Afropop Worldwide
- Location: Brooklyn, New York
"Afropop Worldwide" is America's first and longest-lived weekly program on the music of Africa and the African Diaspora.
Series
113 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.
- From: Afropop Worldwide
- Updated: May 19, 2020
- From: Afropop Worldwide
- Updated: Feb 01, 2019
Pieces
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
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 12, 2021
- Length: :00
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
For all those stuck at home or stressed out during these uncertain times, here’s an hour of uplifting music from Mali, Cuba and South Africa.
- Added: Dec 30, 2020
- Length: 58:59
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
Nigeria is today the undisputed powerhouse of African pop music. Call it Naija Pop, Afrobeats, Afropop or what have you. The likes of Burna Boy, Wi...
- Added: Dec 16, 2020
- Length: 58:59
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: Dec 09, 2020
- Length: 59:00
While widely overlooked internationally for their music, over the past 20 years Batswana have steadily built a diverse and fruitful local scene tha...
- Added: Dec 02, 2020
- Length: 59:00
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: Nov 25, 2020
- Length: 58:59
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
People who work with Afropop Worldwide
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Paloma Orozco (Admin)
Distribution Director |
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Kyle Lerfald (Admin)
Associate, Digital Distribution, Operations & Traffic |
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Morgan Church (Admin)
Senior Manager, Programming |
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Kai Lucas-Baradan (Admin)
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Michael Jones (Admin)
Chief Audio Engineer of Afropop Worldwide |
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Banning Eyre (Admin)
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Ben Richmond (Admin)
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Roger Gomoll
Contractor On-Air Fundraising |
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Zubin Hensler (Admin)
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