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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Caption: For The Cameroon-Cuba Connection, we talk to Georges Mbele, a nganga (healer) in the spiritual tradition of the Batanga people of south Cameroon, seen here in the sacred grove where the healing ceremonies take place., Credit: Ivor Miller (2021)
Dr. Ivor Miller shares with Georges Collinet and Ned Sublette his decades of research into the roots of Cuban Abakuá in Cameroon.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Afrikan Protokol
SOME SAY JAZZ IS THE ULTIMATE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC. BACK ON THE CONTINENT, IT HASN’T ALWAYS FOUND AN ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE. BUT THESE DAYS, JAZZ ...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Tego Calderón
In this episode we speak with Latin and Caribbean music scholars and social workers to break down the racist and sexist undertones of the genre's c...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Oreia contemplates his image, Credit: Photo ©David Katz
The capital of Minas Gerais, a state built on mining, dairy products and coffee production, Belo Horizonte is often seen as a parochial, conservati...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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On this music-rich program, we hear live music from Congo’s Papa Wemba, South African township heroes Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens, a queen ...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
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Cameroonian musician and composer Manu Dibango passed away on March 24 at his home in France, an early victim of Covid 19. “My Friend Manu” is a tr...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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On a return trip to Madagascar, we catch up with and hear new music from tsapiky maestro Damily, the “King of Salegy” Jaojoby, an exciting new duo ...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
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Through music, interviews, and historical radio clips, producer Ned Sublette, author of Cuba and Its Music, tells the story of Cuba’s massive commi...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Pere Akono & Padou Band
For over 10 years, Eric Nelson Efa has crisscrossed almost half of Cameroon to record and preserve the legacy of traditional musicians who are slow...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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Salsa and merengue, soca and calypso, reggae and reggaeton—it all comes together in Central America. In our program, we visit Panama, a little-know...

  • Added: May 26, 2021
  • Length: 59:00