Audio Programs
Closeup November 2, 2021
Echoes of Yaa Amponsah
Closeup October 20, 2021
Learning Congolese Guitar
Dive into the history and mechanics of Congolese guitar, one of the pearls of African music.
Closeup October 6, 2021
Franco Speaks (1985)
In 1985, when Afropop Worldwide was but a gleam in his eye, Sean Barlow sat down with Luambo Makiadi Franco, one of the greatest African bandleaders of all time.
Afropop Classic September 30, 2021
The Gorgon, The Originator, and The Dub Master: Reggae Pioneers Bunny Lee, U Roy, and King Tubby
In "The Gorgon, The Originator and The Dub Master," producer David Katz leads a tour of indelible changes brought about by producer Bunny "Striker" Lee, DJ U Roy and the engineer and sound-system owner, King Tubby, to demonstrate how they changed popular music worldwide.
Closeup September 21, 2021
Kakuma Sounds
Kenyan music producer Treynor Tumwa and American musician/scholar Mark LeVine work to provide traditional instruments to Kakuma Refugee Camp, virtual city of people displaced by three decades of war in East and Central Africa.
Closeup September 10, 2021
Yasmin Williams—Guitar Hero To Guitar Hero
Innovative acoustic guitarist Yasmin Williams talks to producer Ben Richmond about her influences, her unique instrumentation, and forging her own path as a young Black woman artist in a genre dominated by white dudes.
Closeup August 24, 2021
The Lyres of East Africa
Known by names like krar, kisara, tambur, simsimiyya and masinkob, the lyres of East Africa represent some of the world’s oldest string instruments, and Otaak Band founder Miguel Merino dives in on this week's Closeup.
Closeup August 10, 2021
A Conversation with Kwaito/Hip-Hop Artist Simphy
Closeup July 27, 2021
Jazz re:Freshed in London
Prior to the pandemic, London’s jazz scene was blooming and gaining a worldwide reputation for innovation. The folks at Jazz Refreshed had everything to do with that. Jazz singer and producer Tess Hirst tells the story.
Afropop Classic July 15, 2021
Live from the Archive 1: S.O.Bs Edition
Live Afropop Worldwide recordings of Papa Wemba, Marcé et Tumpak, Chaba Fadela and Cheb Sahraoui and Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens at S.O.Bs nightclub in New York City.
Afropop Classic July 8, 2021
My Friend Manu Dibango
Hip Deep June 10, 2021
Hip Deep Angola 4: The Cuban Intervention in Angola
This Hip Deep program delves into the complex history of Cuba's intervention in Angoa's civil war.
Afropop Classic June 3, 2021
Encounter With the Ancestors
In this episode of Afropop Worldwide, “Encounter With the Ancestors,” Georges Collinet takes us to the deep forest of southern Cameroon to meet Eric Nelson Efa and members of his association, the Azania Way Culture.
Afropop Classic May 20, 2021
Afro Roots Fest 2021
Miami's Afro Roots Fest 2021, with Roosevelt Collier, Richard Bona and Weedie Braimah.
Hip Deep May 13, 2021
Hip Deep Angola Part 3: A Spiritual Journey to Mbanza-Kongo
In this Hip Deep program, Ned Sublette takes a deep dive into Mbanza-Kongo spiritual tradition and music.
Hip Deep May 6, 2021
The Money Show
In this episode we look at the business side of African music, through a series of vignettes from around the continent and diaspora that illuminate the deep connections between musical creation and the economies that sustain it.
Afropop Classic April 15, 2021
Punk in Africa
Afropop Classic February 11, 2021
The Soul of Black Brazil
We explore the rich period in the 1970s when soul flourished in Brazil.
Afropop Classic January 20, 2021
Crate-Diggers & Remixers
Afropop Classic December 31, 2020
Lockdown Serenade
Afropop Classic December 24, 2020
2020 Highlights
Georges Collinet and Banning Eyre discuss musical highlights of 2020
Afropop Classic November 19, 2020
São Paulo Mutations: Hybrid Musical Resistance in Brazil’s Alpha City
Immerse yourself in the broad diversity of São Paulo’s intense music scene, where hybrid cultural expression happens spontaneously, fusing ancient and modern, local and foreign, traditional and avant-garde.
Afropop Classic October 22, 2020
GC's DJ Roadshow—From Kwaito to Amapiano
Afropop Classic October 15, 2020
Quelbe: Hidden Treasure of the Caribbean
Afropop Classic October 10, 2020
Sauti Za Busara 2004
This program features selections and interviews from the first edition of the Sauti Za Busara festival in Stonetown, Zanzibar, Tanzania in February 2004.
Afropop Classic October 1, 2020
SXSW 2020: A Virtual Showcase
Music and interviews from artists scheduled for the cancelled 2020 South by Southwest Afropop Worldwide showcase.
Afropop Classic September 24, 2020
Afro Roots Virtual Fest 2020 in Miami
Enjoy highlights from the just completed Afro Roots Virtual Fest featuring the city's leading globally grooving artists.
