Afrobeats Is Old Enough For a Museum – Zikoko

In the last decade, the documentation of Afrobeats has thrived on X posts and threads, Instagram reels, Prime Video and Netflix documentary series, published books, articles and podcasts.

Now, it’s time for our sacred genre to transcend beyond literature to a physical structure for its immortalisation. A museum people can visit to dive into Afrobeats’ historical, artistic and cultural journey.

To any true follower of Afrobeats commentary, this won’t be the first mention of the concept of an…