African Art

Shacko and Akim’s debut album, “As Long As You're Mine,” includes Afrobeat, contemporary R&B and other influences. The brothers moved to St. Louis eight years after fleeing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Somi Kakoma discusses “Dreaming Zenzile,” the musical she wrote and starred in, which just had its world premiere at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. The play tells the story of South African singer Miriam Makeba.

Thousands of miles across the Atlantic — 7,505 miles, to be exact — is a city St. Louisans can feel a connection with. In the West African country of…