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Randy Weston, A Jazz Life with the African Ancestors
Jazz legend, Randy Weston left us on September 1, 2018. He, more than any contemporary jazz artist, understood, honored and explored the roots of Ame…
6 years, 4 months ago
French Afro-Colonial Memory and Music
France has a pretty unique relationship to its former colonies, sharing a strong common history and a common language, but also painful episodes not …
6 years, 4 months ago
Afropop Worldwide - The Origin Story
As Afropop Worldwide marks the week of its 30th anniversary on the public airwaves, we take a look at the story that led up to the program’s creation…
6 years, 4 months ago
Barrio Colón to Brooklyn
The clave cuts the air, the drums triangulate in endless conversation, the singers push their voices over the rhythm, competing with daring improvisa…
6 years, 5 months ago
Doing It For the Art: Manolo Raps in Cape Verde
At the 2019 Atlantic Music Expo in Cape Verde, Afropop's Sebastian Bouknight met Manolo, a longtime rapper who is trying to find a foothold in the co…
6 years, 5 months ago
The Cumbia Diaspora - From Colombia to the World
Move over salsa and merengue–cumbia is the most popular music in Latin America. Today, cumbia is played from the borderlands of Texas down the spine …
6 years, 6 months ago
Afropop Goes to the Grammys
Reporter Dan Rosenberg takes us to the Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles and speaks to the nominees in the World Music category, Fatoumata Diawar…
6 years, 6 months ago
More African Guitars
The guitar music of Africa is eternal! Despite the rise of Afrobeats, Afro-house, hip-hop and techno, the continent still turns out inventive and thr…
6 years, 6 months ago
Lazarus - Messenger of Hope
The plight of albinos in Africa is a sad story. Occult beliefs make them the targets of kidnapping, killing and mutilation. But in Malawi, an excepti…
6 years, 6 months ago
What's New at WOMEX
The annual WOMEX gathering is a feast for the eyes and ears. At the 2018 edition in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, over 300 artists performed in 60 offici…
6 years, 7 months ago