Audio Programs – Afropop Classic
Afropop Classic
Afropop Classic August 14, 2025
Madagascar Medley
Banning Eyre's roundup of roots music from Madagascar, circa 2019, with Tarika Sammy, Jaojoby, Damily, Razia and Toko Telo. Updated for 2025.
Afropop Classic August 7, 2025
New Sounds From Nigeria 2025
Nigeria is today the undisputed powerhouse of African pop music. Call it Naija Pop, Afrobeats, Afropop or what have you. The likes of Burna Boy, Wizkid, Yemi Alade and Tiwa Savage are giants on the scene.
Afropop Classic July 24, 2025
Blues Reflections
Afropop Classic July 3, 2025
Roots Reinvented in Mali & Egypt
Afropop Classic June 26, 2025
Off the Beaten Track in Malawi and Burkina Faso
This program ventures into corners of Africa we hear from rarely, guided by adventurous field recordists and crate diggers.
Afropop Classic June 19, 2025
Cuts from the Crypt IV: Zona Libre
Afropop Classic June 12, 2025
Barbados - From Spouge to Soca
Afropop Classic June 5, 2025
Cooking with Georges Revisited
Georges Collinet cooks Yassa Chicken, and hosts Baba John Mason in the kitchen.
Afropop Classic May 22, 2025
Ten Tunes that Shook Kingston
Ned Sublette Explores Iconic Songs That Shaped Jamaican Music History
Afropop Classic April 24, 2025
Remembering Andy Palacio and Aurelio Martinez
Afropop Worldwide honors two icons of Garifuna music, Andy Palacio and Aurelio Martinez.
Afropop Classic March 27, 2025
Women's History Month Finale: Four Women of the West
In West Africa, women are on the cutting edge of musical and cultural progress. This program looks at four singer/composers with roots in tradition and unique ideas about how to keep them current in the fast-changing milieu of today’s African music.
Afropop Classic March 6, 2025
A Tribute to Cesária Évora
Afropop salutes the life of the late Cesaria Evora of Cabo Verde.
Afropop Classic February 20, 2025
Black History Month 2025: A Brief History of Funk
Funk is a perennial favorite. In this panoramic history of the grooviest of genres, we hear track after track of absolute boogie-down classics.
Afropop Classic February 6, 2025
African Roots in Rock 'n' Roll
Afropop Classic December 26, 2024
Abidjan: A New Musical El Dorado
In the 70s and 80s Ivory Coast’s capital Abidjan was a major musical hub in West Africa. After a series of political crises, Abidjan is back. The Zouglou sound of the 1990s and the coupé decalé rage that followed are being reinvented in the era of Afrobeats and African hip-hop
Afropop Classic December 12, 2024
Global Griots in France
Traditional Manding (Mande) griots living in France sit at the crossroads between Africa and Europe. Historically, their role has been to weave traditional, oral histories, often within music, to promote a united, peaceful society.
Afropop Classic December 5, 2024
Time Travel Through Afro-Paris
Paris has been one of the most important incubators of African music on the planet. On this program, we look back on 30 years of adventures with African music in Paris.
Afropop Classic December 5, 2024
The Mighty Orchestra Baobab
Pan African Orchestra Baobab, West Africa to the Afro-Cuban style of the time, the Orchestra Baobab is returning to to be a top African band.
Afropop Classic November 28, 2024
The Hidden Blackness of Flamenco
Meira Goldberg, Miguel Angel Rosales, Raul Rodriguez and Yinka Esi Graves explore the African pre-history and subsequent blackness of flamenco music and dance.
Afropop Classic November 7, 2024
Nairobi Roars!
Eric Wainaina takes us through a tour of current artists in Nairobi, Kenya.
Afropop Classic October 24, 2024
Soul to Soul: Ghana's Legendary Music Festival
This episode revisits the famed music festival Soul2Soul at its 50th anniversary and explores the longstanding legacy of cultural exchange with African diasporans originally set forth in the 1950s by Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of Ghana.
Afropop Classic September 19, 2024
Hispanic Heritage Month 2024: The Panama Beat
Afropop Classic September 12, 2024
The New York Sound of Latin Music
The Sound of New York Latin Music" takes a deep sonic dive into the great New York Latin discography, with host Georges Collinet and guest host Ned Sublette
Afropop Classic August 22, 2024
Borderless Sounds: The New North Africa
Afropop Classic August 8, 2024
Benin: Transforming Traditions
Afropop Classic July 25, 2024
The Enigma of Baba Sora
The life and legacy of Foutanga Babani Sissoko, Baba Sora, is explored through reminiscences and music.
Afropop Classic July 18, 2024
The Cameroon-Cuba Connection
Special guest Dr. Ivor Miller, back from a 2021 research trip to Cameroon, takes us into the complexities of south Cameroonian spiritual tradition and its connection to the Cuban Abakuá secret society for men, featuring Abakuá-themed music from Cuba, ceremonial music from Cameroon, and Batanga pop by Chief Eko Roosevelt, Pablo Gabbana, and Emily Sadey.
Afropop Classic June 27, 2024
Youssou N'Dour Live at the Ritz in New York, 1989
This show showcases Afropop Worldwide's recording of Youssou N'Dour and Le Super Etoile live at the Ritz in New York in 1989.
