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.
Afropop Classic February 27, 2014
Hip Deep February 6, 2014
Afropop Classic January 24, 2014
Hip Deep December 23, 2013
Afropop Classic November 21, 2013
Afropop Classic November 17, 2013
Afropop Classic October 24, 2013
Afropop Classic October 18, 2013
Afropop Classic October 11, 2013
Afropop Classic August 8, 2013
Hip Deep June 20, 2013
Afropop Classic June 6, 2013
Afropop Classic May 23, 2013
Afropop Classic April 4, 2013
Afropop Classic March 22, 2013
Afropop Classic March 15, 2013
Afropop Classic February 14, 2013
Afropop Classic January 4, 2013
Afropop Classic November 28, 2012
Afropop Classic November 15, 2012
Hip Deep November 8, 2012
Hip Deep October 11, 2012
Afropop Classic September 5, 2012
Hip Deep August 30, 2012
Afropop Classic August 15, 2012
Hip Deep April 10, 2025
Hip Deep April 3, 2025
Blog April 1, 2025
Hip Deep March 20, 2025
Afropop Classic March 6, 2025
Hip Deep February 25, 2025
Afropop Classic February 20, 2025
Funk is a perennial favorite. In this panoramic history of the grooviest of genres, we hear track after track of absolute boogie-down classics.
Hip Deep February 13, 2025
Afropop Classic February 6, 2025
Blog February 4, 2025
Hip Deep January 30, 2025
Hip Deep January 30, 2025
Hip Deep January 23, 2025
Blog January 21, 2025
Afropop Classic January 16, 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.
Afropop Classic December 12, 2024
Planet Afropop December 10, 2024
Afropop Classic December 5, 2024
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.
Afropop Classic December 5, 2024
Afropop Classic November 28, 2024
