Bakos\u00f3: Afrobeats of Cuba<\/em>\u00a0by Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi<\/strong>
\nEpisode Run time: 60 minutes<\/p>\n

In Spanish with English subtitles<\/p>\n

What does \u201cEst\u00e1 Rico,\u201d by Marc Anthony, Will Smith and Bad Bunny have in common with \u201cMade For Now,\u201d from Janet Jackson and Daddy Yankee? Both songs used Afrobeats without truly giving the genre its credit.<\/p>\n

Directed and produced by\u00a0Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi,\u00a0Bakos\u00f3: Afrobeats of Cuba\u00a0<\/em>seeks to explore the growing influence of the modern sounds emerging from Africa as it introduces audiences to \u201cbakos\u00f3,\u201d a new musical genre from Cuba that is rooted in Afro-Cuban music as well as contemporary sounds from the African continent including Nigeria\u2019s Afrobeats and Angola\u2019s kuduro music. Following music producer DJ\u00a0Jig\u00fce to his hometown of Santiago de Cuba,\u00a0the film explores the origins and rise of \u201cbakos\u00f3\u201d through interviews with artists including El Inka, Maikel El Padrino, Kamerum, Candyman, and more.<\/p>\n