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.
Planet Afropop January 9, 2024
Hip Deep January 4, 2024
Hip Deep December 21, 2023
Afropop Classic December 14, 2023
Planet Afropop December 12, 2023
Afropop Classic November 24, 2023
Afropop Classic November 9, 2023
Afropop Classic November 2, 2023
Contemporary Nigerian artists and others recall the man, the music and the legacy of Nigeria's greatest musician.
Planet Afropop October 31, 2023
Afropop Classic October 26, 2023
Afropop Classic October 19, 2023
Planet Afropop October 17, 2023
Hip Deep October 12, 2023
Closeup October 10, 2023
Afropop Classic September 21, 2023
Afropop Classic September 14, 2023
Closeup September 12, 2023
Afropop Classic September 7, 2023
Closeup August 29, 2023
Afropop Classic August 24, 2023
Afropop Classic August 17, 2023
Closeup August 15, 2023
Hip Deep August 10, 2023
Hip Deep August 10, 2023
Afropop Classic August 3, 2023
Closeup August 1, 2023
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
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
