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Planet Afropop - Breaking into Afrobeats: Homegrown, Selfmade
Host FayFay sits with two emerging Nigerian artists whose paths are as bold as their sound: Looking for Avala and Inima. Avala opens up about her jou…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Cuts from the Crypt 4: Zona Libre
DJ Crew Zona Libre take a break from throwing genre-defying parties and producing their own live events and podcasts to team up with Afropop for anot…
9 months ago
Barbados - From Spouge to Soca
We look into the rise and mysterious fall of the funky Bajan spouge beat which ruled the island in the ’70s, and discover a few underground musicians…
9 months, 1 week ago
Planet Afropop - Madalitso! From Banjo Boys to Men and Acoustic Salif
The two-man acoustic juggernaut from Malawi, Madalitso Band, is on the move in 2025. With their fourth album, Ma Gitala (The Guitars), just released …
9 months, 1 week ago
Cooking with Georges Revisited
One of the glories of Afropop’s more than 30-year run has been joining our host Georges Collinet in the kitchen as he creates delicious concoctions, …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Afro-Dominicana: Music from the Other Dominican Republic
In the 1930s, infamous Dominican dictator Rafael Truillo ordered the burning of the country’s palos drums, hoping to erase the powerful vestiges of A…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Planet Afropop - Steel Pans and New Trends
Veteran Afropop producer Marika Partridge takes us to the island of St Lucia for a “beginners” steel pan (steel drum) work shop with maestro Andy Nar…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Ten Tunes That Shook Kingston
The development of the popular Jamaican style is audible in this fun-packed, loosely chronological selection of tunes, moving from a US-style shuffle…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Afro-Lisbon and the Lusophone Atlantic
A small network of DJs in the suburbs of Lisbon, Portugal has been consistently producing some of the world’s best dance music. The children of Afric…
10 months ago
Planet Afropop - African Beat-Makers Part 2: Dami TNT
Behind every Afropop YouTube megahit and dancefloor sensation, there is a producer, a beat-maker striving to imagine the next big thing, basically in…
10 months ago