Three Ways to Experience Africa Safari
Live
Bring Daniel to your stage. Book him for live music performances, keynote speaking, cultural storytelling, and facilitation — for institutions, events, and communities across Europe and beyond.
Academy
Learn music, Ubuntu philosophy, African culture, leadership, and professional development through the Africa Safari Academy.
East Africa
Travel with purpose. Experience Uganda and Kenya through cultural immersion, educational journeys, and hosted safari experiences.
On the calendar
Upcoming Performances
Upcoming
10 September 2026, 21:00
VOX Impuls Festival, Utrecht
12 September 2026, 12:00
Nilotic Garden Concert, Bunnik (with Kalungi)
10 September 2026, 14:45
Expo Brazil — Kanelenelan
20 September 2026
Africa Meets Japan, Groenekan
31 December 2026, 18:00
Praise Him the African Way, Zeist
Just Concluded
East Africa Tour
25 October 2025 — Distant Relatives Eco Lodge, Kilifi, Kenya
26 October 2025 — Wana wa Mola Community Center, Kenya
27 October 2025 — Little Theatre, Mombasa, Kenya
30 October 2025 — Hyde Park, Soroti, Uganda
1 November 2025 — National Theatre of Uganda, Kampala
Netherlands
10 October 2025 — Utrecht University, Utrecht
16 June 2025 — Africa Safari Festival, Beton t., Utrecht
6 November 2025 — Room Service Festival, Wageningen
30 June 2026 — Milagro Festival, Utrecht University, Utrecht
29 August 2026 — Boskapel OBK, Driebergen
Meet Daniel Okiror
Musician • Author • Social Entrepreneur • Cultural Ambassador & Bridge-Builder
Daniel Benon Okiror is a Ugandan-born musician, author and social entrepreneur working between Africa and Europe. He is the founder of Beats of Hope Africa and Africa Safari, and serves as Ambassador of the Ateker Iteso Kingdom to the Netherlands and the Schengen region.
For more than twenty years, his work has brought together music, culture, community transformation and African-led knowledge—building relationships between Africa and the world through lived experience rather than stereotypes.
“Daniel Okiror has developed a distinctive Afro-fusion style rooted in traditional Ateker music while building bridges between Africa and the wider world.”
— Press
“His performances combine indigenous instruments with contemporary world music, storytelling and cultural exchange.”
— Press
“More than a musician, Daniel Okiror is a cultural promoter, social entrepreneur and international ambassador for East African heritage.”
— Press
Books by Daniel Okiror
Stories. Lived experience. African-led knowledge for transformation.
Reaching Beyond
A Policy and Community-Based Framework for Empowering the African Diaspora in Europe. Rooted in Ubuntu — from Survival to Transcendence. Daniel B. Okiror introduces the Ubuntu Integration Pathway and the Pyramid of Empowerment: tools for moving from survival to systemic change. For policymakers, social workers, educators, and community leaders.
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Communities Out of Reach
Coming Soon — Akogo Press
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Building from the Margins
Coming Soon — Akogo Press
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Beyond the Boiling Stone
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Africa Safari
Festival & Expo
Join us for live music, cultural exhibitions, African art, and community celebration. The Africa Safari Festival & Expo brings Africa to Europe in a way you will never forget. A space for entrepreneurs, leaders, creatives, organisations, travel enthusiasts, and investors — connecting communities, cultures, and business across borders. Explore partnership and investment opportunities that create real impact. Whether you are attending, exhibiting, exploring, or partnering, there is a place for you at the table.
Donate to Beats of Hope Africa
Every contribution transforms the life of a street-connected child in Uganda or Kenya — giving them a home, education, and a future rooted in dignity.
Sponsor a Child
Become a monthly sponsor and walk alongside a boy from our street homes in Kenya or Uganda. Your support means belonging, not just survival.
Beats of Hope Africa
Why We Do This
Everything we do — the music, the academy, the books, the journeys, the festival — is rooted in one mission. To transform the lives of vulnerable and street-connected youth across East Africa through Ubuntu: belonging, dignity, and sustainable empowerment. Africa Safari is the engine. Beats of Hope Africa is the why. Every experience you book, every book you read, every event you attend — creates real impact for real lives.