Voice of the Leopard
The leopard cult of Ekpe in Calabar, in present-day Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon, has one of the most unique performance traditions in...
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Afropop Worldwide is an internationally syndicated weekly radio series, online guide to African and world music, and an international music archive, that has introduced American listeners to...
Afropop Worldwide Podcast Guide
Listen to Afropop Worldwide, a Health podcast by Afropop Worldwide. Stream 508 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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Samba, Forro, Candomble, Tropicalia: The Sounds of Brazilian Artists in the US
There's a lot of fantastic music being made by Brazilian artists living in the U.S. They entertain an estimated 1.5 million Brazilian immigr...
A Spiritual Journey to Mbanza Congo
To make this unprecedented program, producer Ned Sublette traveled to Mbanza-Kongo, the ancient seat of the Kongo empire located in present-...
Music and the Story of Haiti: From Vodou to Compas to Racine to Rara and Beyond
Haiti became the first black-ruled republic in the Americas in 1804, and music has mirrored, and at times shaped, the twists and turns of Ha...
Hip Deep Angola Part 1: Music and Nation in Luanda
We explore the role music played in the creation of a uniquely Angolan consciousness as the country struggled toward independence in the 196...
A Tale of Two Rebellions - Zanj, Fatamid
Our Hip Deep edition “A Tale of Two Rebellions,” produced in August, 2007, recounts the stories of two remarkable military campaigns in earl...
Africans in the Persian Gulf
Scholar and author Joseph Braude guides us through the often overlooked popular music of the Persian Gulf, the music known as Khaliji. We le...
Celebrating Toumani Diabaté
Toumani Diabaté, the most celebrated kora player of his time, passed away in July, 2024, just days before his 59thbirthday. Afropop Worldwid...
The Tropical Soul of Jorge Ben Jor
Jorge Ben Jor first began to experiment with fusions of samba, bossa nova, rhythm ‘n’ blues and soul in the early 1960s. Together with Caeta...
Dakar Dancing and Casamance Roots, Afropop Returns to Senegal
Afropop returns to Senegal for a thrill-packed tour of Dakar nightlife and a first time visit to the rich traditional music tapestry of Casa...
The Art of Improvisation, Part 2
Musical improvisation comes in many forms. A jazz player creates within the harmonic structure of a composition. A Shona mbira player in Zim...
The Art of Improvisation, Part 1
This Hip Deep episode is Part 1 of a two-part series comparing and contrasting approaches to musical improvisation. Beginning and ending wit...
Women's History Month: Umm Kulthum, The Voice of Egypt
Umm Kulthum has been called the greatest singer in the Arabic speaking world in the 20th century. Born in 1904 the humble daughter of an Egy...
Women's History Month: Hip Deep in Mali - Growing Into Music in 21st Century Bamako
This program presents a musical portrait of Bamako in the wake of crisis. We explore the precarious lives of griots in Bamako in the early 2...
Women's History Month: Cheikha Rimitti, Rebel Queen of Algerian Music
Cheikha Rimitti was more than Algeria's musical icon - she was the embodiment of defiance itself. Born into a life of poverty and oppression...
Women's History Month: Africa in America - Ladies Edition
Over the years, as barriers to international touring in the U.S. have risen, and more and more talented African and African diaspora artists...
Black History Month: Gospel Live from South Africa to Alabama
This joyful celebration of gospel music greats brings together Africa and America. Ladysmith Black Mambazo is the South African male a capel...
Black History Month: Midwest Electric - The Story of Chicago House and Detroit Techno
It's been decades since house and techno music exploded out of South Side Chicago and inner-city Detroit, and most Americans still don't kno...
Black History Month: Escaping the Delta - Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues
Elijah Wald, acclaimed author of “Escaping the Blues: Robert Johnson the Invention of the Blues”, talks with producer Ned Sublette, and play...
Black History Month: Music of The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a vibrant 1920s-1930s Black cultural movement centered in Harlem, a hub for African American creativity, literatu...