![Ticket Giveaway: Habib Koite and Bamada](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Blog October 18, 2017
![Track Premiere: Ballake Sissoko and Vincent Segal, “Tuniale”](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Blog October 18, 2017
![Fuji-Juju Mixtape](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Features October 13, 2017
!["Making Farming Cool!" Podcast Series with IGD](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Blog October 12, 2017
![Ayo Charts Her Own Path on Fifth Album](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Reviews October 11, 2017
![From Hawaii to Nashville to Lagos: A Pedal Steel Primer](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Blog October 5, 2017
![Jim Reeves?!?: Uchenna Ikonne on Country Music in Nigeria](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Reviews October 5, 2017
![Photo Essay: Group Doueh and Innov Gnawa in NYC](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Blog October 4, 2017
![Vicente Garcia’s Journey Back to Bachata](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Reviews October 4, 2017
![Fuji-Juju Chronicles](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Features September 28, 2017
![Lend A Hand to Hurricane and Earthquake Victims](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Blog September 27, 2017
![Photo Essay: Brooklyn's Labor Day Carnival Parade](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Blog September 27, 2017
![Photo Essay: Brooklyn's Caribbean Carnival Week](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Blog September 26, 2017
![Toukadime: Special Gunpowder Mix](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Blog September 25, 2017
![La Confusion](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Reviews September 25, 2017
!["An Orientation Towards Life:" Alix Chapman on the Politics of Bounce](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Blog September 22, 2017
![Loé Loa: Rural Recordings Under the Mango Tree](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Reviews September 21, 2017
![Best of The Beat on Afropop: Congo Music 101—Merveilles du Passé](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Best of The Beat September 21, 2017
![Interview: Bunji Garlin and Fay-Ann Lyons on Soca Music Today](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Reviews September 19, 2017
![Lil Ameer: Nigerian Rap Prodigy Leaves Us Too Soon](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Blog September 19, 2017
![Ladilikan](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Reviews September 18, 2017
![Best of The Beat on Afropop: The Passing of Peter Tosh–30 Years After](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Best of The Beat September 18, 2017
It is inconceivable that it has been 30 years since the world lost Peter Tosh. One of the three original members, with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer, of the foundational reggae group the Wailers, Tosh (born Winston Hubert McIntosh in 1944) was one of a kind: fierce, stubborn, opinionated, and single-mindedly insistent about equal rights and justice, African unity, anti-apartheid, and the legalization of herb.
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Features September 17, 2017
![45 Years Later, Zambia's WITCH Finally Gets International Exposure](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Blog September 15, 2017
![Salif Keita Returns to NYC! Sat., Sept. 16](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Blog September 15, 2017
![Field Report: Rototom Sunsplash Festival Celebrates Africa: Reggae Style](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Blog September 13, 2017