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 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 May 7, 2024
Afropop Classic May 2, 2024
Afropop Classic April 25, 2024
Afropop Classic April 18, 2024
Planet Afropop April 16, 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.
Afropop Classic March 21, 2024
Afropop Classic February 29, 2024
Planet Afropop February 20, 2024
Hip Deep July 10, 2025
Blog July 8, 2025
Afropop Classic July 3, 2025
Afropop Classic June 12, 2025
Afropop Classic June 5, 2025
Hip Deep May 29, 2025
Blog May 27, 2025
Afropop Classic May 22, 2025
Hip Deep May 8, 2025
This program will initiate listeners into one of the most enchanting and mysterious musical practices in Africa, BaAka people music.
Hip Deep May 1, 2025
Afropop Classic April 24, 2025
Hip Deep April 17, 2025
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
