
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 May 6, 2021

Afropop Classic April 29, 2021

Afropop Classic April 15, 2021

Afropop Classic February 11, 2021

Afropop Classic January 20, 2021

Afropop Classic December 31, 2020

Afropop Classic October 22, 2020

Afropop Classic October 15, 2020

Afropop Classic October 1, 2020

Afropop Classic September 24, 2020

Hip Deep August 13, 2020

Closeup August 5, 2020

Afropop Classic July 23, 2020

Hip Deep July 16, 2020

Hip Deep July 9, 2020

Afropop Classic April 2, 2020

Afropop Classic March 19, 2020

Afropop Classic March 12, 2020

Afropop Classic March 5, 2020

Hip Deep February 20, 2020

Afropop Classic February 13, 2020

Afropop Classic February 6, 2020

Afropop Classic January 23, 2020

Afropop Classic January 9, 2020

Afropop Classic January 2, 2020

Afropop Classic December 12, 2019

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