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The Black History of Tap Dancing
Foundational for Broadway and the movies, intertwined with jazz, tap dancing is a Great American Art. Strap on your shoes and shuffle along as we tra…
3 years, 3 months ago
WOMEX 2022 - The Women Rule!
The 2022 global music exposition, WOMEX, went down in Lisbon, Portugal. For the second year running, most of the African-related showcases featured b…
3 years, 3 months ago
Global Griots In France
Traditional Manding (Mande) griots living in France sit at the crossroads between Africa and Europe. Historically, their role has been to weave tradi…
3 years, 4 months ago
Ladama In The Studio
Ladama is a collective of four female musicians and activists from Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela and the U.S. Drawing on traditions from all these coun…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Mighty Orchestra Baobab
Fifty-two years ago, the president of Senegal’s nephew was putting together a band for his new, upscale Dakar nightclub, and he recruited a handful o…
3 years, 4 months ago
New Sounds From Nigeria 2020
Nigeria is today the undisputed powerhouse of African pop music. Call it Naija Pop, Afrobeats, Afropop or what have you. The likes of Burna Boy, Wizk…
3 years, 4 months ago
Agua y Luz: Music of Tumaco and the Afro Colombian Pacific
Currulao is the traditional music of Colombia’s majority-Black, southern Pacific coastal region. In this episode, professor Michael Birenbaum Quinter…
3 years, 4 months ago
Sam Mangwana - Le Pigeon Voyageur
They call Sam Mangwana "Le Pigeon Voyageur" - a roaming pigeon. He could also be called a rolling stone because wherever he lays his microphone is hi…
3 years, 4 months ago
Remembering Papa Wemba
Papa Wemba, one of the greatest singers of the past African century, died on stage at age 66 in 2016. But his body of work, both in advancing Congole…
3 years, 5 months ago
Bacardi Beats Of Pretoria
Bacardi Beats Of Pretoria by Afropop Worldwide
3 years, 5 months ago