Afropop Worldwide

Reviews - January 10, 2010
Zimbabwe Today
April 25, 2019
Zimbabwe After Mugabe
Fresh Eyre - December 12, 2020
Stella Chiweshe to Build Culture Center in Zimbabwe
Interview - May 16, 2023
Bantu Spaceship Remakes Zimbabwean Roots Pop
Blog - September 17, 2016
Zimbabwe Solidarity at U.N. Gathering
Blog - August 26, 2016
#ThisFlag Movement Signals Changes for Zimbabwe
Blog - June 1, 2015
Beyond Mapfumo: Five Tracks From Zimbabwe
Blog - June 10, 2022
Joyce Jenje Makwenda and the Zimbabwe Township Music Archive
Blog - August 22, 2019
Oran Etkin's Timbalooloo Comes to Zimbabwe
Blog - June 21, 2018
Mbira Goes Metal: Zimbabwe's Nascent Rock Scene
Reviews - August 24, 2023
Mokoomba: Tusona (Tracings In The Sand)
Blog - September 22, 2016
Mapfumo and Mawarire Chant Down Mugabe at the U.N.
Blog - May 15, 2020
Zimbabwean Singer Shungudzo Rides the Balafon in Captain Planet's “Big Man”
Best of The Beat - March 18, 2016
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Stella Chiweshe, Mbira Queen of Zimbabwe
Reviews - March 10, 2017
Luyando
Interview - November 20, 2024
WaCharie: In the Footsteps of Tuku
Blog - March 16, 2015
Danger Zone: Thomas Mapfumo Urges Zimbabwe Public to Steal Pirated Copies of New CD
Blog - June 21, 2018
Three Mbira Bands
May 14, 2024
Planet Afropop: Chimurenga Legacy: Thomas Mapfumo and Mary Anibal
Blog - August 17, 2023
Mokoomba’s Unforgettable Return to London
November 9, 2023
African Legends: Remembering Oliver Mtukudzi
Blog - July 16, 2020
Cosmas Magaya (1953-2020)
Blog - June 26, 2020
Oran Etkin and Musekiwa Chingodza Perform “Nhema Musasa” As Clarinet-Mbira Duet
June 22, 2023
The Zim Dancehall Story
Reviews - November 9, 2021
Robson Banda and the New Black Eagles: “Soweto”
April 11, 2024
Thomas Mapfumo: The War Years
Part 1 of Afropop Worldwide's HIp Deep audio biography of Thomas Mapfumo focuses on his upbringing, musical education and the bands that lead up to the Blacks Unlimited. These are the war years, when Zimbabwe was fighting to throw off the burden of the racist Southern Rhodesian regime. This episode documents the birth of "chimurenga" music in the voices of those who made that history, many of whom have now joined the ancestors. Produced by Banning Eyre.
Blog - October 4, 2018
Mbira Master Musekiwa Chingodza Coming to New York
Blog - July 2, 2020
Celebrate Thomas Mapfumo's 75th Birthday Today!
April 18, 2024
Thomas Mapfumo Live in NYC at SOB's
Blog - April 5, 2018
A Special Message From Mokoomba
Something like a singing telegram...
December 14, 2017
Thomas Mapfumo 2: The Mugabe Years
In recognition of the end of Robert Mugabe's 37-year rule in Zimbabwe, we are rebroadcasting our program on the career of Thomas Mapfumo during the Mugabe years.
Blog - May 15, 2012
Thomas Mapfumo in NYC to speak at debut of Simon Bright film: "Robert Mugabe... What Happened?"
June 19, 2018
Thomas Mapfumo: The Enigma of Return
Videos - April 8, 2013
Thomas Mapfumo: The Path to Exile
Blog - June 16, 2015
Banning Eyre on PRI's "The World"
Blog - May 30, 2012
Simon Bright and Thomas Mapfumo in NYC for Debut of Bright's film "Robert Mugabe... What Happened?"
Best of The Beat - December 17, 2017
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Thomas Mapfumo 1984
Blog - January 23, 2019
UPDATED: Oliver Mtukudzi Dies at 66
Blog - May 21, 2020
Learn Mbira From Today's Google Doodle
Blog - March 25, 2016
Mokoomba: 2016 North American Tour
Blog - January 24, 2013
Discography: Thomas Mapfumo: The War Years
Reviews - November 8, 2011
Tamba
Blog - November 22, 2017
And Just Like That, Mugabe Disappeared
Blog - February 12, 2013
Mapfumo 2: Mugabe Years--Producer's notes
Features - August 27, 2012
4 Track: Thomas Mapfumo
Blog - January 24, 2019
Remembering Oliver Mtukudzi
Reviews - August 6, 2012
Rising Tide
Interview - January 24, 2013
Thomas Turino
Blog - February 19, 2018
Ticket Giveaway: Mokoomba Comes to Brooklyn
Blog - October 17, 2012
Thomas Mapfumo at Carnegie hall TICKET GIVEAWAY
Interview - February 7, 2013
Mhoze Chikowero: A Historian's Take on Thomas Mapfumo and Robert Mugabe
Blog - June 28, 2019
Oliver Mtukudzi in Photos
Interview - February 25, 2015
Phantom Patterns: Martin Scherzinger on Shona Mbira Music
June 14, 2018
The Nature of Trance
Blog - September 19, 2022
Lancelot Mapfumo Has Left Us
Reviews - April 23, 2014
Pasichigare: Mystic Music of Zimbabwe
Blog - August 20, 2015
Mbira Maestro Chartwell Dutiro in New York For A Month
Best of The Beat - February 27, 2019
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Bob Marley at Zimbabwe Independence Celebration, 1980
Interview - March 20, 2020
Linos Wengara Magaya: Carrying the Torch for Zimbabwe’s Mbira Pop
Blog - April 26, 2017
Your Chance to See Mokoomba with Afropop!
Blog - April 9, 2024
Mokoomba Returns to America!
October 8, 2024
Planet Afropop: Mokoomba in the House
December 14, 2023
The Soul of Mbira
Reviews - June 16, 2010
Dendere Ngoma
Interview - July 20, 2017
Mokoomba at Nuits d'Afrique, Montreal
Reviews - November 30, 2011
The Kankobela of the Batonga, Vol. 2
Reviews - April 28, 2017
Sadza With the Head of A Mouse
Reviews - November 24, 2009
The Kankobela of the Batonga: Vol 1
Interview - March 23, 2011
Habib Koite, Afel Bocoum and Oliver Mtukudzi - 2011
Blog - January 18, 2013
GlobalFEST 2013 Photospread!
Blog - April 6, 2016
Field Report: Three Takes on Southern African Music
Features - September 24, 2019
Chartwell Dutiro: 1957-2019
Interview - April 23, 2021
Shungudzo: From Harare to LA
Blog - July 25, 2013
Mourning Chiwoniso
Reviews - May 26, 2015
Danger Zone
Blog - March 20, 2019
How to Help Cyclone Victims in Southeast Africa
Best of The Beat - June 8, 2016
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Southern Exposure--A Journey in Southern Africa
May 28, 2015
Thomas Mapfumo: Live at S.O.B.'s
Blog - June 11, 2014
Afropop Exclusive: Thomas Mapfumo Releases New Electronic Singles
Features - July 25, 2013
Afropop Celebrates 25 Years at Central Park SummerStage
Interview - November 6, 2015
Selmor Mtukudzi on the Sexism of Poverty and Electricity in Africa
Blog - September 20, 2013
Afropop's 25th Anniversary Gala: One for the History Books!
Blog - January 20, 2023
Passings: Tshala Muana and Stella Chiweshe
December 15, 2016
Africa Now! 2016 Rocks the Apollo Theater in Harlem
Blog - November 17, 2021
Afrofuturism at Carnegie Hall in February: Sun Ra Arkestra, Chimurenga Renaissance and Fatoumata Diawara
October 31, 2017
Shackled Love: LGBT Asylum Seekers in the U.K.
Blog - March 30, 2016
Concert Review: Africa Now! at the Apollo
Videos - April 21, 2016
Africa Now! 2016 Rocks the Apollo Theater in Harlem: Video Feature
Features - April 3, 2014
Beneath the Music: Featured Artists
Blog - May 7, 2017
Field Report: Festival International de Louisiane
April 4, 2024
From Nashville to Nairobi: A History of Country Music in Kenya
April 15, 2021
Punk in Africa
October 10, 2020
Sauti Za Busara 2004
Blog - November 1, 2012
Womex 2012
February 29, 2024
Women's History Month: Afropop Women of Note
Blog - October 3, 2012
Chief Boima Drops Chimurenga Renaissance Mix
March 10, 2010
Hugh Tracey: Discover and Record
Blog - March 9, 2017
Listen: Timbila's New Mbira-Led Singles
June 20, 2012
Afropop Summer Serenade
March 30, 2023
Sauti Za Busara, Sounds of Wisdom 2023
August 8, 2013
The Immortal '70s
Features - March 17, 2022
Women of Note Video Playlist
Blog - September 17, 2014
50 Years of Nonesuch: Five Essential Albums
October 17, 2023
Planet Afropop: Bombino And Bobi Wine
July 4, 2019
More African Guitars
Blog - February 27, 2019
Africa Now! 2019 Lineup Announced
Videos - July 13, 2023
More Afropop Top Videos: Teni, Mokoomba, Blick Bassy, Dub Inc., Sophie Lukacs
April 9, 2019
Win Tickets to Mokoomba & Grupo Fantasma April 10, Brooklyn Bowl
Blog - February 18, 2015
The Music of Trance: A Primer
Blog - May 10, 2018
Photo Essay: Afropop's 30th Anniversary Gala
Blog - February 6, 2015
The International Bob Marley
Blog - March 23, 2018
Afropop Worldwide's 30th Anniversary Gala and Hall of Fame
Blog - October 6, 2014
Field Report: How to Knit a Festival--Austria's Glatt & Verkehrt
March 21, 2024
Women's History Month: Afropop's Women Warriors
Blog - December 7, 2017
Field Report: Visa For Music 2017
Interview - April 7, 2016
San Francisco: Afropop By the Bay, Back in the Day...
February 22, 2018
Highlights From Afropop Closeup: Season Two
Blog - October 29, 2015
Selmor Mtukudzi Promotes "Strong Girl Remix"
Blog - March 10, 2016
Win Tickets to Africa Now 2016 at the Apollo Theater
Blog - February 11, 2016
Bombino and More at Africa Now! Apollo Theater March 26
Blog - January 9, 2013
globalFEST 2013!
May 31, 2012
Summer Concert Preview 2012
Blog - February 14, 2014
The Legend of Yauna: Ancient Wisdom on Stage at BAM
September 18, 2010
WOMEX 2010
Blog - October 25, 2016
Meet MTV Base MAMA 2016 Awards Winners
June 6, 2013
Summer Concert Previews 2013
Blog - December 10, 2014
25 Years of Real World Records!
March 23, 2011
21st Century Troubadours
December 24, 2020
2020 Highlights
Interview - June 5, 2014
A Talk With Rachel Chanoff, Artistic Director for Celebrate Brooklyn!
July 12, 2018
Cuts From the Crypt, Part Two: Banning's Picks
Blog - July 17, 2012
Nuits D'Afriques: 26 Years of Afro-bliss in Montreal
December 3, 2015
Stocking Stuffers 2015
Blog - January 30, 2015
Trance Video Playlist
Blog - September 10, 2024
Planet Afropop: Season 2 Releases
Features - September 17, 2017
Cuts From the Crypt: Banning's Picks
August 15, 2019
Afropop Worldwide: The Origin Story
Features - April 18, 2019
In Memoriam: Masuka, Simaro, Nketia and the New Ancestors
May 12, 2016
Afropop Live Highlights
Blog - February 8, 2017
Afropop Worldwide Residency at Threes Brewing
Features - February 22, 2024
Afropop in Tanzania 2024: Sauti Za Busara
Blog - July 6, 2017
Announcing: Afropop Closeup Season Two
Features - December 3, 2015
Stocking Stuffers 2015
July 8, 2022
Toronto's African Scene
November 30, 2017
Cuts from the Crypt III
Back in the day, host Georges Collinet and producer Sean Barlow (A.K.A. Prince Segue Segue) dragged stacks of vinyl all over the country to deejay for station-produced Afropop Dance Parties. We'll dig into the past to retrieve some of our favorite gems from the Congo, Zimbabwe, Colombia, Brazil and Cote d'Ivoire.
Field Report - July 26, 2023
Nuits D'Afrique Rides Again with Yemi Alade, Sona Jobarteh, Dicko Fils and much more!
Blog - April 14, 2017
Fresh Cuts, Vol. 5
Blog - October 13, 2020
Captain Planet and KarenBe’s Spacey Arabic Pop "Yalla"
Blog - October 23, 2020
Mbira In Context: The Chigamba Family, Oran Etkin and Timbila
Blog - August 12, 2020
Alsarah and Captain Planet Get Retro Futuristic on “Ghazal”
December 8, 2016
Stocking Stuffers 2016
Blog - October 21, 2019
Arka’n: The Only Heavy-Metal Band in Togo
Blog - June 5, 2020
Quarantunes: Bob Marley Live in 1979
Blog - August 11, 2017
Independent Africa: Sounds of Hope and Frustration
June 23, 2021
Christine "DJ Kix" Mwaturura
Best of The Beat - February 6, 2020
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Celebrating Bob Marley Day
Best of The Beat - January 24, 2019
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Oliver Mtukudzi--Key to the Promised Land
Best of The Beat - March 6, 2018
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Sally Nyolo, Cameroon's Global Goddess
Blog - March 10, 2010
Scholar: Andrew Tracey
Best of The Beat - June 21, 2018
Best of The Beat on Afropop: On the Road With Thomas Mapfumo
Contests - July 23, 2012
Win 2 Tickets to Oliver Mtukudzi & The Black Spirits w/ Special Guest Timbila
Blog - March 10, 2010
Scholar: Diane Thram
Blog - March 6, 2020
Joeboy and Mr Eazi Test Out the Moonwalk on DJ Neptune's "Nobody" Video
Features - May 28, 2020
Botswana House Kwassa Mix
January 30, 2020
Discover and Record: The Field Recordings of Hugh Tracey
Blog - July 25, 2017
Remembering Regis Gizavo
June 16, 2022
Botswana, Dumelang
October 13, 2017
Banning Eyre
Blog - March 10, 2010
Scholar: Michael Baird
November 29, 2018
The Best of Afropop Closeup Season 3
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.
Blog - April 13, 2018
Afropop Hall of Fame: A History
Reviews - March 22, 2013
Freshlyground, Take Me to the Dance
Reviews - August 29, 2014
Wired For Sound: Mozambique
Best of The Beat - June 6, 2019
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Boukman Eksperyans, Haiti’s Real Revolutionaries
Videos - March 31, 2022
Country Music in Kenya Resources
Blog - June 15, 2021
The Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble's New Video Takes You to Benin
Blog - October 20, 2016
Watch Davido and Tinashe's New Video: "How Long"
December 28, 2017
30th Anniversary Gala & Hall of Fame
Blog - December 1, 2016
Tiken Jah Fakoly Shares Message of African Unity
Reviews - December 13, 2016
Our Truth
May 25, 2018
Afropop Closeup: Season 3
Blog - March 2, 2017
The Winners from Carnival 2017
Contests - May 22, 2013
LAST WEEK! Win a trip for two to NYC to celebrate Afropop's 25th anniversary at SummerStage--Central Park
Interview - August 23, 2018
David Aglow: Hunting Rabbits in Botswana
Interview - April 28, 2022
Mista Savona on "Havana Meets Kingston, Part 2"
Blog - April 4, 2019
Field Report: Cape Town International Jazz Festival Celebrates 20 Years
November 21, 2023
Donate to the Afropop Worldwide in 2024
Blog - May 10, 2013
Summer 2013- Coming soon to a (New York) city near you!
Fresh Eyre - November 13, 2019
Meet Maitre Gims
Reviews - July 9, 2015
Vangaza!
Blog - June 3, 2016
Preview: Summer Concerts in Chicago, San Francisco, Montreal and Albuquerque
Blog - August 8, 2013
August Program Listings
Features - February 25, 2021
Extended Play For "Soul to Soul": Reading and Video Lists
Blog - March 7, 2014
Afropop Worldwide Launches Kickstarter Campaign- Madagascar: Music of Hope and Ecstasy
November 28, 2012
Stocking Stuffers 2012!
Features - March 10, 2010
Hugh Tracey's Legacy in Pictures
Blog - August 21, 2018
Crossfire Passings: Aretha and Vidia
Blog - February 19, 2019
In Homage to Zambia's Brian Chilala
Blog - June 26, 2013
Join Afropop Host Georges Collinet at Central Park SummerStage 7.21, for Afropop's 25th Anniversary Celebration
Reviews - May 5, 2023
The Sound of Masks Reveals Tiago Correia-Paulo: Mozambican Composer and Music Producer
Interview - May 14, 2024
Leif Totusek: African Guitar Par Excellence!
Fresh Eyre - May 6, 2020
Zambian Motherload: Roots Music from Way Down South
Blog - January 2, 2019
In Remembrance of Jumbo Vanrenen
Blog - May 26, 2016
Another Kaleidoscope: A South African Walking Safari
Blog - December 7, 2017
7th Annual African Diaspora Awards
Interview - August 27, 2020
Vusi Mahlasela Celebrates a Shebeen Queen
Blog - July 24, 2019
Manolo Raps at the Atlantic Music Expo
Features - January 19, 2018
New York's globalFEST 2018: Photo Essay
Blog - July 18, 2014
Field Report: Montreal Jazz Festival 2014
Charts - May 31, 2019
Charts and Crafts: Johannesburg, South Africa, May 31
Blog - December 1, 2021
Looking Back on 2021, Forward to 2022
Blog - May 25, 2017
Featured Artists: Summer 2017 Preview Show
Blog - March 30, 2012
Thank You For Making Us Winners!
Interview - February 26, 2019
Rocky Dawuni: Another Dimension of Diaspora Music
Blog - April 16, 2015
Afropop Worldwide Wins Peabody Institutional Award
Interview - January 22, 2013
Os Kuduristas Interview: Manuel Kanza
Reviews - October 29, 2015
Fatteliku: Live in Athens 1987
December 6, 2012
Scenes for Adventurous Armchair Travelers
Blog - February 22, 2016
Ladysmith Black Mambazo in Concert at The Town Hall
Features - August 2, 2012
Afropop Worldwide Awarded National Endowment for The Humanities (NEH) Grant for 2012-2013 Hip Deep Season
Features - October 11, 2023
Stephen Marley: Old Soul and Bob Marley: Africa Unite
Fresh Eyre - March 29, 2022
Club D'Elf and Afro-Zen Allstars Let the Instruments Do the Talking
Features - May 27, 2022
"Above Water" -- A Documentary Film by Aïssa Maïga
Reviews - May 19, 2023
South African Bongeziwe Mabandla Releases Fourth Studio Album, amaXesha
Features - February 7, 2024
Sean Thomas &friends out to remake Afro-house
Blog - September 6, 2012
TOUBAB KREWE PRESENTS “MUSICIANS FOR MALI”- A CONCERT BENEFIT AT CITY WINERY IN NEW YORK ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
Interview - May 31, 2023
Keturah brings Malawi roots to the world stage
Blog - January 2, 2019
Field Report: Visa For Music 2018
December 6, 2018
Stocking Stuffers 2018
A round-up of some of our favorite 2018 releases.
Features - February 16, 2021
The Shangaan '90s: Disco or Kwaito?
Blog - December 6, 2019
Stocking Stuffers 2019: Afropop's Albums of Note
Field Report - November 13, 2023
Afropop Marks 35 Years with Congo-Style Gala at New York's SOB's
Reviews - April 25, 2023
Abraham Rodriguez, Jr., and Avishai Cohen New Studio Release Iroko and NYC Residency at the Blue Note
November 2, 2023
Celebrate Afropop's 35th Anniversary!
Blog - June 17, 2021
Anatomy of A Song: “Gumboots:” Paul Simon’s Excellent Adventure
Interview - January 18, 2018
Bakithi Kumalo Talks About His 30 Years in U.S. and Salutes Vincent Nguini and Ray Phiri
Interview - March 1, 2017
The Fight Against Forgetting: A Conversation with Matt Temple from Matsuli Music
Voices in Vinyl - August 25, 2016
Voices in Vinyl: Norwegian Dancing Lights
Blog - July 10, 2017
Field Report: Indian Ocean Music Market and Sakifo Festival
Blog - February 12, 2019
Ayub Ogada and Sali Sidibe: RIP
Blog - October 3, 2016
AFROPOP’S ICONS & INNOVATORS BENEFIT PARTY IN D.C. A HUGE SUCCESS
Blog - June 25, 2018
Field Report: IOMMA and Sakifo Musik Festival
Preserving and renewing the Creole Culture on La Réunion.
Interview - March 18, 2015
Sound System Music: Lucas Silva and Palenque Records
Blog - April 24, 2018
Wilson Silva: Another Cape Verdean Sound
Voices in Vinyl - November 12, 2016
Voices in Vinyl: Joy in Jozi
Blog - October 8, 2019
Interview With Les Amazones d'Afrique at Reeperbahn Festival 2019
Interview - February 17, 2016
An Interview With Ladysmith Black Mambazo's Albert Mazibuko
Interview - November 11, 2024
Thandiswa Returns with Sankofa
Interview - December 24, 2020
Herb Alpert Is...
Interview - September 5, 2024
Kofi Appenteng on 70 Years of the Africa America Institute
Blog - March 4, 2017
Miriam Makeba: 85th Birthday Observance
Interview - October 21, 2016
Rab Bakari Decodes Afrobeats, Naija Pop and More
Interview - August 25, 2016
Bunny Wailer Reflects on His Legacy
Blog - September 13, 2017
Field Report: Rototom Sunsplash Festival Celebrates Africa: Reggae Style
Features - October 31, 2019
Remembering Louis Sarno
Fresh Eyre - February 28, 2020
Boston's Crashfest Turns 5
Interview - July 21, 2021
Peter Siegel on Joseph Spence
Interview - December 22, 2021
Jake Blount on Black String Band Tradition
Interview - July 30, 2018
Que of Distruction Boys on Transforming Gqom
Interview - May 22, 2013
Summerstage! Afropop Producer Sean Barlow Talks with Erika Elliott, Artistic Director of Summerstage about their 2013 season
Blog - June 2, 2015
Nozinja interviewed
Interview - October 20, 2017
Johnny Clegg's Final Journey
Blog - September 14, 2012
MARISSA MOORMAN: THE ESSENTIAL HIP DEEP INTERVIEW
Interview - April 19, 2007
Africa and The Blues: An Interview with Gerhard Kubik
Interview - July 18, 2011
Carol Muller on Jazz in South Africa
South African Jazz scholar Carol Mullen talks about jazz in apartheid South Africa.
December 16, 2021
WOMEX Rises!
Features - May 3, 2019
South African Maskanda 2019
Interview - July 26, 2022
Mickey Hart and Planet Drum: In The Groove
Interview - July 18, 2019
Muthoni Drummer Queen: Marching to the Beat of Her Own Drum
Interview - August 17, 2017
Blick Bassy Charts His Own Course
Interview - January 4, 2018
54 Kingdoms: Nana Poku and Kwaku Awuah on Storytelling in Fashion
Interview - August 2, 2013
FOKN Bois: The Cutting Edge of Satire in African Hip Hop (Pt. 1)
Interview - January 22, 2021
Michael Wimberly's Take on Afrofuturism
Interview - December 19, 2012
Joseph Shabalala
Interview - September 15, 2006
Francis Falceto-Ethiopia: Empire and Revolution
Interview - May 27, 2022
Muzi’s “Afro-now-ism” On Tour In America
Blog - October 31, 2013
Capso: SA Hip-Hop, Roots in the Congo
Interview - March 30, 2015
"This Whole Journey"--Razia on Her New Album, "Akory"
Interview - September 6, 2012
Antibalas Interview: A New CD, a New Chapter...
Features - May 19, 2016
Gregory Mann: On Malian History and Politics
Interview - September 24, 2015
Lágbájá Talks Career, New Music, and the Nigerian Scene
Interview - April 26, 2018
The State of Congolese Music 2018: An Interview with Lubangi Muniania
Interview - November 17, 2007
Jeffrey Summit
Interview - August 12, 2005
Interview: Kelly Askew