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Planet Afropop - Lagos update with Fay Fay and a conversation with Las Hijas Del Rap
We get an update on Lagos from Afropop contributor, Fay Fay. And Mukwae has a reunion/conversation with Las Hijas Del Rap. Episode #002
2 years, 3 months ago
Introducing Planet Afropop
Planet Afropop is the latest offering from Afropop Worldwide. Every two weeks, this podcast will feature lively conversations among the three hosts--…
2 years, 3 months ago
Hispanic Heritage Month 2023: The Story of Bugalu in NYC
We honor the late Joe Cuba with this portrait of "Bugalú," produced for Afropop Worldwide by Ned Sublette. Bugalú is the Spanish spelling of boogaloo…
2 years, 3 months ago
Hispanic Heritage Month 2023: Soneros Mayores - Portraits of Beny Moré and Ismael Rivera
Beny Moré and Ismael Rivera are national heroes in their home countries, Cuba and Puerto Rico respectively. They were soneros of the highest order, m…
2 years, 3 months ago
Hispanic Heritage Month 2023: Santo Domingo Blues - The Story of Bachata
Bachata is a music of the people. Recalling the American blues, bachata was infamous as the anthem of the hard-drinking, womanizing, down-on-his-luck…
2 years, 3 months ago
Wagogo Music Heaven
Veteran Afropop producer Banning Eyre visits the Zawose family compound in Bagamoyo, Tanzania, to experience the magic of the hypnotic music of the G…
2 years, 4 months ago
Hispanic Heritage Month 2023: The Cumbia Diaspora
In this episode, we find out how cumbia left Colombia in the ‘60s and ‘70s and traveled to other countries. Everywhere it went, it transformed itself…
2 years, 4 months ago
Congo Music’s Fifth Generation
In the early 2000s, Afropop told the story of “Four Generations” in Congolese music—from rumba and rumba-rock to soukous and ndombolo. Now time has m…
2 years, 4 months ago
A Spiritual Journey To Mbanza Congo
To make this unprecedented program, producer Ned Sublette traveled to Mbanza-Kongo, the ancient seat of the Kongo empire located in present-day north…
2 years, 4 months ago