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From Haiti to the World
From Haiti to the World

From Paris to New Orleans and Boston, Haitian musicians are shaking up the music scene. The island’s powerful Africa-rooted culture—from celebratory …

6 years, 7 months ago

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Pedras, Melos, and Radiola - Brazilian Reggae in Sao Luis do Maranhao
Pedras, Melos, and Radiola - Brazilian Reggae in Sao Luis do Maranhao

São Luís do Maranhão is one of the poorest and most ethnically-diverse cities in Brazil. In this old slave port, located in the far northeast of the …

6 years, 7 months ago

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Afro-Roots Fest in Miami
Afro-Roots Fest in Miami

We go to Miami to enjoy highlights from the 21st annual Afro Roots Fest at the the North Beach Bandshell. Co-headliners are the sublime griot singer …

6 years, 7 months ago

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A Visit to Afro-Sweden
A Visit to Afro-Sweden

Afro-Sweden? Who knew? Over the past 60 years, a number of musicians from Africa and its diaspora have come to base themselves, or have been born, in…

6 years, 8 months ago

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Zimbabwe After Mugabe
Zimbabwe After Mugabe

A lot has happened since Afropop last visited Zimbabwe. The 37-year regime of Robert Mugabe has ended, and Thomas Mapfumo, the Lion of Zimbabwe, has …

6 years, 8 months ago

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Congolese Music - The 5th Generation
Congolese Music - The 5th 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…

6 years, 8 months ago

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WOMEX Radio Live!
WOMEX Radio Live!

The 2018 edition of the world music exposition WOMEX went down in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands with 300 artists and 2700 delegates…

6 years, 9 months ago

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The Gqom Generation of Durban, South Africa
The Gqom Generation of Durban, South Africa

The latest music craze to hit South African dance floors is a dark, pulsating and energetic sound called gqom. For the past seven years, a young and …

6 years, 9 months ago

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Plenty Bacchanal - Carnival in Flux
Plenty Bacchanal - Carnival in Flux

Trinidadians call their annual Carnival "the greatest show on earth," and with good reason. The Carnival season brims over with art and music: steelp…

6 years, 10 months ago

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globalFEST 2019 at the Copacabana
globalFEST 2019 at the Copacabana

With Mardi Gras Indians straight out of New Orleans, Afro-Futurism coming from Mozambique via Dusseldorf, dub-inflected Colombian cumbia , gritty psy…

6 years, 10 months ago

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