Hip Deep Fourteen years ago, with support from the NEH, we created Hip Deep, a subseries integrated into the overall Afropop Worldwide program offering. Hip Deep programs build on the techniques and format developed for Afropop Worldwide, but are enhanced by rigorous academic and field research that translates into higher production values. Every episode of Hip Deep actively involves leading humanities scholars to illuminate a wealth of history, culture, politics, ethnic and spiritual contexts. Over 15 years, Hip Deep has produced over 110 humanities-focused programs and a wide range of supplementary Web resources (interviews, videos, text/photo features, podcasts), all easily accessible within the Hip Deep section of our website. Hip Deep amplifies Afropop Worldwide’s longstanding commitment to disseminate humanities themes to the general public through world music via a growing set of media pathways.
Hip Deep May 1, 2025
Hip Deep April 17, 2025
Hip Deep April 10, 2025
Hip Deep April 3, 2025
Hip Deep March 20, 2025
Hip Deep February 25, 2025
Hip Deep February 13, 2025
Hip Deep January 30, 2025
Hip Deep January 30, 2025
Hip Deep January 23, 2025
Hip Deep January 2, 2025
Hip Deep December 19, 2024
Every year on Sierra Leone’s Independence Day in late April, musicians and revelers descend upon Freetown from throughout the country.
Hip Deep October 10, 2024
Hip Deep August 15, 2024
Hip Deep July 4, 2024
Hip Deep June 20, 2024
Hip Deep May 30, 2024
Hip Deep May 9, 2024
Hip Deep May 7, 2024
Hip Deep April 11, 2024
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.
Hip Deep February 1, 2024
Hip Deep January 4, 2024
Hip Deep December 21, 2023
Hip Deep October 12, 2023
Hip Deep August 10, 2023
Hip Deep August 10, 2023
Hip Deep May 1, 2025
Hip Deep April 17, 2025
Hip Deep April 10, 2025
Hip Deep April 3, 2025
Hip Deep March 20, 2025
Hip Deep February 25, 2025
Hip Deep February 13, 2025
Hip Deep January 30, 2025
Hip Deep January 30, 2025
Hip Deep January 23, 2025
Hip Deep January 2, 2025
Hip Deep December 19, 2024
Every year on Sierra Leone’s Independence Day in late April, musicians and revelers descend upon Freetown from throughout the country.
Hip Deep October 10, 2024
Hip Deep August 15, 2024
Hip Deep July 4, 2024
Hip Deep June 20, 2024
Hip Deep May 30, 2024
Hip Deep May 9, 2024
Hip Deep May 7, 2024
Hip Deep April 11, 2024
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.
Hip Deep February 1, 2024
Hip Deep January 4, 2024
Hip Deep December 21, 2023
Hip Deep October 12, 2023
Hip Deep August 10, 2023
Hip Deep August 10, 2023
