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Women's History Month: Hip Deep in Mali - Growing Into Music in 21st Century Bamako
This program presents a musical portrait of Bamako in the wake of crisis. We explore the precarious lives of griots in Bamako in the early 21st Centu…
5 hours ago
Women's History Month: Cheikha Rimitti, Rebel Queen of Algerian Music
Cheikha Rimitti was more than Algeria's musical icon - she was the embodiment of defiance itself. Born into a life of poverty and oppression, her pow…
1 week ago
Women's History Month: Africa in America - Ladies Edition
Over the years, as barriers to international touring in the U.S. have risen, and more and more talented African and African diaspora artists have mad…
2 weeks ago
Black History Month: Gospel Live from South Africa to Alabama
This joyful celebration of gospel music greats brings together Africa and America. Ladysmith Black Mambazo is the South African male a capela choral …
3 weeks ago
Black History Month: Midwest Electric - The Story of Chicago House and Detroit Techno
It's been decades since house and techno music exploded out of South Side Chicago and inner-city Detroit, and most Americans still don't know their d…
1 month ago
Black History Month: Escaping the Delta - Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues
Elijah Wald, acclaimed author of “Escaping the Blues: Robert Johnson the Invention of the Blues”, talks with producer Ned Sublette, and plays lesser-…
1 month, 1 week ago
Black History Month: Music of The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a vibrant 1920s-1930s Black cultural movement centered in Harlem, a hub for African American creativity, literature (Langs…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Sierra Leone: Celebration, War, and Healing
Sierra Leone has deep reserves of resilience, and an ability to come together and overcome great obstacles embedded in its culture. To provide the ki…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Treasures of Benin
Nestled between Ghana, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Nigeria, Benin is a rich sliver of West Africa too often overlooked. This program puts Afropop's spot…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The French Caribbean: Cosmopolitan, Colonial, Complicated
In the music of the French Antilles - the islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe - you can hear influences that range from the traditional béle and gwo…
2 months ago