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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176 Pieces

"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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In this program we trace the history and legacy of this joyous and surprising music with field work in Jamaica, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Mali.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Wesli, Credit: Banning Eyre
In its 36th year, the Nuits d’Afrique festival in Montreal pulled out all the stops to meet the expectations of an audience that was hungry to see ...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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In this program we sample recordings from the 2021 box set Changüí: The Sound of Guantánamo, and hear from Gianluca Tramontana, the man who made th...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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The Oromo are the largest ethnic group in the Horn of Africa, but were relatively little known outside of the region until recently. This episode “...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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Inspired by Jamaica’s dancehall music from the 90s and early 2000s, Zimbabwean dancehall music (Zimdancehall) started out as an underground subcult...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
Caption: Afrotronix
Afrofuturism is a cultural aesthetic that explores the intersection of African culture with science fiction, technology and the future - fusing mag...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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In this episode we hear the man, the music and the remembrances of those whose lives were changed by his extraordinary generosity.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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In this program, we take the pulse of Toronto’s African scene through music and interviews with Kofi, Emanuel, Blandine, Fantahun and many more.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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"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. A...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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The New York Sound of Latin Music demonstrates how the metropolis transformed the music.

  • Added: Jun 23, 2022
  • Length: 58:59