Also known as okayafrica.com, Okay Africa
OkayAfrica (stylized as okayafrica) is a digital media platform dedicated to African culture, music and politics. Founded in 2010 by Vanessa Wruble and Ginny Suss as a sister site to The Roots frontman Questlove's Okayplayer, the site has become a popular destination for Africans on the continent and in the diaspora. , OkayAfrica is the largest US-based website focusing on new and progressive music, art, politics, and culture from the African continent. It is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.
OkayAfrica (stylized as okayafrica) is a digital media platform dedicated to African culture, music and politics. Founded in 2010 by Vanessa Wruble and Ginny Suss as a sister site to The Roots frontman Questlove's Okayplayer, the site has become a popular destination for Africans on the continent and in the diaspora. , OkayAfrica is the largest US-based website focusing on new and progressive music, art, politics, and culture from the African continent. It is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.
== History == In an interview with The One Magazine, OkayAfrica's Vice President Ginny Suss, stated,We realized that there is no place on the web that acted as a hub for all the new [African] music, culture, art and politics and the amazing culture that was being generated on the continent that was really relevant to youth culture today. We came up with the concept of creating a one-stop shop, interactive community where our main focus is new progressive African music and also feature culture, film, art and lifestyle.OkayAfrica created a digital space for modern African music and culture. In an interview with Black Enterprise Magazine, former CEO Abiola Oke underscores the sites popularity as a sign that African entertainment and music culture is going through a golden age online. At the age of 34, he was appointed CEO of OkayAfrica.
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