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Shake It Fo Ya Hood New Orleans Bounce
New Orleans, Louisiana is home to some of America's greatest musical traditions, and plays an outsized influence on the evolution of everything from …
7 years, 2 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…
7 years, 2 months ago
Remembering Fela
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti would be 79 years old this month, had he not died from complications of AIDS in 1997. By the time of his death, Fela was the inve…
7 years, 3 months ago
Gael Faye & the New Generation of Afropean Artists
Gael Faye is a musician and best-selling author, born in Burundi and living in France. In this podcast, Elodie Maillot introduces Faye’s music and br…
7 years, 3 months ago
Africa in Matanzas El Almacén is Walking
Matanzas, Cuba has long been regarded as the source (la fuente) of many rich Afro-Cuban folkloric traditions. These ceremonial and secular Afro-Cuban…
7 years, 3 months ago
Randy Weston: 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 Ameri…
7 years, 3 months ago
Music and History in the Two Sudans
In 2008, before Sudan became two separate countries, Afropop explored the country’s troubled history through music. After all, Sudan was once a music…
7 years, 3 months ago
Kidnapped! Ambassador Osayomore Joseph
Ambassador Osayomore Joseph is a living legend of Edo highlife music, well known and respected in Benin City for a long career of creative music and …
7 years, 3 months ago
Hip Deep in Northern Nigeria
Kano State in northwest Nigeria is a land of paradox. The ancient home of the Hausa people, it has ties back to the oldest civilizations in West Afri…
7 years, 4 months ago
Hip Deep in the Niger Delta
The massive Niger River Delta is a fantastically rich cultural region and ecosystem. Unfortunately, it has been laid low by the brutal Biafran War (1…
7 years, 4 months ago