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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On this program, we attend the FEMUA festival and hear the sounds and stories of Abidjan’s cultural and commercial renaissance. Produced by Elodie ...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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This program focuses on four female artists whose music is full of challenging messages for a challenged world.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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Much has been made of Mexico's rich Spanish and indigenous heritage, but until recently, there's been little talk of Mexico's so-called "Third Root...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Eme Awa and Michael Shereikis at AFI
GC's DJ Roadshow with WOWD's Jolly Papa Radio

  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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In this program we salute a towering career in global music, with insights from Michael Veal, co-author of Tony Allen’s autobiography. Produced by ...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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As Egyptians struggle to forge a new, post-revolution identity, some will look to traditions.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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This program features highlights and interviews from Pongo (Angola), Neuza (Cape Verde), Lucas Santana (Brazil), Bandé Gamboa (Guinea-Bissau/Cape V...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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In 'I Am The Upsetter: The Sonic Innovation of Lee 'Scratch' Perry,' producer David Katz, who is Perry's authorized biographer, draws on archive in...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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This program ventures into corners of Africa we rarely hear from, guided by adventurous field recordists and crate diggers.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Robert Farris Thompson
One of the spiritual fathers of Afropop Worldwide has joined the ancestors.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2022
  • Length: 59:01