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CloseUp: Simphy
Producer Matthew Key—AKA DJ M-Point goes deep with a rising South African artist/producer on the evolution of kwaito and hip-hop in one of Africa’s m…
4 years, 5 months ago
Reggaetón and Race
The dembow, the beat behind reggaetón, is much more than just a backdrop for a night of partying and dancing. The style of music, widely associated w…
4 years, 5 months ago
Rap, Reggae and Cultural Resistance in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Belo Horizonte is Brazil’s sixth largest city and including its surrounding districts, the country’s third largest metropolitan area. The capital of …
4 years, 5 months ago
Jazz ReFreshed in London
Prior to the pandemic, London’s jazz scene was blooming and gaining a worldwide reputation for innovation. The folks at Jazz Refreshed had everything…
4 years, 5 months ago
Live From The Archive
Live from the Archive When Afropop Worldwide launched back in 1988, a key goal was to capture the live energy of incredible artists emerging from Af…
4 years, 5 months ago
Afropop Closeup: Miss Pat Chin
Pat and Vincent Chin founded VP Records, one of the world’s biggest and most consequential reggae record labels. At 80, Miss Pat looks back on a lege…
4 years, 6 months ago
Africa In Melbourne
Known as Australia’s music and cultural capital, Melbourne is a hub of creativity boasting a diverse arts scene. The African community in Melbourne h…
4 years, 6 months ago
Hip Deep Angola Part 4: The Cuban Intervention In Angola
The 27 year-long Angolan civil war was also an international crossroads of the Cold War as well as a regional resource war, involving Cuba, the Sovie…
4 years, 7 months ago
Encounter With The Ancestors
For over 10 years, Eric Nelson Efa and members of his association, the Azania Way Culture, have crisscrossed almost half of Cameroon's 10 regions: th…
4 years, 7 months ago
The Panama Beat
Central America, a narrow, mountainous, and largely impoverished stretch of land spanning seven countries, is a surprising and underexposed Latin Ame…
4 years, 7 months ago