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 July 20, 2023
Closeup July 18, 2023
Afropop Classic July 13, 2023
Closeup July 4, 2023
Afropop Classic June 22, 2023
Afropop Classic June 1, 2023
Afropop Classic May 24, 2023
Afropop Classic May 11, 2023
Afropop Classic April 13, 2023
Afropop Classic March 30, 2023
Afropop Classic March 23, 2023
Hip Deep February 16, 2023
Hip Deep February 9, 2023
Afropop Classic January 26, 2023
Afropop Classic January 19, 2023
Afropop Classic January 5, 2023
Afropop Classic December 29, 2022
Afropop Classic December 22, 2022
Afropop Classic December 16, 2022
Closeup November 15, 2022
Afropop Classic November 3, 2022
Closeup November 1, 2022
Closeup October 18, 2022
Afropop Classic October 6, 2022
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
