el paisaje dan forma a una nueva fusión afro-caribeña.

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