We work with ethnomusicologists, historians and linguists to explore, document and promote the evolution of culture rooted in the African diaspora in the Americas. 

The African slave trade cast a long cultural shadow on the Americas– producing new forms of music, dance, expressions, spirituality and literature that are visible and yet not widely known throughout the Americas and the world.

The Beat carries the history across time and  geography of the African diaspora and its  descendants. Our Mission is to expand awareness of today’s makers of the Best while bringing presence and voice of its descendants.