Harvey Mason jr. didn’t just visit Africa — he was transformed by it.
In 2022, the Recording Academy CEO visited a number of African countries, where he met with leaders in the local music communities and intently listened to what each had to say.
“Mind-bending. Game-changing. Eye-opening,” Mason jr. said of his trips to Africa. “There’s so much music, so much creativity over there. Africa is the birthplace of, well, everything, but definitely music.”
Accordingly, the universe of sounds coming out of the African continent can’t be boiled…
