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The Music of Black Peru: Cultural Identity in the Black Pacific
The "Black Pacific" is a term coined by our guide, ethnomusicologist Heidi Carolyn Feldman. She describes the circumstance of African descendants dis…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Madagascar Medley
On a return trip to Madagascar, we catch up with and hear new music from tsapiky maestro Damily, the “King of Salegy” Jaojoby, an exciting new duo st…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
New Sounds From Nigeria
Nigeria is the undisputed powerhouse of African pop music. Call it Naija Pop, Afrobeats, Afropop or what have you. The likes of Burna Boy, Wizkid, Ye…
5 months ago
The Story of Bembeya Jazz
Guinea's legendary dance band, Bembeya Jazz, are a pillar of modern West African history. Begun in 1961 in the flush of Guinea's independence and Se…
5 months, 1 week ago
Blues Reflections
In this episode, Afropop dives into a celebration of the blues--for some, the essence of the American experience and for others a link back into a lo…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Chimurenga Legacy - Thomas Mapfumo and Mary Anibal
Afropop’s Banning Eyre published his prize-winning biography of Thomas Mapfumo, Lion Songs, in 2015. In this episode, he visits the Lion of Zimbabwe …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Nollywood - Nigeria's Mirror
"Nollywood - Nigeria's Mirror" takes us to Lagos, the third largest film industry in the world. Scholars Jonathan Haynes and Onookome Okome serve as …
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Planet Afropop - The Other Sound of Kinshasa
The rumba and soukous of Congo-Zaire has infatuated listeners across the world for more than half a century. However, today in the neighborhoods of t…
6 months ago
Roots Reinvented in Mali and Egypt
Grammy nominated ngoni virtuoso Bassekou Kouyate and his 8 piece band Ngoni Ba wowed the crowd at Lincoln Center in 2011. Ngoni Ba re-wired the ancie…
6 months ago
Off The Beaten Track in Burkina Faso, Malawi, and Beyond
This program ventures into corners of Africa we rarely hear from, guided by adventurous field recordists and crate diggers. The Zomba Prison Project …
6 months, 2 weeks ago