Afropop Worldwide | Audio Programs

Afropop Classic November 27, 2025

Afropop Classic November 20, 2025

Quelbe - Hidden Treasure Of The Caribbean

Quelbe is an energetic form, led by sax or flute with percussion and banjo, and it fuels the traditional dance style, quadrille. St Croix is the largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, and sits alone 42 miles south of St. Thomas and St. John.

Afropop Classic November 13, 2025

Kickin' it in Cabo Verde

Afropop Classic November 6, 2025

Jamaica: Big A Yard, Big Abroad

Afropop Classic October 30, 2025

Born-Free South Africa: A Kaleidoscope of Colors

We sample musical life in South Africa 20 years after the end of apartheid.

Afropop Classic October 23, 2025

Musical Conjurers

This program surveys African diaspora musicians creating their own worlds, circa 2007.

Afropop Classic October 16, 2025

San Francisco: Afropop By the Bay

We look back to the 1970s and 80s history of African music in San Francisco.

Afropop Classic October 9, 2025

Santo Domingo Blues: The Story of Bachata

Alex Wolfe, director of the film "Santo Domingo Blues: The Story of Bachata" brings us live ambience and stories of bachata stars Luis Vargas, Antony Santos, Luis Segura, Adridia Ventura.

Afropop Classic October 2, 2025

The Golden Age of Cuban Music

Afropop Classic September 25, 2025

Hispanic Heritage Month: Live Latin Extravaganza

It's Hispanic Heritage Month at Afropop Worldwide!

Afropop Classic September 18, 2025

Hispanic Heritage Month 2025: A History of Puerto Rican Salsa

Discover the origins of Puerto Rican salsa as legendary bandleaders Rafael Ithier, Quique Lucca, and Willie Rosario share the story of how a Venezuelan DJ and Fania Records turned Cuban-style music into a global cultural identity.

Afropop Classic September 11, 2025

Three Survivors: Paulo Flores, Emmanuel Jal, Lágbájá

Afropop Classic September 4, 2025

Discover and Record: The Field Recordings of Hugh Tracey

In this Hip Deep edition, Afropop producer Wills Glasspeigel heads to South Africa to reveal the story of the inimitable Hugh Tracey, a field recordist born at the turn of the 20th century in England.

Hip Deep August 28, 2025

Islam and Music: From Prohibition to the Science of Ecstasy

From early Baghdad to Qawwali and Iraqi maqam, Joseph Braude and Islamic scholars explore how Islam shapes music across the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia.

Hip Deep August 21, 2025

The Music of Black Peru: Cultural Identity in the Black Pacific

This Hip Deep edition explores the sonically vibrant realm of Afro-Peruvian music, a young genre identification that has flourished since the 1950s and has now produced artists of international renown, such as singer Susana Baca, and the black folkloric company Peru Negro.

Afropop Classic August 14, 2025

Madagascar Medley

Banning Eyre's roundup of roots music from Madagascar, circa 2019, with Tarika Sammy, Jaojoby, Damily, Razia and Toko Telo. Updated for 2025.

Afropop Classic August 7, 2025

New Sounds From Nigeria 2025

Nigeria is today the undisputed powerhouse of African pop music. Call it Naija Pop, Afrobeats, Afropop or what have you. The likes of Burna Boy, Wizkid, Yemi Alade and Tiwa Savage are giants on the scene.

Hip Deep July 31, 2025

The Story of Bembeya Jazz

Afropop Classic July 24, 2025

Blues Reflections

Planet Afropop July 17, 2025

Planet Afropop: Chimurenga Legacy: Thomas Mapfumo and Mary Anibal

Banning Eyre meets Thomas Mapfumo at home and introduces Mary Anibal.

Hip Deep July 10, 2025

Nollywood: Nigeria's Mirror

Planet Afropop July 8, 2025

Planet Afropop: The Other Sound of Kinshasa

Nathaniel Braddock digs into the alternative music scene in Kinshasa, Congo.

Afropop Classic July 3, 2025

Roots Reinvented in Mali & Egypt

Afropop Classic June 26, 2025

Off the Beaten Track in Malawi and Burkina Faso

This program ventures into corners of Africa we hear from rarely, guided by adventurous field recordists and crate diggers.

Planet Afropop June 24, 2025

Planet Afropop: Breaking into Afrobeats: Homegrown, Selfmade

Host FayFay sits with two emerging Nigerian artists whose paths are as bold as their sound, Looking for Avala and Inima.

Afropop Classic June 19, 2025

Cuts from the Crypt IV: Zona Libre

Afropop Classic June 12, 2025

Barbados - From Spouge to Soca

Planet Afropop 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.

Afropop Classic June 5, 2025

Cooking with Georges Revisited

Georges Collinet cooks Yassa Chicken, and hosts Baba John Mason in the kitchen.

Hip Deep May 29, 2025

Afro-Dominicana: The Other Dominican Republic

This week, Afropop revisits the home of styles such as merengue and bachata, but this time we’ll be looking towards the most deeply African side of Dominican music—little known outside of the island.