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 October 8, 2024
Afropop Classic April 18, 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
Afropop Classic December 14, 2023
Afropop Classic November 9, 2023
Planet Afropop October 17, 2023
Afropop Classic June 22, 2023
Afropop Classic March 30, 2023
Afropop Classic July 8, 2022
Afropop Classic April 15, 2021
Afropop Classic December 24, 2020
Afropop Classic October 10, 2020
Afropop Classic August 15, 2019
Afropop Classic July 4, 2019
Afropop Classic April 25, 2019
Closeup June 19, 2018
Hip Deep June 14, 2018
Afropop Classic February 22, 2018
Hip Deep December 14, 2017
In recognition of the end of Robert Mugabe's 37-year rule in Zimbabwe, we are rebroadcasting our program on the career of Thomas Mapfumo during the Mugabe years.
Closeup October 31, 2017
Afropop Classic December 15, 2016
Afropop Classic December 8, 2016
Afropop Classic May 12, 2016
Afropop Classic December 3, 2015
Afropop Classic May 28, 2015
Planet Afropop October 8, 2024
Afropop Classic April 18, 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
Afropop Classic December 14, 2023
Afropop Classic November 9, 2023
Planet Afropop October 17, 2023
Afropop Classic June 22, 2023
Afropop Classic March 30, 2023
Afropop Classic July 8, 2022
Afropop Classic April 15, 2021
Afropop Classic December 24, 2020
Afropop Classic October 10, 2020
Afropop Classic August 15, 2019
Afropop Classic July 4, 2019
Afropop Classic April 25, 2019
Closeup June 19, 2018
Hip Deep June 14, 2018
Afropop Classic February 22, 2018
Hip Deep December 14, 2017
In recognition of the end of Robert Mugabe's 37-year rule in Zimbabwe, we are rebroadcasting our program on the career of Thomas Mapfumo during the Mugabe years.
Closeup October 31, 2017
Afropop Classic December 15, 2016
Afropop Classic December 8, 2016
Afropop Classic May 12, 2016
Afropop Classic December 3, 2015
Afropop Classic May 28, 2015
