Afropop Worldwide

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  • Location: Brooklyn, New York

"Afropop Worldwide" is America's first and longest-lived weekly program on the music of Africa and the African Diaspora.

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Special episodes from Peabody Award-winning weekly program Afropop Worldwide, focusing on music from Africa and the African diaspora.

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"Afropop Worldwide" is America's first and longest-lived weekly program on the music of Africa and the African Diaspora. NOTE: This program is available to PRI affiliates. For more information please email memberships@prx.org.

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PRX’s Afropop Worldwide is helping stations celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month 2023 (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) with a specially curated selection of four episodes. They spotlight: party-happy cumbia from Colombia and the pan-Latin world; bugalú (or “Latin soul”) a music style that stormed New York City in 1966; bachata which began as a kind of workingman’s blues from the Dominican Republic before exploding as an international sensation; and profiles of the legendary Beny Moré (Cuba) and Ismael Rivera (Puerto Rico) who are both national treasures. Si, se puede!

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Caption: Portrait of a young black woman, seated, holding nine string banjo , Credit: Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
We trace the history of this most American of instruments from its ancestors in West Africa through the Caribbean and American South and into the p...

Bought by KTOO, WSLR, KRCU Public Radio, KSUT, WVTF and more


  • Added: Feb 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 27
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We explore the rich period in the 1970s when soul flourished in Brazil.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
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Our Hip Deep edition “A Tale of Two Rebellions,” recounts the stories of two remarkable military campaigns in early Islamic history.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
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A vast, new world of DJs, record collectors and producers are going to far reaches of the Earth to find forgotten records and new styles of music.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
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Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian musical giants have long enjoyed the spotlight, yet throughout Latin America there are other black enclaves producing...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
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Combining historical, religious, literary and musical passions, Umm Kulthum inspired an enduring sense of Egyptian national pride and left a legacy...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
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In their annual tradition, Georges Collinet and Banning Eyre take stock of the year’s offerings, covering an ever-growing array of styles and artis...

  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
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This program explores the unprecedented hybrids of samba, rap, reggae and Afrobeat coming together in this São Paulo, Brazil - disrupting the statu...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
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A musical history of Pará state, where Afro-Caribbean influences have created a unique local flavor that connects the dots between Brazilian music ...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: Matthew Key
In this episode, Georges Collinet inaugurates a traveling talent search introducing guest deejays and producers with unique perspectives on global ...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2020
  • Length: 58:59