Afropop Worldwide

Blog - July 25, 2015
Obama's Addis Ababa Music Guide
May 7, 2024
Ethiopia Part 1: Empire and Revolution
Videos - July 19, 2013
Glorious Videos from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Features - October 23, 2006
Ethiopia Part 1: Empire and Revolution
March 23, 2017
A Visit to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Blog - September 15, 2006
Discography- Ethiopia Part 1: Empire and Revolution
Blog - June 8, 2012
Vintage Ethiopian Wedding LP On Domino Records
Features - February 5, 2009
Teddy Afro Wows DC's Ethiopian Community in Triumphant Return Concert
Blog - July 3, 2020
Ethiopia Erupts Following Killing of Oromo Singer Hachalu Hundessa
Blog - May 29, 2014
Guest Bloggers Around the World: Music Renaissance in Ethiopia
Blog - June 22, 2012
Ethiopian Legend Getatchew Mekuria Records New Album with The Ex
Best of The Beat - December 29, 2016
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Gigi--New Voice From Ethiopia
Blog - October 27, 2016
Two Greats of Ethiopia's Golden Age: Mahmoud Ahmed and Girma Beyene
Interview - June 23, 2025
Ian Brennan on Tigray Tears: Siding With the Underdog
Blog - August 17, 2017
Win Tickets to See Ethiopian Legends Mahmoud Ahmed and Hailu Mergia
Blog - September 24, 2012
Interview with Debo Band's Danny Mekonnen
Blog - February 20, 2013
Teddy Afro in NYC: BB Kings 2/22/2013!
Blog - March 1, 2013
Teddy Afro Plays New York's B.B. King
Blog - September 5, 2014
Mulatu Astatke's Journey to Find Himself
Contests - June 24, 2016
Ticket Giveaway: Hailu Mergia Show July 1 at Pioneer Works
Interview - August 8, 2016
Washington DC Label 1432 R Brings Ethiopiyawi Music to Light
Blog - June 28, 2018
Ethio-jazz at A Tipping Point
Ethio-jazz making a comeback, insights from Jorga Mesfin and Meklit Hadero
Interview - July 5, 2019
The Return of Hailu Mergia
Blog - August 1, 2015
Two New Ethio-Rock Singles From Jano Band
Features - January 2, 2010
Teddy Afro Live at DC Armory (2010)
Reviews - June 4, 2021
Hailu Mergia and the Walias Band's "Tezeta"
Blog - August 28, 2013
Jano unleashes Ethio-Metal
Reviews - December 17, 2012
Guzo
Blog - July 5, 2016
Field Report: Hailu Mergia at Pioneer Works in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Interview - May 13, 2016
The Call of the Lionhearted: A Chat With Debo Band's Danny Mekonnen
Reviews - July 5, 2016
Wede Harer Guzo
Contests - August 21, 2019
CONTEST: Win Tickets to Ethio-Legend Girma Bèyènè at (le) Poisson Rouge
May 9, 2024
Ethiopia 2: Diaspora and Return
Interview - October 22, 2024
The Atse Tewodros Project Aims at Reconciliation Between Ethiopians and Italians
Interview - November 30, 2017
Aveva: Finding an Ethiopian-Israeli Identity
Blog - July 17, 2013
Krar Collective Light Up Nuits d'Afrique
October 10, 2023
How the Sound of Saudade Traveled to Ethiopia
Reviews - February 11, 2014
Ewedihalehu
Blog - April 22, 2013
New Quantic Mixes: 45s from Angola and Ethiopia!
Interview - September 15, 2006
Kay Kaufman Shelemay- Ethiopia: Empire and Revolution
Blog - January 22, 2015
An Hour of Ethiopian Bliss
Interview - September 15, 2006
Kay Kaufman Shelemay-Ethiopia: Diaspora and Return
May 18, 2023
Oromo Music: Historical Memory and Competing Visions in Ethiopia
Interview - September 15, 2006
Francis Falceto-Ethiopia: Empire and Revolution
Videos - May 18, 2023
Oromo Music Playlist: Historical Memory and Competing Nationalisms in Ethiopia
Interview - December 3, 2013
An Interview with Minyeshu
Interview - December 6, 2013
ATFA's Brian Shimkovitz on Ghana, Synthesizers, Hailu Mergia, and More Synthesizers
Blog - July 1, 2014
Afropop Album Premiere: Zvuloon Dub System's Anbessa Dub
Blog - November 20, 2013
Black Ink
Reviews - October 4, 2013
Hailu Mergia Remixes
Reviews - June 5, 2019
Bahir
Blog - July 25, 2016
Photo Essay: Hakim and Krar Collective at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival
Interview - January 22, 2016
Got to Go Back Home: Dr. Clinton Hutton on Musical Resistance, the Role of Rastafari in Reggae, and the Formation of Politically Aligned Gangs in Jamaica
Blog - July 29, 2014
Jaojoby and Mahmoud Ahmed: Two African Giants Visit New York
Reviews - January 23, 2017
Jinja
Interview - February 8, 2018
Meklit Hadero with Feet in Many Worlds
Features - April 14, 2016
Artists of the Nile Project Speak
October 3, 2017
Afro-Symphonic Folk: From the Coasts of Africa to the San Francisco Bay
Blog - March 7, 2014
Afropop Presents: Feedel Band Live at DROM
Blog - October 5, 2015
Wondem: Ethio-pop Release From Dexter Story
Contests - July 17, 2014
Mahmoud Ahmed Ticket Giveaway!
November 29, 2019
Inside the Nile Project
Reviews - June 23, 2017
When the People Move, The Music Moves Too
August 24, 2021
The Lyres of East Africa
Features - July 25, 2013
Afropop Celebrates 25 Years at Central Park SummerStage
February 6, 2020
Afro-Tech: Stories of Synths in African Music
February 1, 2018
Reimagining Jazz in Africa: Cape Town Cosmopolitans and Beyond
October 18, 2013
African String Magic
Blog - July 13, 2017
Master Chef Pierre Thiam Partners with the African Services Committee
Blog - August 14, 2015
Au Revoir, Mogadishu: 45 Funky Minutes of Somalian Gold
Blog - March 1, 2017
Reflections on "A Man of Good Hope"
Blog - March 27, 2020
Release Round-Up: March 2020
March 26, 2020
globalFEST 2020
Reviews - October 23, 2017
Take Me Apart
January 19, 2023
Afro-Tech: Stories of Synths in African Music
Blog - December 2, 2013
Featured Artists: Afro-Tech
Blog - October 22, 2019
GlobalFEST 2020 Lineup Includes: Meklit, Cheikh Lô, Les Amazones d'Afrique, More
Blog - August 11, 2014
Ticket Giveaway! Mixtape #1: Afropop, Aug. 16, Abrons Arts Center
Blog - July 16, 2019
Highlights From World Music Institute's Newly Announced Season
Blog - January 20, 2016
CRASHfest Heats Up Boston Jan. 24
Videos - July 31, 2025
Afropop Top Videos: July, 2025
Blog - April 8, 2014
Khartoum Soundbites: Vintage Sudanese Pop Selected by Alsarah
Fresh Eyre - March 29, 2022
Club D'Elf and Afro-Zen Allstars Let the Instruments Do the Talking
Features - February 26, 2016
globalFEST 2016 Feature
Blog - November 12, 2015
Thirteenth Annual GlobalFEST Set For Sun., Jan. 17, 2016
Blog - February 6, 2015
The International Bob Marley
Reviews - April 20, 2014
Magnetica
Reviews - September 18, 2014
Mean Love
January 5, 2015
Winter Dance Party!
Blog - January 22, 2016
Photos From globalFEST 2016
January 7, 2015
globalFEST 2012
Blog - November 17, 2017
Field Report: WOMEX 2017
Blog - May 7, 2015
The Nile Project: Curtain Call at Princeton
Blog - October 21, 2013
The Nile Project
Reviews - April 20, 2017
The Nile Project: Live in Boston
Blog - September 13, 2017
Field Report: Rototom Sunsplash Festival Celebrates Africa: Reggae Style
Fresh Eyre - February 26, 2021
Wintering in East Africa
Blog - November 12, 2014
Behind the Scenes at the 20th Annual WOMEX Conference, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Interview - March 27, 2014
Lidwien Kapteijns: Love Songs at the Dawn of Somalia
Blog - May 9, 2014
Alsarah: Why You Need Retro East African Pop In Your Life
February 25, 2016
globalFEST 2016
April 2, 2020
With Feet in Many Worlds
Fresh Eyre - May 15, 2020
May Potpourri: Paul Beaubrun, Bai Kamara Jr., Stonebwoy, Hailu Mergia, Archie Shepp and Damily
Blog - May 21, 2014
Erika Elliott, SummerStage’s Artistic Director, Introduces the 2014 Season
Blog - December 8, 2015
Visa For Music Showcases African and Middle Eastern Music
Blog - April 29, 2016
New York African Film Festival 2016
Reviews - August 8, 2018
Field Report: 32nd Edition of Nuits d'Afrique
Blog - April 3, 2013
New York African Film Festival: 20th Anniversary Edition
Blog - April 21, 2014
Afropop's Picks: SummerStage 2014!
Blog - February 23, 2017
Reissued: African Vinyl Playlist
December 23, 2022
Afropop Stars to Watch in 2023
Blog - February 4, 2016
The Nile Project on Tour in Egypt
Blog - June 24, 2014
Guest Bloggers Around the World Series
Blog - March 6, 2014
Featured Artists: Winter 2014 Dance Party!
Blog - January 24, 2014
WOMEX Report: Afropop's Featured Artists
Blog - May 12, 2016
What's Worth Celebrating at Celebrate Brooklyn 2016
Blog - January 7, 2015
Afropop Worldwide's Profoundly Unofficial APAP Guide
Blog - July 12, 2016
Field Report: Festival International de Jazz Montreal 2016
Blog - April 11, 2014
Featured Artists: Afropop Live! NYC, Musical Metropolis
Blog - July 15, 2015
Summer Festivals Around the Continent
Contests - February 23, 2018
Win Some Africa Now! Tickets
Fresh Eyre - October 9, 2020
Fall Release Roundup: Bantu, Ayom, Awale Jant Band, Groupe RTD, Songhoy Blues, Fra Fra, Nation Beat, Qwanqwa
July 8, 2022
Toronto's African Scene
Features - February 22, 2024
Afropop in Tanzania 2024: Sauti Za Busara
August 12, 2021
New Moves in Afro-Jazz
Blog - January 9, 2018
Coachella 2018: Artists To Look Out For
December 24, 2020
2020 Highlights
Blog - June 17, 2016
Afropop's Summer 2016 Concert Guide
Fresh Eyre - August 14, 2020
Summer Lockdown Listening
Blog - November 21, 2017
Field Report: Mundial Montreal 2017
Blog - September 17, 2020
The Crown: An African Coronavirus Playlist
Blog - December 8, 2016
Your Guide to Stocking Stuffers 2016
December 8, 2016
Stocking Stuffers 2016
Blog - December 3, 2011
Scholar: Kay Kaufman
Discography - February 1, 2016
"State of Emergency" Playlist
Best of The Beat - March 6, 2018
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Sally Nyolo, Cameroon's Global Goddess
Blog - June 7, 2018
Many Thanks to Afropop's Donors and Business Partners!
Blog - January 29, 2019
Rocky Dawuni Returns with "Beats of Zion"
March 14, 2018
Fatoumata Diawara Speaks Her Mind in "Nterini"
Interview - November 17, 2007
Jeffrey Summit
Blog - February 26, 2014
Afropop Premiere: Nikhil P. Yerawadekar & Low Mentality- "Industry Dweebs"
Videos - July 16, 2020
Gordon Koang: “South Sudan” via Melbourne, Australia
Blog - September 5, 2014
SNEAK PREVIEW: Making of "Jaiyede Afro" by Orlando Julius with the Heliocentrics
Reviews - October 26, 2018
Colombian Funk Takes Root in Texas
Reviews - May 26, 2017
Eritrea's Guitar Pioneer Singles 1970-73
Blog - June 19, 2013
Double Trouble- Awesome Tapes from Africa drops Boiler Room and Slow Music Mixes
Reviews - February 2, 2017
Artifacts
Videos - February 5, 2014
Quantic's "Duvidó" Video with Pongolove
May 31, 2012
Summer Concert Preview 2012
Blog - May 3, 2013
PHOTO ESSAY: Africans in India
Reviews - May 12, 2021
Xalam
Blog - October 1, 2014
Afropop Premiere: Nikhil P. Yerawadekar and Low Mentality -- "Reel It In/Vultures"
Blog - April 10, 2017
Transatlantic Magic: Nikhil P. Yerawadekar & Low Mentality At C'mon Everybody
Blog - June 30, 2023
Afropop Closeup Podcast Season 8 Begins July 4
Reviews - June 13, 2011
Sistema Subversiva
Videos - January 26, 2023
New Afropop Top Videos: January 26
Blog - June 26, 2013
Join Afropop Host Georges Collinet at Central Park SummerStage 7.21, for Afropop's 25th Anniversary Celebration
Reviews - August 25, 2017
Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From the Horn of Africa
Reviews - June 6, 2011
Casata
Contests - April 9, 2015
Boston-Area Music Fans: Win Tickets to This Weekend's Aputumpu Festival
June 22, 2024
Blue Note Jazz Festival Presents Antibalas, Hailu Mergia w/ dj.henri
Features - January 17, 2020
Photo Essay: globalFEST 2020
Blog - May 7, 2019
Sinkane Returns With New Video, Album Forthcoming
Reviews - January 13, 2011
Toubab Soul
Blog - November 28, 2017
Support Afropop This Giving Tuesday!
Blog - January 7, 2020
Brooklyn Museum: "African Arts—Global Conversations" Opens Feb. 14
Reviews - April 7, 2016
Desdes
Blog - September 11, 2020
An Afropop Reading Round-Up
Contests - May 22, 2013
LAST WEEK! Win a trip for two to NYC to celebrate Afropop's 25th anniversary at SummerStage--Central Park
Reviews - May 18, 2017
Runnin' For the Ghost
Blog - August 7, 2018
Field Report: Rainforest World Music Festival 2018
Reviews - September 20, 2018
New Releases of Sudanese Music
Reviews - March 17, 2016
Faransiskiyo Somaliland
Reviews - July 11, 2017
Chronology
Reviews - August 17, 2017
Chronology by Chronixx
Another successful landing from Jamaica's rising star with the release of his first album.
Blog - January 7, 2015
Globalfest 2012 Featured Artists
Blog - November 20, 2018
Field Report: WOMEX 2018
Reviews - August 28, 2012
Bejawiya
Reviews - December 10, 2019
Mam Yinne Wa
Features - June 4, 2014
Afropop's Summer Festival Roundup
Blog - January 8, 2020
Afropop's globalFEST 2020 Reading List
Features - December 6, 2013
The 3rd Annual African Diaspora Awards
Blog - December 7, 2017
7th Annual African Diaspora Awards
Blog - May 12, 2017
Impressions From Omar Souleyman at Poisson Rouge
Blog - July 18, 2014
Field Report: Montreal Jazz Festival 2014
Blog - April 27, 2017
Afropunk Festival Preview
Reviews - March 27, 2025
Field Report: Babel Music Expo 2025
Blog - March 8, 2017
Fresh Cuts, Vol. 4
Interview - September 20, 2018
Ahmad Sikainga on the Two Sudans
Blog - October 1, 2015
Interview: Sinkane's Ahmed Gallab
Blog - March 30, 2012
Thank You For Making Us Winners!
Blog - October 11, 2013
Afropop October-November-December Schedule
Blog - January 30, 2025
Emmanuel Jal and Bun Xaapa release new single "Chaak"
Features - December 20, 2022
Creative Industries Flourish at U.S. Africa Leaders Summit
Blog - April 10, 2012
A Report on The 19th New York African Film Festival
Blog - December 10, 2014
25 Years of Real World Records!
Interview - June 12, 2019
Interview with Steel Pulse's David Hinds
Blog - August 4, 2025
Afropop Worldwide: The First Intern in the Hot Summer of 1989
Field Report - November 9, 2023
Images of WOMEX 2023 in Spain
December 6, 2018
Stocking Stuffers 2018
A round-up of some of our favorite 2018 releases.
Reviews - August 13, 2024
Ron's 2024 Nuits D'Afrique Rundown!
Blog - August 7, 2012
Jamaica 50 Part 1 - A Song for Every Year: '62-'79
Blog - June 22, 2011
17th Annual Fes Festival of World Sacred Music: Days 4-5
Interview - November 21, 2017
Macka B Speaks on Veganism, Consciousness and Well-Being
Blog - May 2, 2013
Baila for Dummies: A Quick Guide to Sri Lanka’s Afro-Portuguese Pop Music
Interview - March 6, 2008
Ahmad Sikainga on Sudan, A Musical History
Blog - December 16, 2021
Afropop Worldwide's 2021 Picks
Blog - November 23, 2022
Miracle Corners of the World Trains Youth in Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia
Interview - September 29, 2023
Sidiki Dimbélé’s journey with the Djembe
Interview - March 9, 2023
Dogo du Togo Puts Togolese Music on the Map
Interview - December 3, 2011
Eve Troutt Powell: African Slaves in Islamic Lands
Reviews - July 5, 2024
Pan-African Legacies Converge in Seun Kuti, Damian Marley’s “Dey”
Blog - August 18, 2014
HUMANBEING: Raja Kassis on Mbalax, His New Album and Touring the World
Features - July 18, 2023
2023 Montreal International Jazz Festival
Blog - September 14, 2016
Remembering Prince Buster: The Passing of A Jamaican Music Legend
Interview - December 22, 2021
Jake Blount on Black String Band Tradition
Interview - May 23, 2016
Wyclef Jean: From Vodou to Junkanoo
Interview - March 1, 2017
The Fight Against Forgetting: A Conversation with Matt Temple from Matsuli Music
Interview - March 12, 2020
Jah9 on "Note to Self"
Interview - May 14, 2024
Leif Totusek: African Guitar Par Excellence!
Blog - July 6, 2017
Announcing: Afropop Closeup Season Two
Blog - October 8, 2019
Interview With Les Amazones d'Afrique at Reeperbahn Festival 2019
Blog - April 9, 2015
Let Creativity Take Over: The Very Best on "Makes A King"
Interview - May 6, 2025
Kasiva Mutua: Feeling the 6/8 Rhythm
Interview - June 26, 2020
Poirier Talks About His New Album “Soft Power”
Interview - January 10, 2023
Pedrito Martínez speaks with Ned Sublette about Echoes of Africa
Features - October 24, 2012
Afro-Montreal
Interview - November 27, 2017
Stephen Budd: All Aboard the Africa Express
Interview - March 27, 2014
Ahmed Samatar: Somali Songs
Interview - June 30, 2014
Kicking Music Scenes in Brazil: Mais Um Discos' Lewis Robinson
Interview - May 22, 2013
Summerstage! Afropop Producer Sean Barlow Talks with Erika Elliott, Artistic Director of Summerstage about their 2013 season
Interview - June 7, 2011
From Africa with Fury: Seun Kuti
March 9, 2023
Afro Roots Fest 2022 with Daymé Arocena and Sinkane
October 19, 2017
A Bull Session at the Beach With Black Uhuru’s Andrew Bees
Interview - February 10, 2025
Emmanuel Jal: Life Lessons From a Survivor
Interview - December 22, 2014
Salif Keita Speaks Out on His Career, Mali's Crisis and Retirement
Interview - July 5, 2013
Mark LeVine: Ghana's Afro-Funk History
Interview - June 10, 2014
Interview: Quantic on his new album Magnetica and his return to electronic music
Features - December 3, 2011
Gnawa Music of Morocco
Blog - February 2, 2014
Interview: The Gnonlonfoun Brothers on Vodun, Gangbé, and Jomion & The Uklos
Interview - January 30, 2014
Angelique Kidjo discusses her new CD "Eve," and book "Spirit Rising"
Interview - November 21, 2012
K'naan on "Country, God or the Girl"
I do, during the writing process, feel free. But it's everything after that makes you feel that the freedom was an illusion. When the system steps in, and the label, and the people that work with you and that are observing every step of what you do. They have to think about, "Where does this fit? Does this work as a follow-up song to the enormous success of his last song? What about American radio, specifically? Will display on top 40? Or will this play on alternative radio? Or is this too weird for any of them?" So you have those things, those questions, though severe observations that will come to your door after having written songs. You just don't know what to do about that. That's when you realize that the freedom is a bit of an illusion really.
March 12, 2020
Afropop at South by Southwest 2019
Interview - June 18, 2024
"What is Vaudou Music?" Peter Solo Speaks
Interview - August 11, 2015
Emmanuel Jal: Between Che and Gandhi
Interview - April 20, 2022
Juanita Euka: from Congo to the World
Interview - October 3, 2024
Joe Boyd's Epic Journey Through Global Music
Blog - September 22, 2016
Florent Mazzoleni on Bobo-Dioulasso's Golden Age of Music
Interview - July 13, 2011
Interview: Sathima Bea Benjamin
Sathima Bea Benjamin recorded the first jazz record ever recorded in Africa. Here, she sits down with Afropop's Simon Rentner to discuss South Africa, Duke Ellington, and the presence of jazz in the world.
Interview - March 20, 2012
Living Traditions: Discussions on Traditions and Venues in Egypt
Features - February 22, 2007
Feature: Africans in the Arabian (Persian) Gulf
Interview - July 5, 2013
Ebo Taylor, Part 1: Highlife and Afro-Funk
Interview - July 18, 2011
Carol Muller on Jazz in South Africa
South African Jazz scholar Carol Mullen talks about jazz in apartheid South Africa.