Jaka is a World Beat dance band based in Boulder, CO that is successfully blazing their own musical path. Challenging accepted notions of music’s national boundaries, Jaka is committed to bringing the beauty, complexity and spirit of East African music to Western audiences while offering their own unique interpretation of the traditions. The group tours consistently throughout the West, where their highly original, relentlessly upbeat Afro-pop has garnered a burgeoning fanbase spanning the spectrum from the ‘hippie-jam’ festival scene to the culturally-oriented performing arts arena to university and even elementary school students.