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 December 5, 2024
Afropop Classic November 28, 2024
Planet Afropop November 19, 2024
Afropop Classic November 7, 2024
Planet Afropop November 5, 2024
Afropop Classic October 24, 2024
October 22, 2024
Hip Deep October 10, 2024
Planet Afropop October 8, 2024
September 26, 2024
Planet Afropop September 24, 2024
Afropop Classic September 19, 2024
Afropop Classic September 12, 2024
Afropop Classic August 22, 2024
Hip Deep August 15, 2024
Afropop Classic August 8, 2024
Afropop Classic July 25, 2024
Afropop Classic July 18, 2024
Hip Deep July 4, 2024
Planet Afropop June 25, 2024
Planet Afropop wraps up Season 1 with Noise Cans, The Swanky Kitchen Band and top picks in new releases
Hip Deep June 20, 2024
Afropop Classic June 13, 2024
Afropop Classic June 6, 2024
Hip Deep May 30, 2024
Afropop Classic May 23, 2024
Hip Deep May 9, 2024
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
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.
