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.
Closeup July 26, 2022
Closeup July 12, 2022
Afropop Classic July 8, 2022
Afropop Classic June 30, 2022
Afropop Classic May 6, 2022
Afropop Classic February 24, 2022
Afropop Classic February 17, 2022
Hip Deep February 3, 2022
Afropop Classic January 27, 2022
Afropop Classic December 30, 2021
Afropop Classic December 16, 2021
Afropop Classic December 2, 2021
Closeup November 16, 2021
Afropop Classic November 4, 2021
Closeup November 2, 2021
Closeup October 20, 2021
Closeup October 6, 2021
Closeup September 21, 2021
Afropop Classic September 16, 2021
Closeup September 10, 2021
Afropop Classic August 12, 2021
Closeup August 10, 2021
Closeup July 27, 2021
Afropop Classic July 15, 2021
Closeup July 13, 2021
Hip Deep June 10, 2021
Afropop Classic May 20, 2021
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
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.
Afropop Classic December 5, 2024
Afropop Classic November 28, 2024
