
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 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

Afropop Classic July 25, 2012

Afropop Classic July 19, 2012

Afropop Classic June 20, 2012

Afropop Classic May 31, 2012

Afropop Classic May 25, 2012

Afropop Classic May 16, 2012

Hip Deep April 27, 2012

Afropop Classic April 19, 2012

Afropop Classic April 12, 2012

Afropop Classic March 14, 2012

Afropop Classic December 28, 2011

Hip Deep December 5, 2011

Hip Deep December 5, 2011

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

Afropop Classic December 26, 2024

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