Afropop Worldwide

Reviews - March 17, 2016
Faransiskiyo Somaliland
Blog - April 19, 2013
Malitia Malimob: West Coast Rap Via Somalia
July 13, 2023
Mali Magic 2000
Reviews - February 16, 2015
Four From Mali
Blog - June 29, 2016
Film Preview: "Mali Blues"
Features - February 17, 2016
Afropop Returns to Mali
Blog - March 30, 2018
Ticket Giveaway: Festival of Mali
May 30, 2017
Mali: Politics Behind the Music
Gregory Mann co hosts a program on politics and music in Mali.
Blog - May 13, 2014
Mysterious Malian Velvet Underground Cover
Blog - March 24, 2014
Habib Koite Celebrates His Homeland--Mali
Features - February 23, 2016
Afropop Returns to Mali: Part Two
Reviews - May 24, 2011
Le Mec Malien du Rap: Amkoullel
Blog - November 9, 2012
Mali Update: Songs for the North
August 17, 2017
Sahel Sounds: Modern Music from Mali
Blog - May 1, 2012
Amkoullel's "S.O.S" for Mali
Blog - April 10, 2015
New Music From Mali: Featured Artists
Blog - May 1, 2012
Amkoullel's "S.O.S" for Mali
Reviews - March 27, 2014
Ahmed Samatar: Somali Songs
January 26, 2017
Talking Peace in Mali
July 6, 2023
Mali: Ancient Empires to Multi-Cultural Democracy
Mali: Ancient Empires to Multi-Cultural Democracy
October 12, 2023
Hip Deep in Mali: The Tuareg Predicament
The program samples a rich variety of Malian Tuareg music and includes conversations with Tuareg musicians and cultural authorities in the wake of Mali’s crisis, along with University of Houston anthropologist Susan Rasmussen.
Reviews - July 3, 2012
Tinariwen's Abdallah Ag Alhousseini Talks about Mali
Features - August 1, 2003
Mali On The Mall 2003, Part 3
Blog - July 25, 2016
Mylmo N’Sahel Raps the History of Mali
Features - May 19, 2016
Gregory Mann: On Malian History and Politics
Fresh Eyre - March 22, 2022
Rokia Koné Leads New Moves in Malian Pop
Blog - September 16, 2015
Afel Bocoum on the Musical Traditions of Mali
Reviews - April 8, 2013
Fatoumata Diawara and Amkoullel on Situation in Mali
Interview - December 3, 2011
Cherif Keita on the History of Malian Music
Blog - April 11, 2012
Musical Reflections on Dramatic Events in Northern Mali
July 3, 2025
Roots Reinvented in Mali & Egypt
Blog - June 9, 2014
Anansy Cissé: Mali Overdrive and Free Download of "Aïgouna"
Blog - September 19, 2024
Mali's Amadou and Mariam Celebrate Five Decades in Music
Blog - March 6, 2010
The Sway Machinery Play Mali
Blog - April 12, 2012
Help With the Humanitarian Crisis in Mali! Here's How...
Blog - April 12, 2012
Help With the Humanitarian Crisis in Mali! Here's How...
Blog - April 6, 2012
Tinariwen, Mali and the Failure of Western Music Media
Reviews - May 3, 2012
Khaira Arby and Vieux Farka Toure on Mali's Crisis
March 14, 2012
Scenes from Mali and Senegal
Reviews - June 14, 2012
Toumani Diabate, Bassekou Kouyate, Djelimady Tounkara on Crisis in Mali
Three legends of Mande griot music in Mali discuss the crisis that has befallen their country in 2012.
Blog - August 5, 2014
Book Review: Music, Culture and Conflict in Mali by Andy Morgan
Reviews - December 15, 2015
Mali's Music Is Its News: Q&A With Filmmaker John Bosch
Features - May 19, 2016
Lucy Durán: On Griots, Faith and the Future in Mali
Blog - July 19, 2013
Caravan Pour la Paix Brings Mali Desert Vibe to Montreal
Videos - September 9, 2014
"Now Having Money Is More Important...": Malian Traditions on Video
Best of The Beat - May 18, 2017
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Oumou Sangare, Mali’s Nightingale
January 11, 2018
Hip Deep in Mali: Growing Into Music in 21st Century Bamako
Blog - February 27, 2014
Trio Da Kali: The New Face of Mande Music from Mali
June 29, 2023
Mali’s Amadou & Mariam Headline the 25th Afro Roots Fest in Miami
Mali’s Amadou & Mariam Headline the 25th Afro Roots Fest in Miami
Reviews - December 19, 2017
Salif Keita on His Music and Mali, in 2018 and Beyond
Videos - October 16, 2014
"They Broke All of Our Instruments": Video of Malian Music Recovering
Best of The Beat - November 24, 2015
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Bonnie Raitt--A Blueswoman in Mali
Blog - June 10, 2020
Malian Artist Afel Bocoum Releases Video From Upcoming Damon Albarn-Produced Album
Blog - May 2, 2012
New Songhai Music from Malian North: Abdoulaye Alhassane Toure and Sidi Toure
Blog - May 2, 2012
New Songhai Music from Malian North: Abdoulaye Alhassane Toure and Sidi Toure
Reviews - November 17, 2025
AUDIO REVIEW: Noura Mint Seymali: Yenbett
Blog - September 25, 2012
Musicians for Mali: NYC Benefit Concert
Reviews - May 3, 2013
Mali Meets Latin America: Remix EP
Blog - April 10, 2012
Khaira Arby, Vieux Farka Toure and Bassekou Kouyate Call for Peace in Mali with New Song
Videos - April 2, 2014
Somali Love Songs: A Hip Deep Introduction
January 7, 2026
The Africa-America Institute's "Following the Gold Road" online conference starting Jan. 14 and Afropop's "Mali Gold" Playlist
Blog - September 6, 2012
TOUBAB KREWE PRESENTS “MUSICIANS FOR MALI”- A CONCERT BENEFIT AT CITY WINERY IN NEW YORK ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
Blog - October 13, 2015
St Germain Pays Electronic Homage to Mali
February 14, 2013
Guitar Voices From Mali and South Africa
Features - July 16, 2003
Mali on the Mall: 2003. Part 1
Features - July 16, 2003
Mali on the Mall 2003: Part 2
Blog - May 15, 2018
Bokanté's Malika Tirolien: Surfing Life in Creole
Blog - August 8, 2012
Mala in Cuba (NOT MALI in Cuba)
January 9, 2018
“For My Ayeeyo:” Learning Somali Poetry From a Distance
Amal Hussein and Hamdi Mohamed have a lot in common. Both were born in Kenya, where their parents fled as refugees during the Somali Civil War, and both came to Boston when they were just a few years old. They’re both poets — and equally important for this story — both their grandmothers are poets...
Reviews - November 18, 2013
Rokia Traore: On "Beautiful Africa" and Complicated Mali
Blog - March 22, 2019
Photo Essay: Noura Mint Seymali at Brooklyn Bowl
April 15, 2025
Planet Afropop: Somali DJs in America and Songhoy Blues
Akshaj Turebylu talks to Somali deejays in Minnesota and to Songhoy Blues about their new album, Heritage.
Blog - December 3, 2011
Discography: Mali: Ancient Empires to Multi-Cultural Democracy
Blog - March 17, 2014
Love Songs in Somalia: Music of a Lost World
Blog - August 14, 2015
Au Revoir, Mogadishu: 45 Funky Minutes of Somalian Gold
March 13, 2025
Reconstructing Somalia: Love Songs at the Birth of a Nation
This program offers a rare musical portrait of Somalia’s formative, pre-civil war years (1960-90). In a rising mood of patriotism and hope, Somalis sought to forge a culturally authentic, but also modern, national identity
Reviews - April 19, 2011
Berber Rising II: Malika Zarra, Najat Aatabou, Idir, Takfarinas
Reviews - March 27, 2014
Lidwien Kapteijns: Love Songs at the Dawn of Somalia
Features - April 2, 2014
Web-Exclusive Podcast: More Songs of Love and War from Somalia
Reviews - February 15, 2016
Waati Sera
Blog - April 15, 2014
Balani Show Super Hits: Electronic Street Parties from Mali
Reviews - January 22, 2019
Un Autre Blanc
Blog - February 9, 2022
Oumou Sangaré Announces Forthcoming Album With A New Single
Blog - October 22, 2022
Join Afropop Nov. 13 For an Evening With Habib Koite
Blog - February 11, 2013
Festival in the Desert Wins Freemuse Award
Videos - August 16, 2013
New Video: Vieux Farka Toure's "Peace"
Blog - September 17, 2013
Festival in the Desert Returns!
Blog - February 24, 2014
Afropop Premiere: Habib Koite, "Balontan"
Reviews - February 12, 2016
Kokuma
Best of The Beat - April 12, 2016
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Habib Koite
Blog - May 19, 2016
Bamako Photo Essay
Blog - June 14, 2016
Mamadou Kelly and Ban Kai Na: U.S. Summer Tour Announced
Reviews - December 6, 2016
Koya
Blog - March 16, 2017
Salif Keita Ticket Giveaway
Blog - February 11, 2020
The Crowdfunding Campaign for Ballaké Sissoko's Kora
Reviews - December 27, 2012
One Night on Earth, Music From the Strings of Mali
The result is astounding, not just for its technical brilliance, but its musicality. Gripper executes these pieces with the precision and attention to detail one might expect from a great classical musician, but there is nothing stiff about these performances.
Reviews - July 26, 2018
Fatoumata Diawara on Finding Sweetness in A Hard Life
Reviews - September 4, 2020
Lindé
Interview - November 12, 2024
Habib Koité Returns with Mande Quartet
Feature - November 3, 2025
The Women of Wassoulou Music: A Primer
Reviews - May 25, 2010
Sidiba
Reviews - May 15, 2012
La Paix
Reviews - December 28, 2012
Smoke, No Fire
The core of this album is a well-developed musical friendship between Stern and Harouna Samake, whose sterling kamele n’goni (young man’s harp) has graced recordings and performances by wassoulou diva Sali Sidibe, and, more recently, Mali music icon Salif Keita. Stern and Samake have a sound.
Reviews - July 30, 2013
Mon Pays
Blog - December 6, 2013
They Will Have To Kill Us First Officially in Production
Blog - December 9, 2013
Sorry Robert Plant: Festival in the Desert Cancelled Again
Videos - December 9, 2013
Watch This Video: Africa Express, Gambari feat Kankou Kouyaté "Yamore"
Blog - March 6, 2014
Takamba, the other desert blues
Reviews - September 12, 2014
Les Ambassadeurs du Motel de Bamako
Blog - September 10, 2014
Toumani Diabaté Returns to NYC to Wish Nonesuch Records a Happy 50!
Contests - September 16, 2014
Salif Keita Ticket Giveaway
Blog - December 9, 2014
Afropop Holiday Party!
Blog - June 15, 2015
Songhoy Blues Ticket Giveaway!
Blog - September 23, 2015
Kassé Mady Diabaté Tickets and World Music Institute Giveaway
Reviews - November 11, 2015
Renascence
Blog - February 23, 2016
"They Will Have to Kill Us First" Film Debuts in New York March 4
Blog - July 15, 2016
Fatoumata Diawara Announces North American Tour
Reviews - January 30, 2017
Poulo Warali
Reviews - May 18, 2017
Mogoya
Blog - September 15, 2017
Salif Keita Returns to NYC! Sat., Sept. 16
May 30, 2018
Kasse Mady Diabaté Is Gone
Interview - September 16, 2025
Habib Koite on his 2007 album Afriki
Reviews - November 21, 2013
Tamala
Reviews - September 25, 2017
La Confusion
Blog - April 2, 2020
Remembering Hama Sankare
Reviews - June 26, 2010
La Différence
Reviews - July 26, 2012
Saro
Reviews - September 18, 2012
Zani Diabaté, Tientalaw
Reviews - April 10, 2013
Jama Ko
Videos - September 16, 2013
Afropop Premier: Sidi Toure- "Ay Hora"
Blog - October 26, 2013
Vieux Farka Toure (back) at Wesleyan U
Reviews - November 7, 2013
Bamako Nights: Live at Bar Bozo 1995
Blog - January 26, 2016
Ticket Giveaway: Noura Mint Seymali at Pioneer Works, Feb. 6
Reviews - February 26, 2016
Né So
Features - May 20, 2016
You Gotta See These Kids!
Blog - October 13, 2016
Issa Bagayogo (1961-2016)
Blog - December 2, 2016
Desert Blues: Rokia Traoré at NYC’s Symphony Space
Reviews - May 22, 2018
Fenfo
Blog - July 15, 2020
Songhoy Blues Compels Us All to “Keep Fighting” in New Video, Interview
Interview - June 2, 2022
Vieux Farka Touré Goes Back to His Roots
Blog - February 9, 2023
Ali Farka Touré´s “Cherie” Featuring Oumou Sangaré Debuts
Blog - May 11, 2023
Tinariwen to Release New Album May 19 and Launch Tour May 27
Reviews - August 8, 2023
Fatoumata Diawara: London Ko
Interview - April 23, 2025
Salif Keita talks going acoustic with "So Kono"
Reviews - December 1, 2025
Mariam Forges on with Joy!
Reviews - September 15, 2010
Bwati Kono "In the Club"
Blog - February 5, 2007
Vieux Farka Toure: US Debut Concert (2007)
Reviews - July 25, 2006
Ali Farka Toure, Savane
Reviews - April 1, 2016
Andy Morgan on Tuareg Music and History
Reviews - March 14, 2018
Kayeba Khasso
Blog - September 15, 2022
Al Bilali Soudan Launches Debut U.S. Tour
Interview - April 6, 2023
Tamikrest's Journey From Kidal to the World
Interview - April 24, 2023
Nick Gold on Ali Farka Toure's Posthumous Release: Voyageur
December 10, 2024
Planet Afropop: Celebrating Toumani Diabaté
Banning Eyre profiles and celebrates Malian kora player Toumani Diabaté in and episode of Planet Afropop.
Blog - April 7, 2025
Amadou Bagayoko dies at 70
Blog - March 16, 2018
A Beautiful New Video From Tinariwen and Guests
Blog - August 21, 2018
Khaira Arby Dies at 59
May 28, 2020
Salif Keita Throws His Hat Into the COVID-19 PSA Game
Blog - August 26, 2020
Exclusive Premiere: Afel Bocoum’s “Bombolo Liilo”
Blog - March 8, 2022
Oumou Sangaré Premieres “Wassulu Don” on International Women’s Day
Interview - May 11, 2022
Oumou Sangaré Talks Timbuktu
Blog - July 19, 2024
Toumani Diabate: (1965-2024)
March 9, 2006
Ali Farka Toure - Live In Niafunke
July 21, 2016
Bamako Sounds
Reviews - September 29, 2011
Tassili
Reviews - July 7, 2011
Sorry Bamba: Volume One 1970-1979
Reviews - May 31, 2011
SMOD
Reviews - March 6, 2011
Sahel Folk
Reviews - January 1, 2011
Chamber Music
Reviews - August 28, 2010
Donso
Reviews - February 9, 2010
I Speak Fula
Blog - May 7, 2012
Video Interview: Amadou & Mariam
Blog - June 25, 2012
Innovative & Gorgeous: Download New Music from Andra Kouyaté
Blog - July 19, 2012
SMOD To Tour the U.S.
Blog - September 19, 2012
Blogging Backwards- Festival in the Desert, part three
Blog - September 20, 2012
Blogging Backwards- Festival in the Desert, Part 2
Blog - December 11, 2012
Keletigui Diabate, A Remembrance
Blog - January 11, 2013
Afropop Premier- Fatou Kounkoun Sissoko (Sol Power All-Star Remix)
Reviews - February 8, 2007
Vieux Farka Toure: 2007
Reviews - October 14, 2007
Vieux Farka Toure
Reviews - June 26, 2013
Christopher Kirkley Interview
Reviews - June 26, 2013
Albala
Blog - April 9, 2015
Sahel Sounds Mix
Reviews - January 30, 2009
Interview: Ryan Thomas Skinner
Blog - July 26, 2013
Film Alert: Woodstock in Timbuktu
Blog - September 30, 2013
Sidi Toure- Live at the Highline Ballroom
Blog - October 28, 2013
Super Onze's rawest ever Takamba
Contests - October 15, 2013
Terakaft Ticket Giveaway
Blog - October 22, 2013
Terakaft- Live at Joe's Pub
Blog - October 26, 2013
Sidi Touré Up Close
Blog - January 24, 2014
Afropop Worldwide premiers Tiécoro Sissoko's "Keme Borama"
Blog - November 25, 2014
Exclusive Stream: "Salimou" by Toumani and Sidiki Diabate
Reviews - December 22, 2014
Salif Keita Speaks Out on His Career, Mali's Crisis and Retirement
Blog - March 10, 2015
Field Report: Festival Sur le Niger 2015
Blog - April 6, 2015
New Terakaft Single: "Tafouk Tele"
Blog - June 2, 2015
"Siran Fen": Exclusive Bassekou Kouyaté Track Giveaway
Blog - June 18, 2015
Songhoy Blues Live at Mercury Lounge
Best of The Beat - February 23, 2016
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Festival in the Desert 2003
Blog - March 4, 2016
Film Review: They Will Have to Kill Us First
Blog - March 24, 2016
Exclusive: Hear Super Onze de Gao's Latest Worldwide Release
Blog - May 9, 2016
Concert Review: Fatoumata Diawara at the Schomburg Center in Harlem
Blog - February 2, 2017
Festival au Désert: Still in Exile, Again
Reviews - March 17, 2017
Kidal
Best of The Beat - March 28, 2017
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Salif Keita and the Coup d'Etat
Blog - April 4, 2017
Salif Keita Live at New York's Town Hall
Reviews - April 21, 2017
Samba
Best of The Beat - June 7, 2017
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Remembering Ali Farka Toure
Reviews - January 22, 2018
Ballébé
Videos - March 2, 2018
Video Premiere: Sidi Touré Goes Electric With "Heyyeya"
Reviews - March 27, 2018
Toubalbero
Reviews - June 27, 2018
Amadou Bagayoko on the Road
Blog - August 22, 2018
Vieux Farka Toure Plays Hudson River Park Blues BBQ
Blog - February 15, 2019
ICYMI: Fatoumata Diawara Shredded at the Grammys
Blog - June 19, 2019
Afropop to Honor Salif Keita at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival: July 13
Blog - July 19, 2019
Salif Keita Inducted Into Afropop Hall of Fame at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! 7/13
A night to remember...
Blog - September 4, 2019
Ali Farka Touré's Classic Record “Savane” Getting the Remastered Re-Release Treatment
Blog - October 25, 2019
Photo Essay: Songhoy Blues at Baby's All Right, and Loving It
Blog - January 30, 2020
WATCH: Béla Fleck and Toumani Diabaté in “Nashville”
Blog - February 5, 2020
Ballaké Sissoko's Kora Found Dismantled Following American T.S.A. Inspection
March 31, 2020
Béla Fleck and Toumani Diabate Livestream 3 P.M. ET April 1
Reviews - July 16, 2020
Oumou Sangare Goes Acoustic
Blog - November 11, 2020
"Badala": Or Dude, Songhoy Blues Got Some Fuzz Pedals and Stuff
Videos - October 21, 2021
Baba Sora Video Playlist
Blog - October 22, 2021
Les Amazones d’Afriques’ Rokia Koné Releases New Video, Announces Debut Album
Blog - March 23, 2022
Vieux Farka Touré Returns With New Single Featuring Amadou Bagayoko (of Amadou and Mariam)
Blog - April 7, 2022
Oumou Sangaré Unveils New Video, "Sira"
Interview - July 15, 2025
Fatoumata Diawara Recaps Her Mexican Adventure with Africa Express: Bahidorá
Blog - August 22, 2013
Live Alert: Toubab Krewe + DJ.Henri Rock SOBs for Mali TONIGHT!
Blog - March 3, 2014
Afropop Premiere: Noura Mint Seymali "El Madi" from globalFEST Selector Comp
Reviews - August 25, 2017
Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From the Horn of Africa
Contests - March 15, 2019
Win Tickets to Noura Mint Seymali at Brooklyn Bowl, March 21
Blog - January 16, 2019
Fatoumata Diawara and Noura Mint Seymali to Play Miami's Afro Roots Festival
Saturday, April 6 at the North Beach Bandshell
Blog - April 10, 2019
Noura Mint Seymali and Fatoumata Diawara Pull Out the Stops at Miami's Afro Roots Fest
Videos - May 6, 2024
Afropop Top Videos: Amadou & Mariam, Mdou Moctar, Noise Cans, Malika Zarra, Meridian Brothers and more...
Interview - January 6, 2025
Sahra Halgan: The Message is the Music
Blog - April 19, 2013
Cheick Hamala Diabate: Prudence EP and Record Release Show
Reviews - September 26, 2014
Ala Ta
Blog - July 16, 2015
Hear Vieux Farka Touré's New Collaboration, "Touristes"
Blog - March 29, 2016
Rokia Traoré Live at the Highline Ballroom
January 2, 2020
Afro Roots Fest 2019 in Miami
Live performances and interviews with Fatoumata Diawara and Noura Mint Seymali at the Afro Roots Fest in Miami.
Features - May 27, 2022
"Above Water" -- A Documentary Film by Aïssa Maïga
Reviews - October 19, 2012
K'Naan: Country, God or the Girl
Reviews - May 9, 2013
Dur-Dur Band, Vol. Five: Awesome Tapes From Africa
Blog - August 26, 2013
Zambia Roadside 2-Tonga, Ila, Lozi, Leya, Aushi, Bemba
Blog - November 21, 2014
Come to Afropop's Holiday Benefit Party!
Videos - March 31, 2017
"Yere Faga:" A Fierce New Video by Oumou Sangaré with Tony Allen
Interview - December 10, 2024
Lucy Duran on the Life and Music of Toumani Diabaté
Reviews - November 1, 2022
Oumou Sangare's Triumphant U.S. Return
Reviews - November 1, 2010
AfroCubism
Blog - July 15, 2013
The 2013 Festival International de Jazz de Montreal & A Conversation with Vieux Farka Touré
Blog - August 5, 2013
Sudanese Star Omer Ehsas to Join Bassekou Kouyate at Afropop Gala (Sept 19)
Blog - February 5, 2014
"Red Dust" - New Single from Dirtmusic feat. Samba Toure
Videos - April 9, 2014
Bassekou Kouyate live video from Afropop's 25th Anniversary Gala!
Blog - April 29, 2014
Kokanko Sata Doumba: A Queen of Wassoulou Music Visits the American South
Blog - January 21, 2015
Longing For the Festival in the Desert
Blog - August 10, 2015
Third World, Awa Sangho and Caution at Celebrate Brooklyn!
Reviews - October 13, 2015
St Germain
Blog - December 22, 2015
Remembering Bako Dagnon and Venâncio Mbande
Reviews - March 31, 2016
Susan Rasmussen on the Tuareg
Blog - February 9, 2017
Listen: Oumou Sangaré Featuring Tony Allen--“Yere Faga”
Blog - August 6, 2021
Weedie Braimah Debuts "Weediefoli"
Blog - February 18, 2022
Smooth or Crunchy: New West African Releases from Rokia Koné and Etran de L’Äir Out Today
Blog - August 4, 2023
Instagram Message from Bonnie Raitt to Afropop Worldwide
Reviews - December 3, 2014
The Paris Session
Blog - April 2, 2019
Don't Miss Us at Afro Roots Festival in Miami, April 6
Reviews - April 10, 2020
Bela Fleck Re-Explores African Music
Reviews - July 18, 2023
Oumou Sangare and Vox Sambou at BRICS Celebrate Brooklyn
January 24, 2014
Womex 2013
Reviews - December 12, 2013
Maison Des Jeunes: Africa Express
Reviews - September 18, 2017
Ladilikan
Blog - February 12, 2019
Ayub Ogada and Sali Sidibe: RIP
Reviews - March 5, 2019
A Trio of Desert Rock Albums
Reviews - February 5, 2020
3MA The Jewel Trio!
Fresh Eyre - October 23, 2020
WOMEX FILMS: Berlin Bamako Allstars Is A Winner!
Blog - April 19, 2022
Win Free Tix: Blind Boys of Alabama + Amadou & Mariam (NYC Town Hall, May 2)
Features - June 1, 2023
Kora Resources
June 10, 2025
Planet Afropop: Madalitso! From Banjo Boys to Men and Acoustic Salif
Planet Afropop profiles Madalitso Band from Malawi, and interviews Salif Keita.
Review - October 31, 2025
AUDIO REVIEW: Guitari Baro, acoustic Africa extraordinaire!
July 25, 2014
Afropop Live 2013 Highlights
March 3, 2016
Treasures of Benin
November 17, 2016
Afropop Live! 2016
Reviews - March 28, 2012
Folila
Blog - April 17, 2012
Bombino Plays a Tuareg Dedication for Pitchfork
Reviews - March 23, 2011
Habib Koite, Afel Bocoum and Oliver Mtukudzi - 2011
Blog - June 13, 2012
AfroCubism's Celebrate Brooklyn Show
Reviews - July 3, 2012
A Curva Da Cintura
Blog - July 26, 2012
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo and SMOD in Central Park
Reviews - September 25, 2012
Fatou
Blog - January 18, 2013
GlobalFEST 2013 Photospread!
Reviews - January 30, 2009
Interview: Ryan Thomas Skinner
Blog - January 30, 2009
Discography: The Mandé Diaspora In New York City, Part 2
Blog - September 12, 2013
Derek Gripper Turns Classical Guitar into a Kora: Live Review
Reviews - April 10, 2014
Return to Timbuktu: Documentary Film in Progress with Michael Meredith
Reviews - November 4, 2014
River Strings: Maninka Guitar
Blog - November 25, 2014
Bobby McFerrin Meets Africa in New York
Blog - July 17, 2015
Vieux Farka Touré and Tamikrest at Celebrate Brooklyn!
Blog - August 31, 2015
Video Premiere: Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Segal on Bamako Rooftop
Reviews - September 10, 2015
Alone
Reviews - September 21, 2015
Musique de Nuit
Blog - September 28, 2015
James Germain: Kreol Mandingue
Reviews - October 29, 2015
Almeida Tells the Story of Tal National
Best of The Beat - December 10, 2015
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Bambino, Hero of Bamako
Blog - April 26, 2016
Imarhan: Tuareg Rock on Steroids
Blog - September 8, 2016
Win Tickets to See Vieux Farka Touré in New York
Blog - April 20, 2017
A Few Words With Vieux Farka Touré
Blog - August 16, 2017
Photo Essay: Youssou N'Dour and Yacouba Sissoko
Blog - August 29, 2017
Amadou and Mariam's New Video “La Confusion”
Blog - October 18, 2017
Ticket Giveaway: Habib Koite and Bamada
Blog - October 18, 2017
Track Premiere: Ballake Sissoko and Vincent Segal, “Tuniale”
Blog - July 10, 2018
Field Report: Gnawa World Music Festival in Essaouira, Part Two
Reviews - September 25, 2018
The Voice Within
Blog - May 3, 2019
Meet EMDE, Winner of the Afropop Syli d'Or Prize
Reviews - August 13, 2019
EMDE: 21st Century Griot
Blog - October 8, 2019
Interview With Les Amazones d'Afrique at Reeperbahn Festival 2019
Blog - May 27, 2020
Remembering Mory Kante
Blog - February 17, 2021
Ballaké Sissoko Teams Up With Sona Jobarteh For Double Kora Bliss
Blog - February 24, 2021
World Circuit Reissuing Ali Farka Touré’s "Red," “Cumbia Cumbia 1 & 2” Compilations
Reviews - April 28, 2021
Djourou
Blog - June 25, 2021
Live Stream Salif Keita at Jazz À Vienne Free at 5 P.M. EDT
Blog - March 3, 2022
Tinariwen’s Two Earliest Albums Get the Deluxe Reissue Treatment
December 3, 2014
Stocking Stuffers 2014
May 1, 2015
Cuts From the Crypt
Reviews - April 27, 2011
The House of Friendly Ghosts, Vol. One
Blog - October 22, 2012
Recognition of Awesomeness: 17th Annual Mobo Awards
Blog - February 21, 2013
On Tour: Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal
Blog - August 18, 2014
HUMANBEING: Raja Kassis on Mbalax, His New Album and Touring the World
Blog - December 3, 2014
Stocking Stuffers Highlights
Reviews - October 27, 2016
Arbina
Fresh Eyre - November 26, 2019
Vinyl Vestiges: VP Records and World Circuit
Reviews - May 11, 2021
Toumani Diabaté on Working With the London Symphony Orchestra
July 25, 2024
The Enigma of Baba Sora
The life and legacy of Foutanga Babani Sissoko, Baba Sora, is explored through reminiscences and music.
Interview - September 15, 2022
Marc Pevar, Lucy Durán and Sirifo Sissoko Talk Kora
Features - October 22, 2022
Habibi Festival Brings Music From S.W.A.N.A to New York
July 24, 2025
Blues Reflections
April 12, 2012
Timbuktu, Dakar, Fes Flight Plan
February 13, 2020
Aurelio, Badian, Damily, and the Kid From Timbuktu
May 8, 2013
Afropop Roadshow: Spotlight Sierra Leone
June 6, 2013
Summer Concert Previews 2013
October 18, 2013
African String Magic
October 26, 2023
Accounting for Taste
In this episode, we go beyond these stars to explore the legacy of some lesser-known inspirations. We’ll learn how the fluid guitar playing of ’70s rock band Dire Straits became massively popular in the Sahel, influencing Tuareg rockers like Tinariwen and Tamikrest.
July 28, 2016
Festivals Around the World
December 3, 2011
The Mandé Diaspora In New York City, Part 1
October 29, 2014
The Mandé Diaspora in New York City, Part Two
December 5, 2011
The Art of Improvisation: Part 1
Reviews - May 5, 2011
Agadez
Features - July 13, 2012
Friday Faves: seven-oh-thirteen-oh-twelve edition
Blog - September 19, 2012
Blogging Backwards- Festival in the Desert, Part 1
Blog - September 24, 2012
Fatoumata Diawara- Live in NYC Ticket Giveaway
Blog - November 18, 2012
K'Naan Rocks New York
Reviews - November 21, 2012
K'naan on "Country, God or the Girl"
I do, during the writing process, feel free. But it's everything after that makes you feel that the freedom was an illusion. When the system steps in, and the label, and the people that work with you and that are observing every step of what you do. They have to think about, "Where does this fit? Does this work as a follow-up song to the enormous success of his last song? What about American radio, specifically? Will display on top 40? Or will this play on alternative radio? Or is this too weird for any of them?" So you have those things, those questions, though severe observations that will come to your door after having written songs. You just don't know what to do about that. That's when you realize that the freedom is a bit of an illusion really.
Blog - March 1, 2013
BAM Presents Mic Check: Hip-Hop from North Africa and the Middle East + Ticket Giveaway!
Reviews - April 19, 2007
Africa and The Blues: An Interview with Gerhard Kubik
Videos - May 24, 2013
“I Sing the Desert Electric,” short film from Sahel Sounds
Blog - June 26, 2013
Photos: Amadou and Mariam with Bombino @ Celebrate Brooklyn! 6/21/13
Blog - July 18, 2013
Sahel Sounds Drop Two New Albums
Features - July 25, 2013
Afropop Celebrates 25 Years at Central Park SummerStage
Blog - August 6, 2013
Lincoln Center: Out of Doors and Off the Hook
January 30, 2009
Hip Deep Scholar: Ryan Skinner
Reviews - January 30, 2009
Interview: Ryan Thomas Skinner Part 1
Discography - January 30, 2009
Discography: The Mandé Diaspora In New York City, Part 1
Blog - August 19, 2013
Bombino Speaks! Afropop Interview with Omara "Bombino" Moctar
Blog - August 20, 2013
Faarrow, A Group To Watch
Features - February 9, 2005
Improvisation: Musicians and Scholars Speak
Blog - September 20, 2013
Afropop's 25th Anniversary Gala: One for the History Books!
Blog - November 1, 2013
Womex 2013 report from Sean Barlow
Blog - February 4, 2014
Sidi Touré & Cedric Watson's "Pa' Janvier" Blues
Reviews - February 10, 2014
Emmaar
Videos - March 19, 2014
Toumani Diabaté and Sidiki Diabaté Perform (and Record!) Together
Features - June 4, 2014
Featured Artists: Afropop Summer Preview 2014
Blog - September 3, 2014
¡Globalquerque! Festival Celebrates 10th Year
Blog - November 13, 2014
Come See Abdoulaye Diabate and Banning Eyre in Rhinebeck, NY
Blog - January 2, 2015
Sahel Sounds Drops End-of-Year Mix
Blog - February 6, 2015
Afropop Exclusive Premiere: Atropolis and Yacouba Sissoko--KoraNYC
Blog - March 9, 2015
Afropop Premiere! Benyoro: "An Sera" Video
Reviews - November 23, 2015
Live in Paris
Blog - December 2, 2015
Photo Essay: Afropop Peabody Gala at Ford Foundation
Blog - February 8, 2016
Kinté, Le Prince Héritier Releases New Single: "Djula"
Blog - February 12, 2016
Photo Essay: Inna Modja Makes U.S. Debut at NYC's Standard Hotel
Reviews - March 2, 2016
Abbar el Hamada
Blog - March 7, 2016
Photo Essay: MASA Festival in Abidjan, Part One
Blog - March 16, 2016
Photo Essay: MASA Festival in Abidjan, Part Six
Blog - April 18, 2016
Acoustic Africa: Habib Koite and Vusi Mahlasela at the Met
Contests - October 12, 2016
Rokia Traore Performs in New York City
Blog - February 2, 2017
#NoBanNoWall: Bandcamp Makes A Move Against Immigration Restrictions
Blog - February 14, 2017
Isango Ensemble at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
Blog - March 1, 2017
Reflections on "A Man of Good Hope"
Blog - March 10, 2017
Premiere: New Track From Vieux Farka Touré
Reviews - March 28, 2017
République Amazone
Blog - June 6, 2017
Manny Ansar Reflects on the Festival au Desert in Timbuktu
Reviews - December 28, 2017
Anarouz
July 9, 2020
Africa and the Blues
In this Hip Deep edition, Banning Eyre and Gerhard Kubik explore the connections between Africa and American blues.
Reviews - March 1, 2018
Stylo
Blog - March 1, 2018
Weedie Braimah & Friends at the Blue Note in New York
November 28, 2024
The Hidden Blackness of Flamenco
Meira Goldberg, Miguel Angel Rosales, Raul Rodriguez and Yinka Esi Graves explore the African pre-history and subsequent blackness of flamenco music and dance.
Fresh Eyre - March 6, 2020
Three Smithsonian Folkways Reissues Inspire Revery
March 26, 2020
globalFEST 2020
Blog - March 27, 2020
Release Round-Up: March 2020
Features - July 30, 2020
A Gumbe Photo Essay
Videos - July 30, 2020
VIDEO: Gumbe Mash-Up Reel
Blog - November 25, 2020
Thanksgiving Like No Other at Afropop: 2020 Report & 2021 Forecast
December 9, 2020
Bela Fleck Live Streaming “Throw Down Your Heart” Friday
Blog - February 5, 2021
David Walters Teams With Ballaké Sissoko, Vincent Segal and Roger Raspail on New Album
Blog - February 19, 2021
Toumani Diabaté To Release An Album With The London Symphony Orchestra
Interview - October 21, 2021
Lucy Duràn on Baba Sora Sissoko
Blog - November 17, 2021
Afrofuturism at Carnegie Hall in February: Sun Ra Arkestra, Chimurenga Renaissance and Fatoumata Diawara
Features - May 6, 2022
Amadou & Mariam and Blind Boys of Alabama at The Town Hall
June 1, 2023
Journeys with the Kora
The 21-string harp, the kora, is deeply explored in this Afropop Worldwide program.
Blog - April 14, 2023
Georges Collinet and Banning Eyre Host Afropop The African Rivers Project At The Kennedy Center
August 6, 2024
Desert Blues Meets Psych-Funk: Vieux Farka Toure & Khruangbin
Blog - October 17, 2025
NYC's World Music Institute Celebrates 40 Years!
January 7, 2015
globalFEST 2012
August 8, 2013
The Immortal '70s
November 28, 2012
Stocking Stuffers 2012!
Blog - June 15, 2012
FRIDAY FAVORITES!
Blog - November 1, 2012
Womex 2012
Reviews - July 17, 2014
New Music From Mande America: "Benyoro" and "The Great Peace"
Blog - September 17, 2014
50 Years of Nonesuch: Five Essential Albums
Blog - October 6, 2014
Bobby McFerrin Meets Africa in New York !
Blog - November 10, 2014
Concert Preview: Tinariwen at Brooklyn Masonic Temple
Blog - April 28, 2015
Trance Ticket Giveaway!
Blog - September 16, 2015
¡Globalquerque! Festival Returns For 11th Year
Blog - January 28, 2016
Africa Meets India in Brooklyn
Blog - March 8, 2016
Photo Essay: MASA Festival in Abidjan, Part Two
Blog - March 9, 2016
Photo Essay: MASA Festival in Abidjan, Part Three
Blog - March 12, 2016
Photo Essay: MASA Festival in Abidjan, Part Four
Blog - June 22, 2016
“Sounds of Africa” Exhibition at the Grammy Museum Honors Angelique Kidjo, Salif Keita and Others
Blog - July 11, 2016
Field Report: Creole Rhythms on Réunion, the Rainbow Island
Blog - January 2, 2017
Fresh Cuts Vol. Two
Blog - March 2, 2017
Exclusive Mix: Africa Now! At the Apollo Theater
Blog - March 14, 2017
New Sounds and Next Steps for SXSW: ContraBanned Showcase
Blog - August 9, 2017
Fresh Cuts, Vol. Seven
Blog - January 26, 2018
Snarky Puppy with Laura Mvula, Chris Thile, David Crosby and Fatoumata Diawara
Blog - May 2, 2018
The Afropop Gala Auction Items Announced
May 17, 2018
Afropop Divas - Live
March 27, 2025
Women's History Month Finale: Four Women of the West
In West Africa, women are on the cutting edge of musical and cultural progress. This program looks at four singer/composers with roots in tradition and unique ideas about how to keep them current in the fast-changing milieu of today’s African music.
Blog - August 2, 2018
Video Premiere: Bombino Plays A Song Around the World, "Ahoulaguine Akaline"
July 4, 2019
More African Guitars
A survey of recent guitar music from Africa
Blog - February 8, 2019
Field Report: PAPJAZZ 2019 …Haiti's Best Jazz Fest
July 9, 2019
Afropop Goes to the Grammys
Visit the 2019 Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles and hear from the nominees in the World Music category, Fatoumata Diawara, Bombino, The Soweto Gospel Choir, Seun Kuti and Yiddish Glory.
Videos - July 9, 2019
Afropop at The Grammys Video Playlist
Blog - September 26, 2019
Djembefola Weedie Braimah Returns to the Blue Note
Blog - October 4, 2019
Weedie Braimah and the Hands of Time Rock the Blue Note
Blog - November 21, 2019
New Videos From Forthcoming Album by Les Amazones d'Afrique
Blog - December 5, 2019
Field Report: Morocco's Festival Taragalte Part Two
Reviews - April 3, 2020
Jackson Browne on "Let the Rhythm Lead"
December 31, 2020
Lockdown Serenade
Reviews - May 21, 2021
Leni Stern Talks Composing and Recording During the Pandemic
Fresh Eyre - March 29, 2022
Club D'Elf and Afro-Zen Allstars Let the Instruments Do the Talking
Videos - April 28, 2022
New Videos from Vieux Farka Touré, Angelique Kidjo, Batida with Mayra Andrade, and Maga Bo
December 12, 2024
Global Griots in France
Traditional Manding (Mande) griots living in France sit at the crossroads between Africa and Europe. Historically, their role has been to weave traditional, oral histories, often within music, to promote a united, peaceful society.
March 25, 2023
Amadou & Miriam
A musical husband-and-wife duo who got their start in Mali, Amadou & Mariam met in 1975 at Mali’s Bamako Institute for the Young Blind and today are stars in the African music scene.
April 29, 2023
Fatoumata Diawara and Special Guest
WMI is thrilled to welcome award-winning Malian singer, guitarist, actor, and social activist Fatoumata Diawara back to NYC following her 2018 appearance at WMI's Festival of Mali, also co-presented with Brooklyn Bowl.
Videos - July 13, 2023
More Afropop Top Videos: Teni, Mokoomba, Blick Bassy, Dub Inc., Sophie Lukacs
Features - June 6, 2024
North Africa's Indigenous Peoples: The Imazighen
Reviews - November 21, 2024
Somi, Weedie Braimah & Hands of Time, Habib Koite Quartet: LIVE!
October 23, 2025
Musical Conjurers
This program surveys African diaspora musicians creating their own worlds, circa 2007.
March 23, 2011
21st Century Troubadours
May 31, 2012
Summer Concert Preview 2012
November 13, 2014
Afropop Live! NYC, Musical Metropolis
June 25, 2015
Afropop on the Red Carpet at the Peabodys
July 12, 2018
Cuts From the Crypt, Part Two: Banning's Picks
December 3, 2015
Stocking Stuffers 2015
June 7, 2018
African Music at the Crossroads
Contests - November 26, 2012
The Gang's all here! NYC Griot Summit/Ticket Giveaway
Blog - December 3, 2012
West African Griot Summit
Blog - January 9, 2013
globalFEST 2013!
Discography - February 9, 2005
Discography: The Art of Improvisation Part 1
Blog - April 11, 2014
Featured Artists: Afropop Live! NYC, Musical Metropolis
Blog - April 21, 2014
Afropop's Picks: SummerStage 2014!
Blog - May 9, 2014
Alsarah: Why You Need Retro East African Pop In Your Life
Blog - May 21, 2014
Erika Elliott, SummerStage’s Artistic Director, Introduces the 2014 Season
Blog - July 23, 2014
globalFEST Out of Doors Highlights
Blog - October 6, 2014
Field Report: How to Knit a Festival--Austria's Glatt & Verkehrt
Blog - November 12, 2014
Ebola Awareness Songs
Blog - December 10, 2014
25 Years of Real World Records!
Blog - June 1, 2015
Afropop Summer Concert Selects!
Blog - June 10, 2015
Field Report: Festival International de Louisiane
Reviews - June 12, 2015
Havana Paris Dakar
Blog - July 15, 2015
Summer Festivals Around the Continent
Blog - July 27, 2015
New Book on Peru From Sounds and Colours
Features - September 17, 2017
Cuts From the Crypt: Banning's Picks
Blog - October 5, 2015
Wondem: Ethio-pop Release From Dexter Story
Features - December 3, 2015
Stocking Stuffers 2015
Blog - December 21, 2015
Shailah Edmonds Brings African Roots into American Pop
Blog - August 1, 2016
Field Report: Nuits D'Afrique Festival Celebrates 30 Years
Blog - October 1, 2016
Fall Benefit Party Success!
Blog - December 5, 2016
New Series: Afropop's Fresh Cuts
Blog - December 8, 2016
Your Guide to Stocking Stuffers 2016
Blog - December 20, 2016
Field Report: Visa For Music in Rabat, Morocco
Reviews - January 12, 2017
Ndule
Blog - January 30, 2017
Fresh Cuts, Vol. Three
Blog - February 22, 2017
Ticket Giveaway: Africa Now! At the Apollo Theater
Blog - February 23, 2017
Reissued: African Vinyl Playlist
Blog - June 14, 2017
Fresh Cuts, Vol. Six
Blog - August 2, 2017
Photo Gallery: World Sacred Music Festival 2017
Blog - August 8, 2017
Field Report: Festival Timitar, Agadir, Morocco
Blog - November 17, 2017
Field Report: WOMEX 2017
Blog - November 13, 2017
White Light Festival Preview--Jordi Savall: The Routes of Slavery
November 16, 2017
Afropop Live! 2017
Here’s Afropop’s annual roundup of great live recordings we’ve captured over the past year but haven't found time to air.
Blog - November 17, 2017
Jordi Savall: Routes of Slavery
Blog - December 7, 2017
Field Report: Visa For Music 2017
December 21, 2017
The (New) Sound Of Afro Paris
In this program, we explore the new "Afropolitan" sounds of Paris, from concert halls to studios, from the heart of the city to immigrant neighborhoods in the banlieues.
Blog - December 26, 2017
Playlist: The (New) Sound of Afro-Paris
December 5, 2024
Time Travel Through Afro-Paris
Paris has been one of the most important incubators of African music on the planet. On this program, we look back on 30 years of adventures with African music in Paris.
January 25, 2018
Afropop at 30: Live in the '90s
As Afropop turns 30, we take a stroll down memory lane to enjoy some of the extraordinary live recordings we brought to the public radio community in the 1990s including Thione Seck in Dakar, Gerardo Nunez in New York, Abdel Aziz el Mubarak in London, Lobi Traore in Bamako, a carnival comparsa in Cuba and David Rudder in New York. Co-hosted by Georges Collinet, Siji Awoyinka, and Sean Barlow.
Blog - February 6, 2018
DJ Mixanthrope Returns with "Ah La La L'Argent !": A Francophone Money Mix
February 22, 2018
Highlights From Afropop Closeup: Season Two
March 14, 2018
Fatoumata Diawara Speaks Her Mind in "Nterini"
Reviews - October 8, 2018
What Heat
August 15, 2019
Afropop Worldwide: The Origin Story
Sean Barlow, Banning Eyre and Georges Collinet look back on 30 years of Afropop Worldwide on public radio. \n
April 4, 2019
Live from the WOMEX Radio Studio
Radio sessions from WOMEX 2018 with Bakolo Music International, Garifuna Collective and Harouna Samake.
Features - December 13, 2018
WOMEX 2018 Radio Session Photo Essay
Blog - March 11, 2019
Habib Koite, Derek Gripper and African Strings
Blog - June 13, 2019
A Dip into the Archives: "AfroCubism" 2011
Blog - November 20, 2019
Burna Boy, Angelique Kidjo and Nathalie Joachim Garner Grammy Nominations
December 19, 2019
Here Comes 2020
Georges Collinet and Banning Eyre look ahead to African music in the 2020s.
Fresh Eyre - February 28, 2020
Boston's Crashfest Turns 5
Blog - April 3, 2020
Quarantunes: It's Mdou Moctar Time
November 24, 2023
African Legends: Remembering Tony Allen
Afropop recalls the life and work of Tony Allen with author Michael Veal.
Blog - August 11, 2020
“OneBeat Sahara 2021” Now Taking Applications From Northwest Africa, the U.S.
Fresh Eyre - August 14, 2020
Summer Lockdown Listening
Fresh Eyre - October 9, 2020
Fall Release Roundup: Bantu, Ayom, Awale Jant Band, Groupe RTD, Songhoy Blues, Fra Fra, Nation Beat, Qwanqwa
December 24, 2020
2020 Highlights
Georges Collinet and Banning Eyre discuss musical highlights of 2020
Blog - April 2, 2021
Friday Night Nice: Toumani Diabaté, Nico Mulhy and London Symphony Orchestra
May 20, 2021
Afro Roots Fest 2021
Miami's Afro Roots Fest 2021, with Roosevelt Collier, Richard Bona and Weedie Braimah.
Blog - June 1, 2021
Afropop Premiere: Angelique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves, Somi and More Join Fatoumata Diawara on “Ambè”
March 21, 2024
Women's History Month: Afropop's Women Warriors
Angelique Kidjo, Toshi Reagon, Shungudzo, Toshi Reagon and Fatoumata Diawara showcase activist music created during the pandemic.
Blog - January 21, 2022
2022 globalFEST Tiny Desk Extravaganza now online
Features - April 6, 2022
Tikoubaouine Puts the Melody in Desert Rock
Features - April 15, 2022
Les Filles de Illighadad: From the Village to the World
Field Report - June 16, 2022
Field Report: 33rd Annual Würzburg Africa Festival
July 8, 2022
Toronto's African Scene
Toronto's Africa Scene
Blog - July 22, 2022
Nuits d'Afrique Festival Photos
August 18, 2022
Nuits D'Afrique in Montreal: 2022
This program features live highlights and interviews from the Nuits D'Afrique festival in Montreal, 2022.
September 14, 2022
Al Bilali Soudan
Al Bilali Soudan, a close-knit Tuareg family ensemble from Timbuktu Mali perform takamba music. Their instruments are traditional tehardents reinforced with electronic buzz and grit, and calabash percussion.
Features - November 19, 2022
Sauti za Busara Festival in Zanzibar: Vision for February 2023
March 23, 2023
WOMEX 2022: The Women Rule
WOMEX 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal, featured mostly women-led bands in its African and African diaspora lineup.
Videos - March 9, 2023
Afropop Top Videos: Requiem for David Lindley, Ayra Starr and More!
Features - April 19, 2023
Afropop Worldwide Rivers Project at the Kennedy Center
Blog - June 29, 2023
The Sierra Nevada World Music Festival Rides Again
August 1, 2023
Acoustic Guitar Heroes of Africa
African Guitar Heroes
Features - October 20, 2023
Etienne Sevet: The Many Adventures of The Bongo Hop
Field Report - November 9, 2023
Images of WOMEX 2023 in Spain
Field Report - November 20, 2023
WOMEX 2023: The Rundown from Ron!
Videos - February 29, 2024
Afropop Top Videos: February, 2024
Videos - June 5, 2024
Afropop Top Videos, 6/24: Djely Tapa, Yemi Alade, Manu Chao, Meridian Brothers and more
June 6, 2024
Amazigh Rising
Berber history and music span from ancient sounds from the Atlas and Kabyle mountains to the latest pop fusions. In this, the first of Afropop’s Berber music series, we get the history and hear some of the extraordinary music that history has given us. Produced by Banning Eyre.
June 25, 2024
Planet Afropop: Season Finale with Noise Cans and the Swanky Kitchen Band
Planet Afropop wraps up Season 1 with Noise Cans, The Swanky Kitchen Band and top picks in new releases
Blog - September 10, 2024
Planet Afropop: Season 2 Releases
Videos - October 3, 2024
Afropop Top Videos: October, 2024
Blog - December 13, 2024
A Voice for Africa: The Revolutionary Rise of Afropop Worldwide
December 24, 2024
Planet Afropop: 2024 Wrapup
Georges, Mukwae and Banning play music to wrap up a most unusual year, 2024.
Reviews - July 30, 2025
Ron's Field Report: 39th Annual Festival International Nuits d'Afrique
January 8, 2026
Afropop Soundsystem
Blog - August 22, 2017
Super Yamba Band at the Emerging Music Festival
Brooklyn Afrobeat group Super Yamba Band made the long journey across the East River to Bryant Park in Manhattan to play the third annual Emerging Music Festival on Sat., Aug. 19.
Reviews - August 22, 2017
Listen: Super Yamba Band's "N'diarabi" With Ismael Kouyate
The Brooklyn-based, Afrobeat-inflected funk outfit just re-released their song “N’diarabi” on vinyl.
Reviews - August 22, 2017
Ian Brennan on Social Justice and the Power of Songs
Ian Brennan is a Grammy-winning producer, whose set of recordings on the Zomba Prison Project in Malawi put his work on our radar, and was featured in the Afropop program, “Off the Beaten Track in Malawi and Burkina Faso.”
August 16, 2018
The Festival In Fes: World Sacred Music Festival, Revisited
This spring, Afropop returned to Fes, Morocco, for the 23rd annual World Sacred Music Festival, a sumptuous spread of music from across the globe that blurs the boundaries of what is sacred.
June 13, 2024
Amazigh Rising II
This is part two of the Afropop series on the Imazighen, the original inhabitants of North Africa.
January 28, 2016
Africa in America: Ladies' Edition
March 11, 2021
Moroccan Music Today: Re-Examined Past, Innovative Future
December 8, 2016
Stocking Stuffers 2016
Blog - June 15, 2011
Tinariwen Tour Dates!
Reviews - August 4, 2011
Jamm
Blog - November 10, 2011
Spotlight: Dirty Paraffin
Reviews - November 11, 2011
Aam Zameen: Common Ground
Reviews - October 13, 2011
Fasiya
Reviews - July 1, 2011
Jamm
Reviews - June 7, 2011
From Africa with Fury: Rise
Reviews - March 20, 2012
Living Traditions: Discussions on Traditions and Venues in Egypt
Reviews - May 6, 2012
100 Copies: Interview with Mahmoud Refat and Hassan Khan
Reviews - January 13, 2011
Toubab Soul
Reviews - November 23, 2010
Muzikr
Reviews - September 28, 2010
Adje! Adje!
Reviews - July 15, 2010
Yes We Can: Songs About Leaving Africa
Reviews - July 6, 2010
Tarkat Tajje/Let's Go!
Reviews - February 7, 2012
Mark LeVine on Music and the Egyptian Revolution
Reviews - October 11, 2011
Michael Frishkopf and Kristina Nelson on Koranic Recitation
Reviews - September 2, 2011
Tiken Jah Fakoly
Reviews - May 24, 2011
A Native Sun: Blitz the Ambassador
Reviews - April 27, 2011
Ingrid Monson
Reviews - April 18, 2011
Amina Claudine Myers
Blog - April 9, 2012
Petition to save Chicago's "Music Without Borders"
Reviews - March 29, 2011
Bob George: Muslim World Music Day
Reviews - June 6, 2012
Bola Volume 7
Reviews - June 20, 2012
The Voice of the Revolution
An ear-opening tour through the work of a West African legend, who died in 1977, before the world could appreciate his mind-blowing voice.
Blog - July 17, 2012
Premiere: Elikeh - "Olesafrica (Ojah Awake)"
Features - August 2, 2012
Afropop Worldwide Awarded National Endowment for The Humanities (NEH) Grant for 2012-2013 Hip Deep Season
Blog - August 20, 2012
Review/Photos: The Very Best Live in NYC
Reviews - July 7, 2011
Michael Frishkopf on Sufism and the Moulid
Blog - August 30, 2012
World Damba Festival Showcases Northern Ghana at Tufts University
Features - October 24, 2012
Afro-Montreal
Features - October 25, 2012
The Progress of Love
Reviews - November 8, 2012
Interview: Eric Charry on Bembeya Jazz
Reviews - November 8, 2012
Interview: Salifou Kaba
Reviews - December 19, 2012
Joseph Shabalala
Reviews - January 24, 2013
Thomas Turino
Blog - February 25, 2013
Afro-Mexico Road Trip #2: The Chilena
Reviews - March 8, 2013
WogDog Blues
Blog - March 8, 2013
Sidiki Conde in "You Don't Need Feet to Dance"
Reviews - March 26, 2013
Exile
April 5, 2013
Two Man Ting – Ar Lek U (EP)
Reviews - April 16, 2013
Ghost Town
Blog - May 3, 2013
PHOTO ESSAY: Africans in India
Blog - May 10, 2013
Summer 2013- Coming soon to a (New York) city near you!
Contests - May 22, 2013
LAST WEEK! Win a trip for two to NYC to celebrate Afropop's 25th anniversary at SummerStage--Central Park
Features - December 3, 2011
Gnawa Music of Morocco
Interview - May 3, 2012
The Hip Hop Generation: Ghana's Hip Life and Ivory Coast's Coupé-Decalé
Blog - December 3, 2011
Discography: Africa and the Blues
Reviews - January 11, 2008
Jean Kidula: The Rise of the Religious Music Industry in Kenya
Reviews - December 3, 2011
Peter Manuel on Indo-Caribbean Music
Videos - July 12, 2013
La Yegros - Viene de Mi
Blog - December 20, 2011
Scholar: Chérif Keita
Reviews - February 1, 2005
Joseph Roach Talks to Ned Sublette
Reviews - November 17, 2007
Jeffrey Summit
Reviews - October 8, 2008
Joseph Braude: Music and Islam
Blog - August 12, 2005
Discography: East African Taarab
Blog - June 20, 2013
Lebanon Journal 2: Ziad Rahbani
Blog - June 26, 2013
Join Afropop Host Georges Collinet at Central Park SummerStage 7.21, for Afropop's 25th Anniversary Celebration
Features - April 16, 2010
Senegal Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Independence, Launching of Statue of the African Renaissance
Reviews - March 31, 2010
Lamine Touré, Sabar Player and Griot
Blog - December 5, 2011
Discography: The Fertile Crescent: Haiti, Cuba and Louisiana
Reviews - July 6, 2013
John Collins: Ghana, Then and Now
Reviews - March 6, 2008
Ahmad Sikainga on Sudan, A Musical History
Reviews - December 3, 2011
Michelle Kisliuk and Justin Mongosso: The BaAka of Central Africa
Reviews - April 20, 2008
Black Man’s Grave: A Conversation with Authors John Amman and Gary Stewart
Reviews - August 14, 2013
800% Ndagga/Ndagga Versions
Reviews - August 2, 2013
Jesse Shipley, Part 1: Pan Africanism and Hiplife
Reviews - September 28, 2017
Dan Storper: Putumayo at 20 Years
Blog - August 7, 2013
Nuits d'Afrique: Braving the Elements
Blog - August 12, 2013
Afropop Worldwide 25th Anniversary Gala Concert Press Release
Features - August 12, 2013
“Pourquoi Montreal?”: Exploring The Afro-Quebec Experience
Blog - August 23, 2013
Trance inducing rhythms from La Réunion
Reviews - September 15, 2006
Francis Falceto-Ethiopia: Empire and Revolution
August 30, 2013
Afropop Exclusive: New Tal National Track, Album and Tour!
Videos - September 6, 2013
Behind the Scenes with Samba Mapangala, Banning Eyre, and the Afropop 25th Anniversary Gala
Blog - September 17, 2013
MOBO Awards Nominees
Videos - September 24, 2013
Georges Collinet Tells His Story in an Afropop 25 Video!
Reviews - October 3, 2013
Robert Moser: The Lebanese Diaspora in Brazil
Blog - December 5, 2011
Discography: The Musical Legacy of Al Andalus, Part 2: Africa & Beyond
Blog - October 11, 2013
Afropop October-November-December Schedule
Features - November 8, 2012
Feature: The Story of Bembeya Jazz
Blog - October 22, 2013
Vieux Farka Toure live at Elebash hall (Ticket Giveaway)
Features - November 7, 2013
Beirut 2013: Meet the Players
Reviews - November 11, 2013
Interview: Jackson Allers on Arab Hip Hop
Blog - November 20, 2013
Black Ink
Blog - December 2, 2013
Celebrate Giving Tuesday With Afropop Worldwide!
Reviews - December 3, 2013
An Interview with Minyeshu
Interview - January 30, 2014
Angelique Kidjo discusses her new CD "Eve," and book "Spirit Rising"
Blog - February 2, 2014
Interview: The Gnonlonfoun Brothers on Vodun, Gangbé, and Jomion & The Uklos
Videos - January 31, 2014
Blitz The Ambassador Celebrates "Success"
Reviews - February 17, 2014
Purple Rain of the Sahel: Chris Kirkley on Akounak
Blog - March 7, 2014
Afropop Worldwide Launches Kickstarter Campaign- Madagascar: Music of Hope and Ecstasy
Blog - March 28, 2014
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars raise a glass with Libation
Blog - March 26, 2014
Field Report: SXSW 2014
Blog - April 1, 2014
RIP Frankie Knuckles
Blog - April 2, 2014
Field Report: Song From the Forest at SXSW 2014
Features - April 3, 2014
Beneath the Music: Featured Artists
Blog - April 22, 2014
Afropop Premiere: "Creole" Underground Horns featuring Okai
Blog - June 16, 2014
Afropop's Summer 2014 Concert Guide
Blog - June 25, 2014
Featured Artists: Party and Dissent--World Cup Brazil 2014
Blog - July 22, 2014
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: An Interview With Bill Bragin
Blog - July 30, 2014
Batida: "Pobre e Rico" Video
Blog - August 26, 2014
Field Report: Highlights From the 2014 Gwoka Festival in Guadeloupe
Blog - September 5, 2014
Mulatu Astatke's Journey to Find Himself
Blog - September 9, 2014
Field Report: Dancing in the Rainforest of Malaysia
Reviews - September 23, 2014
Madagascar's Mosaic History: An Interview with Margaret Lou Brown
Blog - October 6, 2014
MC Bin Laden: Baile Funk's Eccentric Experimenter
Blog - November 3, 2014
The Bubu Continues: Discussing Sierra Leonean Culture With Scholars John Nunley and David Skinner
Reviews - October 15, 2014
Tiger Run
Blog - October 24, 2014
Ebola is not the problem
Blog - November 3, 2014
Afropop Premiere: Lunabe and MC Sacerdote's "Quero Falar"
Blog - December 5, 2014
The Truth of the Place: Death Metal Angola's Jeremy Xido Interviewed
Blog - December 4, 2014
Stocking Stuffers Complete List
Blog - December 11, 2014
Kenya Mambo Poa: Live from the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Reviews - January 7, 2015
Wendy Wilson-Fall on Malagasy Americans
Blog - January 7, 2015
Globalfest 2012 Featured Artists
Reviews - May 26, 2016
Interview: Going Places with Herb Alpert
Reviews - March 20, 2015
"Kind of A Manifesto"--Awesome Tapes From Africa's Brian Shimkovitz on Releasing "Obaa Sima"
Reviews - March 30, 2015
"This Whole Journey"--Razia on Her New Album, "Akory"
Reviews - March 18, 2015
Sound System Music: Lucas Silva and Palenque Records
Reviews - April 6, 2015
Lost and Found
Blog - April 16, 2015
Afropop Worldwide Wins Peabody Institutional Award
Reviews - May 7, 2015
Angélique Kidjo Sings
Blog - May 5, 2015
Tuareg Purple Rain: An Interview with Chris Kirkley
Reviews - May 27, 2015
Interview: Chassol on Carnival and Producing Frank Ocean
Blog - June 16, 2015
Field Report: Cape Verde's Atlantic Music Expo and Kriol Jazz Festival
Blog - June 16, 2015
First AfrikCan Festival in Boston This July
Blog - July 31, 2015
Cheikh Lô Wins WOMEX Artist Award
Blog - August 4, 2015
Moroccan Gnawa Master Mahmoud Guinea Dies
Blog - August 18, 2015
The Haitian-Quebec Experience
Blog - August 27, 2015
Sauti za Busara Festival Canceled For 2016
Reviews - September 11, 2015
Change
Reviews - September 28, 2015
In Conclusion
Reviews - September 24, 2015
Lágbájá Talks Career, New Music, and the Nigerian Scene
Blog - October 1, 2015
Interview: Sinkane's Ahmed Gallab
Reviews - October 6, 2015
Balbalou
Reviews - June 18, 2024
"What is Vaudou Music?" Peter Solo Speaks
Reviews - November 2, 2015
Griot For A New Era: N'Faly Kouyate on Kora, Synths and African Unity
Blog - November 30, 2015
Moroccan Gnawa Legend Abdellah El Gourd Makes Rare New York Appearance With Randy Weston
Reviews - July 7, 2016
Necessary Noise: Chérie Ndaliko
Blog - December 29, 2015
West Africa: Word, Symbol, Song Exhibit at the British Library, London
Blog - January 19, 2016
Blitz the Ambassador Completes "Diasporadical Trilogía"
Voices in Vinyl - February 23, 2016
Voices in Vinyl: Matanzas—A Story in Afro-Cuban Culture
Blog - February 24, 2016
Field Report: Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival
Blog - March 31, 2016
JOB OPPORTUNITY—GRANT WRITER—AFROPOP WORLDWIDE
Reviews - March 8, 2016
Magnetismo
Voices in Vinyl - March 17, 2016
Voices in Vinyl: Digging in Dakar
Blog - March 15, 2016
Afropop's Solidarity with Côte d’Ivoire
Blog - March 30, 2016
Concert Review: Africa Now! at the Apollo
Reviews - April 1, 2016
Azel
Blog - April 14, 2016
Cape Town International Jazz Fest: A Spotlight on Local Talent
Videos - April 21, 2016
Africa Now! 2016 Rocks the Apollo Theater in Harlem: Video Feature
Blog - May 4, 2016
Concert Review: Ana Moura and Concha Buika
Blog - May 10, 2016
Preview: 19th Annual Gnawa World Music Festival in Essaouira, Morocco
Reviews - May 13, 2016
The Call of the Lionhearted: A Chat With Debo Band's Danny Mekonnen
Voices in Vinyl - May 23, 2016
Voices in Vinyl: Afro-Turkish Tales
Blog - May 23, 2016
A Taste of Africa: La Savane Restaurant
Blog - June 9, 2016
Afrobeat Drummer Tony Allen Anchors the Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra
Blog - June 16, 2016
Super Yamba Band Premieres "N'Diarabi"
Features - June 28, 2016
Fraternization Machine: Simon Reynolds on U.K. Dance History
Blog - June 21, 2016
Sahad and the Nataal Patchwork: Senegalese Afrojazz Group Prepares Debut Album
Blog - June 10, 2016
Afropop Worldwide Launches New Podcast Series: Afropop Closeups Music, stories and cultural conundrums from our African planet
Blog - July 5, 2016
New Podcast Series: Afropop Closeups
Blog - August 10, 2016
Album Preview: Richard Bona’s Heritage
Blog - September 1, 2016
Photo Essay: King Sunny Adé and Wunmi in Brooklyn
Reviews - September 22, 2016
Ian Brennan on the Zomba Prison Project
Blog - September 22, 2016
Florent Mazzoleni on Bobo-Dioulasso's Golden Age of Music
Blog - October 3, 2016
AFROPOP’S ICONS & INNOVATORS BENEFIT PARTY IN D.C. A HUGE SUCCESS
Reviews - October 20, 2016
Georges Collinet on the Past and Future of African Music
Reviews - October 21, 2016
Rab Bakari Decodes Afrobeats, Naija Pop and More
Blog - October 27, 2016
WOMEX 2016 Recommendations
Blog - October 31, 2016
On the Scene in Casablanca
Blog - November 4, 2016
Nigerian Reissues, White Noise and Digital Fingerpointing
The milieu of collectors, compilers and re-issuers of rare African vinyl is a pretty small, tight-knit community, where reputation counts for a lot and rumors fly fast. Right now, something is amiss in the scene, and we think you should know about it.
Voices in Vinyl - November 12, 2016
Voices in Vinyl: Joy in Jozi
Reviews - December 7, 2016
Tiken Jah Fakoly Exclusive Interview
Features - December 29, 2016
James Burns Discusses Music of Ghana's Volta Region
Blog - December 30, 2016
Tribute to African Music Producer Ibrahima Sylla
Blog - January 10, 2017
Call For Pitches: Afropop Closeups 2017
Reviews - February 16, 2017
Listen: Super Yamba Band's "N'diarabi" With Ismael Kouyate
Reviews - March 10, 2017
Luyando
Blog - March 14, 2017
Foday Musa Suso and Philip Glass at National Sawdust
Blog - March 15, 2017
Gnawa Festival Tour in New York City
Reviews - April 4, 2017
Heartstring Theory
Blog - May 2, 2017
Gnawa Springs Eternal
Features - May 4, 2017
Mark LeVine On the Niger Delta and More
Reviews - May 11, 2017
Osas--It's Time
Blog - June 15, 2017
Ian Brennan on Social Justice and the Power of Songs
Blog - May 25, 2017
Featured Artists: Summer 2017 Preview Show
Reviews - May 25, 2017
Elida Almeida: Taking Cape Verde to the World
Blog - June 4, 2017
Field Report: Moroccan Pop at the World Sacred Music Festival
Blog - May 30, 2017
Field Report: Presenting Creole Culture to the World--Atlantic Music Expo, Kriol Jazz in Cape Verde
Blog - May 31, 2017
From Baby Steps To Giant Strides: The Dawn Drake Story
Features - June 1, 2017
Abdalla Uba Adamu: Music, Film, Culture and Religion in Northern Nigeria
Features - June 1, 2017
Carmen McCain: The Culture of Kannywood
Blog - June 12, 2017
Premiere: "Sor" by Kyekyeku and Five Days No Light Off
Features - October 31, 2019
Remembering Louis Sarno
Blog - June 19, 2017
Kwame Shaka Opare: Breaking Ground in Dance, Straight from the Roots
Blog - June 21, 2017
Morocco’s Gnawa World Music Festival Gears Up For 20th Anniversary
Reviews - July 6, 2017
Ikaro del Amor
Blog - July 6, 2017
Announcing: Afropop Closeup Season Two
Blog - July 11, 2017
Field Report: 2017 Festival International de Jazz de Montreal
Blog - July 24, 2017
Mû Mbana on the End of Show Biz at Nuits d'Afrique
Reviews - August 1, 2017
Samir Langus on Morocco's Musical Landscape
Blog - August 28, 2017
Field Report: Rainforest World Music Festival 2017
Reviews - August 17, 2017
Blick Bassy Charts His Own Course
Blog - August 21, 2017
Super Yamba Band at the Emerging Music Festival
Reviews - September 20, 2017
Tokooos
Album review- "Tokooos" by Fally Ipupa
October 13, 2017
Banning Eyre
October 16, 2017
Mdou Moctar Talks Tuareg Film and Music
October 12, 2017
Remembering Fela: Program Script
Blog - October 4, 2017
Photo Essay: Group Doueh and Innov Gnawa in NYC
Reviews - October 20, 2017
Johnny Clegg's Final Journey
November 3, 2017
A Syliphone Records Primer
Blog - November 2, 2017
Field Report: Richmond Folk Festival
Reviews - November 3, 2017
Afrobeats Hot Hits: New Urban Dance Grooves From Africa
Blog - November 7, 2017
Photo Essay: Ibeyi at Brooklyn Steel
Reviews - November 27, 2017
Stephen Budd: All Aboard the Africa Express
Blog - November 28, 2017
Support Afropop This Giving Tuesday!
Reviews - November 29, 2017
Anewal: Navigating a World of Borders and Borderlessness
December 7, 2017
Stocking Stuffers 2017
It's time once again for Georges Collinet and Banning Eyre to spin through our favorite African and African diaspora releases of the year.
Reviews - December 8, 2017
Anewal Debuts in New York City
Blog - December 13, 2017
60th Annual Grammy Nominations 2017
Blog - December 15, 2017
New Single from Toubab Krewe: "That Damn Squash"
December 18, 2017
Counterpoints
Blog - December 20, 2017
Fresh Cuts, Vol. Nine
Reviews - January 4, 2018
54 Kingdoms: Nana Poku and Kwaku Awuah on Storytelling in Fashion
Reviews - January 4, 2018
En Orbita
When nothing is “melodic,” everything is. Dynamics become more important. Stripped down, the textures become more important, and the listener is sensitive to every choice of instrument and every change.
Blog - January 19, 2018
Time Travel Through Afro Paris: Photo Essay
Blog - February 2, 2018
Maga Bo Takes Samba de Coco Raízes de Arcoverde Electronic
Blog - February 28, 2018
Music of Wakanda
A look into the African origins of music used in Ludwig Göransson's score for Marvel's "Black Panther" film to draw audiences closer to the fictional African nation of Wakanda.
Reviews - March 6, 2018
Laço Umbilical
Best of The Beat - March 6, 2018
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Sally Nyolo, Cameroon's Global Goddess
Blog - March 8, 2018
Africa Now! 2018 in NYC: Photo Review
Blog - March 9, 2018
Photo Essay: Traditional Masquerade in Trinidad
Reviews - March 16, 2018
Habibi Funk 7
Reviews - March 23, 2018
Down in the Basement EP
April 6, 2018
The Cuban Connection
Blog - April 11, 2018
Field Report: Festival International des Nomades--Stars of the Saharan Nights
Blog - April 13, 2018
Afropop Hall of Fame: A History
Blog - April 18, 2018
Pongo Celebrates Her Angolan Roots in "Tambulaya"
Blog - May 10, 2018
Photo Essay: Afropop's 30th Anniversary Gala
January 23, 2020
Cape Verde Sounds: Heard and Unheard
This Afropop program samples new sounds from Cape Verde, circa 2018.
May 25, 2018
Afropop Closeup: Season 3
Blog - June 7, 2018
Congo’s Overlooked Orchestre Kiam: The Story of An Oral History
Videos - June 21, 2018
Afro-Trap Rapper MHD Releases New Single “Bodyguard”
Reviews - July 13, 2018
Abu Sadiya
Blog - July 20, 2018
Universal Music Group Is Investing in Africa
Reviews - July 23, 2018
Elida Almeida Discusses Her Third Album, Kebrada
Blog - July 31, 2018
Playlist: Kriolu Rap From the Lisbon Suburbs
Reviews - July 31, 2018
Tété Breaks Boundaries at Nuits d'Afrique
Reviews - August 8, 2018
Field Report: 32nd Edition of Nuits d'Afrique
Blog - August 7, 2018
Field Report: Rainforest World Music Festival 2018
Reviews - August 16, 2018
Sekouba “Bambino” Diabaté: The Griot’s DNA
Blog - August 21, 2018
Artists Release Statement in Support of Bobi Wine
Reviews - August 23, 2018
David Aglow: Hunting Rabbits in Botswana
Blog - August 29, 2018
Black Coffee and Distruction Boyz Dominate Nominations for “Dance Music Awards South Africa”
Reviews - August 30, 2018
Mo Jodi
Reviews - September 14, 2018
Thabang Tabane Introduces His Debut Album
Reviews - September 26, 2018
19
Reviews - October 18, 2018
Ryan Skinner on the Afro-Swedes
Blog - October 23, 2018
The Mombasa Years of Andrew “Madebe” Burchell, Part 1
The Knowledge Broker
Blog - October 24, 2018
The Mombasa Years of Andrew “Madebe” Burchell, Part II
The Coastal Innovator
Blog - October 24, 2018
Field Report: Música Mundo in Brazil
Blog - November 20, 2018
Field Report: WOMEX 2018
Blog - December 6, 2018
All The Music from Our "Stocking Stuffers" Show
Blog - January 23, 2019
UPDATED: Oliver Mtukudzi Dies at 66
November 14, 2019
Mbalax Meets Mande in Dakar
Mbalax music from Dakar and Mande music from Cassamance on a program about new sounds from Senegal.
Blog - February 20, 2019
Field Report: Folk Alliance International 2019
Reviews - February 21, 2019
Interview: Orquesta Akokán’s Post-Modern Mambo
Reviews - February 26, 2019
Rocky Dawuni: Another Dimension of Diaspora Music
Reviews - March 7, 2019
Razia on The Road
Reviews - April 10, 2019
Herb Alpert Talks About the 25th Edition of His Arts Awards
Blog - April 11, 2019
Playlist : Abidjan--A New Musical Eldorado
Blog - April 17, 2019
Announcing the 2019 Syli d’Or Semifinalists
Features - April 18, 2019
In Memoriam: Masuka, Simaro, Nketia and the New Ancestors
Blog - May 2, 2019
A2VT's Uplifting Lilt from Burlington, Vermont
Charts - May 16, 2019
Charted Waters: Nairobi, Kenya, May 16, 2019
Blog - May 17, 2019
Photo Essay: Atlantic Music Expo Returns to Cape Verde, Part One
Blog - May 22, 2019
Announcing the Afropop Archive Consolidation Crowdfunding Campaign
Reviews - June 5, 2019
Bahir
Reviews - June 7, 2019
Africa Speaks
Blog - June 28, 2019
Oliver Mtukudzi in Photos
Blog - July 9, 2019
Field Report: Montreal's International Festival de Jazz Celebrates 40 Years
Blog - July 10, 2019
Newen Afrobeat: A Chilean Collective Inspired by Fela's Music and Activism
Reviews - July 18, 2019
Muthoni Drummer Queen: Marching to the Beat of Her Own Drum
Blog - July 30, 2019
Field Report: 33rd Festival International Nuits d'Afrique
Blog - July 31, 2019
Maya Kamaty: Redefining Maloya for the 21st Century
Reviews - September 17, 2019
Aban
Blog - September 19, 2019
Red Bull Music Academy's “African Underground” Page Demonstrates Why We'll Miss Them
Reviews - October 22, 2019
Sona Jobarteh's Singular Path Through Mande Tradition
Reviews - November 5, 2019
Roberto Fonseca discusses his new album, Yesun
Blog - November 12, 2019
Field Report: Morocco's Festival Taragalte, Part 1
Reviews - December 5, 2019
Balafon, Burkina Faso to Vienna: An Interview With Mamadou Diabaté
Blog - December 6, 2019
Stocking Stuffers 2019: Afropop's Albums of Note
Reviews - December 10, 2019
Mam Yinne Wa
Blog - December 11, 2019
Field Report: Rabat, Morocco—Visa For Music 2019
Blog - January 21, 2020
East African Bliss From Vermont? East African Bliss from Vermont
Reviews - March 12, 2020
Jah9 on "Note to Self"
Reviews - March 18, 2020
Gitkin Talks About His New Tuareg- and Cumbia-Influenced EP
Blog - April 28, 2020
Get Caught in the Cinematic Sweep of Michael Olatuja's “Soki”
Blog - May 1, 2020
Hanitra Ranaivo and Rohan Houssein Take on Deforestation in Madagascar with "Mivalo"
Blog - May 1, 2020
Quarantunes: Tony Allen Plays “The Source” in Pisa, 2019
Fresh Eyre - May 6, 2020
Zambian Motherload: Roots Music from Way Down South
Blog - May 14, 2020
Finding Some Serenity with Senegalese Guitarist Tidiane Thiam
Fresh Eyre - May 22, 2020
Return of the Gambian Griots
Reviews - June 17, 2020
Yemi Alade Talks "Boyz"
Blog - June 25, 2020
Exclusive: Duende Libre Brings West Africa to the West Coast
Reviews - June 25, 2020
Damon Albarn on Tony Allen
Reviews - June 25, 2020
Michael Veal on Tony Allen
Blog - September 17, 2020
The Crown: An African Coronavirus Playlist
Blog - September 30, 2020
The Good Ones: Rwanda, You Should Be Loved
Blog - October 1, 2020
Two Montreal World Music Celebrations to Stream in October
Features - October 29, 2020
Orchestra Baobab Explains Their Hits
Blog - December 4, 2020
Weekend Bliss: Madalisto Band’s “Ndalakwanji”
Blog - December 31, 2020
NYT Recommends Ringing in 2021 With Bab L’Bluz, Garifuna Collective, More
Features - February 16, 2021
The Shangaan '90s: Disco or Kwaito?
February 15, 2024
Black History Month: The Black History of the Banjo
We trace the history of this most American of instruments from its ancestors in West Africa through the Caribbean and American South and into the present, as a new generation of Black women artists reclaim the banjo as their own. Rhiannon Giddens, Bassekou Kouyate, Bela Fleck and more talk claw-hammers, trad jazz, Appalachian folk, African ancestors and the on-going story of American music, which would be woefully incomplete without a Black history of the banjo.
Blog - February 23, 2021
Anatomy of A Song: “Africa Mokili Mobimba” and the African Jazz Sound
Fresh Eyre - February 26, 2021
Wintering in East Africa
Reviews - March 4, 2021
“Notes from Africa: A Musical Journey with Youssou N’Dour” By Jenny Cathcart
Reviews - March 25, 2021
Blandine on Congo in Toronto
Reviews - May 12, 2021
Xalam
Features - May 20, 2021
Afro Roots Fest 2021: Photo Essay
Reviews - June 4, 2021
Hailu Mergia and the Walias Band's "Tezeta"
Blog - June 9, 2021
Buena Vista Social Club to Celebrate 25th Anniversary with Deluxe Reissue
Reviews - July 20, 2021
Jay Way Is Not Okay (Or Is He?)
Reviews - August 6, 2021
Joseph Ray on Leave the Bones with Lakou Mizik
Reviews - August 19, 2021
David McLoughlin on Brasil Calling
Blog - September 3, 2021
Nigeria’s Jojoftheejungle Hits Us With "Call Me (Omo'kpe)"
Blog - September 8, 2021
ÌFÉ Returns With New Single: “Fake Blood”
Reviews - September 23, 2021
Ben Lapidus on Changüí: Music of Eastern Cuba
Blog - October 20, 2021
10 Things to Love About the Buena Vista Social Club’s 25th Anniversary
Blog - November 10, 2021
Lineup Announced for globalFEST at Webster Hall Jan. 16, 2022 & Tiny Desk Concerts
Blog - December 16, 2021
Afropop Worldwide's 2021 Picks
Interview - December 22, 2021
Jake Blount on Black String Band Tradition
Blog - December 23, 2021
Ah Well, globalFEST Tactically Retreats Back Online
Blog - January 20, 2022
Last Night of globalFEST’s Tiny Desk Series Live Tonight, Conference Next Week
Blog - January 25, 2022
Vitu Valera and Mikongo Get Kinetic with Peru Dance Group on “Mamakumba”
Interview - January 27, 2022
Francisco "Fininho" Sousa on Bandé Gamboa
Interview - March 15, 2022
Show Alert: Sona Jobarteh's Singular Path Through Mande Tradition
Blog - April 20, 2022
Germany's Africa Festival Celebrates 33 Years
Features - May 11, 2022
A Day at OneBeat Sahara
Features - May 20, 2022
Youssou N'Dour Returns to Carnegie Hall
Interview - June 9, 2022
Fafa Ruffino: Full of Hope and Joy
Interview - July 14, 2022
Guinea Music All-Stars: Bridging Generations
Interview - August 24, 2022
Arturo O’Farrill on the Cuban Khaleeji Project
August 25, 2022
The Story Of Gumbe
The square gumbe frame drum was created centuries ago by enslaved Africans in Jamaica.
Blog - September 9, 2022
The Blind Boys of Alabama Deliver a Message for 2022
Features - October 27, 2022
WOMEX 2022 in Lisbon Wraps Up With A Bang!
Videos - November 18, 2022
Fatoumata Diawara and Videos of The Week: 11/18/22
Reviews - December 13, 2022
Balka Sound
Features - December 16, 2022
Cumbé Center for African and Diaspora Dance in Brooklyn Celebrates its 10th Anniversary
Videos - December 23, 2022
New Africa 2022: Video Playlist
Features - December 20, 2022
Creative Industries Flourish at U.S. Africa Leaders Summit
Interview - December 21, 2022
Jake Blount's New Faith
Interview - January 10, 2023
Pedrito Martínez speaks with Ned Sublette about Echoes of Africa
Interview - January 11, 2023
Sona Jobarteh, With Feet in Two Worlds
Videos - January 19, 2023
January in New York City: globalFEST 2023 and more!
Videos - January 26, 2023
New Afropop Top Videos: January 26
January 27, 2023
Natu Camara Re-connects Guinea Back To the Ancestors
Interview - March 9, 2023
Dogo du Togo Puts Togolese Music on the Map
Features - March 15, 2023
Sylvain Leroux visits L’ecole Fula Flute in Guinea
Blog - March 22, 2023
New Single "Hola Me" By Blick Bassy, From New Album ‘Madíbá’
Fresh Eyre - April 25, 2023
Congo Day in New York City: Lokassa and Kokoko
Videos - May 5, 2023
Afropop Top Videos: Gotopo, Toumani and Kayhan, Eliades Ochoa, and More!
Interview - May 18, 2023
Gotopo's Afro-Indigenous Future Vision
Interview - May 25, 2023
The Bongeziwe Experience in Mexico
Interview - June 14, 2023
Eliades Ochoa On His New Album, Guajiro
Features - July 18, 2023
2023 Montreal International Jazz Festival
Interview - July 27, 2023
Simon Shaheen discusses the history and art of the oud
Field Report - July 26, 2023
Nuits D'Afrique Rides Again with Yemi Alade, Sona Jobarteh, Dicko Fils and much more!
Features - September 7, 2023
From Zamrock to The Great Year: Zambian Artist Sitali Siyolwe Releases Fourth Studio Album
Reviews - August 24, 2023
Mokoomba: Tusona (Tracings In The Sand)
Interview - September 29, 2023
Sidiki Dimbélé’s journey with the Djembe
November 2, 2023
Celebrate Afropop's 35th Anniversary!
Field Report - November 13, 2023
Afropop Marks 35 Years with Congo-Style Gala at New York's SOB's
Interview - December 8, 2023
Deborah Kapchan on the Gnawa of Morocco
Features - December 8, 2023
The Lure and Lore of Gnawa
Videos - December 14, 2023
Afropop Top Videos 2023: The final seven!
Blog - December 20, 2023
Camp Afropop 2024
Features - January 31, 2024
Baloji pushes cinema boundaries with Augure/Omen
Videos - January 26, 2024
Afropop Top Videos for January 2024
Interview - March 14, 2024
Daymé Arocena Gets Personal on Alkemi
April 30, 2024
Ramy Essam Rocks the Mercury Lounge: 4/30
The Egyptian rocker activist returns to New York! The message and the sound are a powerful reflection of ongoing strife and striving in post-revolution Egypt.
Interview - May 14, 2024
Leif Totusek: African Guitar Par Excellence!
June 28, 2024
Bombino plus Etran De L’Aïr w/ dj.henri
Videos - June 26, 2024
Manu Chao drops new video “São Paulo Motoboy”
Videos - July 9, 2024
Afropop Top Videos: YG Marley, Yemi Alade, TInariwen, Qoha and more!
August 13, 2024
Nuits D'Afrique Festival in Montreal, 2024: A Photo Essay
Reviews - August 13, 2024
Ron's 2024 Nuits D'Afrique Rundown!
Videos - August 28, 2024
Afropop Top Videos: August, 2024
Interview - September 5, 2024
Kofi Appenteng on 70 Years of the Africa America Institute
October 8, 2024
Planet Afropop: Mokoomba in the House
Zimbabwe's Mokoomba creates a song to be remixed as Afro-House.
Interview - October 3, 2024
Joe Boyd's Epic Journey Through Global Music
Features - November 4, 2024
WOMEX 2024 Wraps up in Manchester, UK
Interview - November 11, 2024
Thandiswa Returns with Sankofa
Interview - November 26, 2024
Madalitso Band: From Malawi Streets to the World
January 12, 2025
globalFEST 2025
Reviews - January 13, 2025
New York Comes Alive with globalFEST, Afromondo and More!
Interview - January 22, 2025
Weedie Braimah: Djembefola, Educator, Visionary
Videos - January 30, 2025
Afropop Top Videos: January 2025: Salif Keita, Ramy Essam, Sofaz and more
March 4, 2025
Planet Afropop: AfroPopup in Malawi: Rising Stars from the Warm Heart of Africa
Mukwae Wabei Siyolwe reports on the first AfroPopup in Malawi.
Videos - March 4, 2025
Afropop Top Videos: March 2025
April 25, 2025
Vieux Farka Touré (Opening Act TBA)
Videos - April 3, 2025
Afropop Top Videos, April 2025, Voices of Protest
Interview - April 7, 2025
Bia Ferreira: Sowing Seeds of Love
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Afropop Worldwide: The First Intern in the Hot Summer of 1989
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Saha Gnawa: Daniel Freedman on the band's debut album
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Let the Circle be Unbroken: Meklit Hadero, A Piece of Infinity
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Interview - December 14, 2025
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