Audio Programs
Afropop Classic September 29, 2022
Never Grow Old - A Salute to Toots Hibbert Playlist
Never Grow Old Playlist: A Salute To Toots And The Maytals
Afropop Classic September 29, 2022
Never Grow Old - A Salute to Toots and the Maytals
Toots Hibbert was a titan of Jamaican popular music. With his harmony group the Maytals he indelibly changed the island’s music scene in the early 1960s by infusing ska with gospel and went on to captivate overseas audiences by blending blues and funk with reggae, becoming one of Jamaica’s best-known performers.
Closeup September 28, 2022
Geraldo Pino and Fela Kuti in Ghana
Geraldo Pino was an early influence on Fela Kuti in Ghana.
Afropop Classic September 22, 2022
South African Roots in the 21st Century
South African Roots in the 21st Century
Closeup September 20, 2022
Jamaa Fest, Sierra Leone's Forgotten Festival
Yinka Rickford-Anguin tells the story of Jamaa fest in Sierra Leone in 1994.
Closeup September 8, 2022
Mauritius’s Sega Roots
Deep dive into the history and current state of sega music from Mauritius. Narrated and produced by Banning Eyre
Afropop Classic September 1, 2022
The Gqom Generation of Durban, South Africa
Latests music craze stimulated by taxis to hit South African called Gqom. For the past seven years, a technologically savvy teen generation in Durban, KwaZulu Natal.
Afropop Classic August 26, 2022
The Story Of Gumbe
The square gumbe frame drum was created centuries ago by enslaved Africans in Jamaica.
Afropop Classic August 18, 2022
Nuits D'Afrique in Montreal: 2022
This program features live highlights and interviews from the Nuits D'Afrique festival in Montreal, 2022.
Closeup August 9, 2022
Making Waves: A Congolese Guitarist Tests His Range
Abë Levine tells the story of Congolese guitarist Siama Matazungidi.
Closeup July 26, 2022
The Cavemen: Highlife in the Age of Afrobeats
Fay Fay profiles the young Nigerian highlife act, The Cavemen.
Closeup July 12, 2022
The Rise of Hip-Hop in Malawi
Kenneth Lipanga and Banning Eyre unpack the history of hip-hop in Malawi.
Afropop Classic June 30, 2022
Dakar Muse
Dakar Muse" takes us to one of the most exciting musical cities in Africa. We'll meet young stars on the Mbalax scene, Senegal's national music
Afropop Classic May 16, 2022
Bomba, Plena and Puerto Rican Protest Music
Puerto Rican protest songs over the past two centuries
Afropop Classic May 6, 2022
GC's DJ Road Show: Béco's Brazil
Georges co-hosts with Béco Dranoff in Sao Paulo for a survey of new music from Brazil.
Afropop Classic February 24, 2022
The Black History of Tap Dancing
Afropop Classic February 17, 2022
The S Factor
In this episode of Afropop Worldwide, WOWD’s Jolly Papa Radio (Eme Awa and Michael Shereikis) along with Afrobeats stars Wunmi Olaiya, Seun Olata, David Dzizonou and more try to extricate an answer out of this prickly question: What Is The S Factor separating Afrobeat and Afrobeats?
Hip Deep February 3, 2022
Egypt 4: Living Traditions
Afropop Classic January 27, 2022
WOMEX: The Lusophone Connection
Highlights from the Lusophone acts at the 2021 WOMEX trade fair in Porto, Portugal
Hip Deep January 6, 2022
A Tango With Robert Farris Thompson
Afropop Classic December 30, 2021
Afropop Wildcards, 2021
Georges Collinet and Banning Eyre discuss musical highlights from 2021.
Afropop Classic December 23, 2021
AfroJam
We jam to cool new releases by Jupiter & Okwess, Toots (RIP) & the Maytals, Dobet Gnahore, Khaira Arby (RIP), Adekunle Gold, Tiwa Savage, WizKid, Angelique Kidjo & Burna Boy, Delgres and others.
Afropop Classic December 16, 2021
WOMEX Rises!
Highlight interviews and performances from WOMEX 2021 in Porto, Portugal.
Afropop Classic December 2, 2021
Jamaica: Big A Yard, Big Abroad
In this program, we move yard to yard in Jamaica, listening to acoustic music being written and recorded, smelling trees and flowers, and meeting legendary artists like Ken Boothe, Winston McAnuff, Cedric Myton of the Congos, Kiddus I, Robbie Lyn, Viceroys, or Nambo Robinson, as well as a number of young and emerging reggae artists like JAH9, Var, and Derajah.
Closeup November 16, 2021
The Kwaito Generation
Afropop Classic November 4, 2021
New Sounds From Nigeria
Radio program on new music and recent events in Nigeria in 2020.
