[레오 강의 K팝 댄스] K팝 퍼포먼스의 여정 ⑥ K-pop Africa, K팝의 미래를 찾아서 - sports.khan.co.kr

In a September 17, 2026 column for Sports Kyunghyang, Leo Kang reports on 'K-pop Africa,' citing a Korea-Africa Foundation finding that African K-culture fan club membership grew 196-fold from 2014 to 2023. The piece gives concrete examples: K-pop acts appearing at Morocco’s Mawazine (ITZY in 2026), a 2025 Pretoria Ubuntu with Korean Culture Festival mixing K-pop and amapiano, grassroots events in Lagos, and K-pop contests and academies in Ghana, Senegal, Egypt and Libya.