Afropop Worldwide

November 2, 2017
Ned Sublette
Blog - December 5, 2011
Scholar: Ned Sublette
Blog - December 5, 2011
Scholar: Ned Sublette
Blog - December 3, 2011
Scholar: Ned Sublette
Interview - February 12, 2016
Kenneth Schweitzer Talks to Ned Sublette
Interview - February 1, 2005
Donald Harrison Talks to Ned Sublette
Interview - March 1, 2005
Vicki Mayer Talks to Ned Sublette
Interview - February 1, 2005
Joseph Roach Talks to Ned Sublette
Interview - January 10, 2023
Pedrito Martínez speaks with Ned Sublette about Echoes of Africa
Blog - January 30, 2013
Carnival 2013- Ned Sublette from the Field
Interview - February 11, 2016
Interview: Túndé Adégbolá Talks With Ned Sublette
August 13, 2020
Ancient Text Messages: Batá Drums in a Changing World
October 19, 2017
Riqueza del Barrio: Puerto Rican Music in the United States
Features - December 5, 2011
Mardi Gras 2005: A Photo Essay by Ned Sublette
February 1, 2024
Black History Month: The Ring and The Shout
Blog - August 22, 2012
Spirit of Angola: Granular
September 26, 2023
Hispanic Heritage Month 2023: Soneros Mayores - Portraits of Beny Moré and Ismael Rivera
Blog - November 1, 2013
¿QUÉ TIENE VAN VAN?- Ned Sublette's Womex Address
May 22, 2025
Ten Tunes that Shook Kingston
January 4, 2024
The Fertile Crescent: Haiti, Cuba and Louisiana
May 13, 2021
Hip Deep Angola Part 3: A Spiritual Journey to Mbanza-Kongo
August 2, 2018
Cuban Counterpoint of Tobacco and Sugar: Sacred Musical Spaces in Western Cuba
September 12, 2024
The New York Sound of Latin Music
February 20, 2025
Black History Month 2025: A Brief History of Funk
Funk is a perennial favorite. In this panoramic history of the grooviest of genres, we hear track after track of absolute boogie-down classics.
Videos - June 6, 2013
Vaksins and Drums
Videos - November 23, 2012
Hip Deep Angola Performance Video
November 9, 2017
Hip Deep Angola 2: Kuduro and Beyond
March 19, 2020
A History of Puerto Rican Salsa
January 6, 2022
A Tango With Robert Farris Thompson
September 26, 2024
Hispanic Heritage Month 2024: Rumba Boogie and Latin Doo-wop
February 18, 2016
Music of the Harlem Renaissance
February 16, 2023
The Prehistory of New Orleans Music - Treasures from the Hogan
March 17, 2016
Music in A Changing Cuba
November 2, 2017
Hip Deep Angola1: Music and Nation in Luanda
September 14, 2011
The Golden Age of Cuban Music
Blog - July 1, 2016
The Ring and the Shout
June 22, 2017
Bugalú!
July 18, 2024
The Cameroon-Cuba Connection
March 21, 2014
After the Quake: Music, Politics and Spirituality in Haiti
June 19, 2014
Rumba Para Bebo
Blog - January 27, 2017
Photo Essay: Sacred Musical Spaces in Western Cuba
Features - April 26, 2006
Mardi Gras Day in the Tremé
June 10, 2021
Hip Deep Angola 4: The Cuban Intervention in Angola
Features - September 14, 2012
Hip Deep Angola Press Release
Interview - October 23, 2009
Interview: Lynn Abbott
Interview - January 26, 2005
Elijah Wald on Escaping the Delta
Blog - September 12, 2012
Spirit of Angola: Dustrise
Interview - May 16, 2013
Hip Deep Essential Interview: Laurent Dubois
Interview - April 7, 2007
Interview: Ivor Miller 2007
Interview - November 25, 2012
Hip Deep Interview: Dr. Bárbaro Martínez Ruiz
Interview - July 1, 2005
Gwendolyn Midlo Hall
Interview - December 2, 2014
A Conversation with Juan Flores on Puerto Rican Music in the U.S.
Interview - February 11, 2016
Amanda Villepastour: Ancient Text Messages of the Yorùba Bàtá
Interview - October 14, 2009
Interview: Bruce Raeburn
Features - July 1, 2016
Interview: Prof. Joyce Jackson on the Tradition of Easter Rock
Interview - December 13, 2012
Interview: Victor Gama
Features - July 5, 2016
Art Rosenbaum Discusses the Georgia Ring Shout
Interview - September 27, 2012
Stefanie Alisch: The Hip Deep Interview
Features - February 11, 2011
The Fertile Crescent: Haiti, Cuba and Louisiana
Videos - February 11, 2013
Major Haitian bands not appearing at Haiti's National Carnaval in Cap-Haïtien
Interview - October 20, 2005
Robert Farris Thompson Interview- 2005
Features - September 13, 2012
Feature: Music and Nation in Angola
August 31, 2023
A Spiritual Journey to Mbanza-Kongo
Interview - December 19, 2012
Piero Gleijeses: The Hip Deep Essential Interview
September 21, 2023
Hispanic Heritage Month 2023: The Story of Bugalu in NYC
June 5, 2025
Cooking with Georges Revisited
Videos - September 18, 2023
PRX's Afropop Worldwide Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month 2023
Enjoy lively music videos of these classic songs from the maestros of cumbia, bachata, bugalú, and Cuba’s Beny Moré , and Puerto Rico’s Ismael Rivera.
Field Report - October 6, 2023
A Night with Pedrito Martínez at DROM
December 5, 2011
Liberation of the Drum (1937-1945)
August 13, 2015
Living in New Orleans, Part 1: All on A Mardi Gras Day
December 3, 2011
A Tango with Robert Farris Thompson
December 3, 2011
Living in New Orleans, Part 2: After the Failure
Interview - June 29, 2023
Jason Gardner and the Spirits of Carnaval
April 11, 2017
A Conversation With Pedrito Martínez: Part One
June 5, 2018
Carnival Goes Digital
July 14, 2016
Escaping the Delta
April 25, 2017
A Conversation With Pedrito Martínez: Part Two
Videos - June 3, 2013
Banjo Dambala
Reviews - November 21, 2024
Somi, Weedie Braimah & Hands of Time, Habib Koite Quartet: LIVE!
Features - March 18, 2016
Music in a Changing Cuba: Video Feature
May 25, 2012
Bomba, Plena y Mas
January 24, 2014
Womex 2013
September 18, 2023
Planet Afropop: Yemi Alade and Hispanic Heritage Month
Blog - November 28, 2016
Fidel Castro and the Africa Connection
October 9, 2010
The Voice of the Leopard
Blog - May 16, 2016
The Cuban Connection
Blog - June 7, 2018
Many Thanks to Afropop's Donors and Business Partners!
Blog - May 10, 2018
Photo Essay: Afropop's 30th Anniversary Gala
Blog - May 17, 2013
After the Quake: Photo Gallery
February 6, 2025
African Roots in Rock 'n' Roll
Blog - April 18, 2015
Five New Cuban Music Videos
Blog - August 29, 2015
In Spite of Katrina: A Tribute to New Orleans, 10 Years On
Blog - August 16, 2012
Kuduro's Effeminate Flair with Edy Sex
Blog - August 14, 2015
The U.S. Embassy in Havana, Gente de Zona, and Cultural Change
Videos - May 6, 2024
Afropop Top Videos: Amadou & Mariam, Mdou Moctar, Noise Cans, Malika Zarra, Meridian Brothers and more...
Best of The Beat - February 11, 2016
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Afro-Cuba: Salsa and Santeria
Blog - June 10, 2016
Afropop Worldwide Launches New Podcast Series: Afropop Closeups Music, stories and cultural conundrums from our African planet
Blog - July 5, 2016
New Podcast Series: Afropop Closeups
Blog - March 30, 2012
Thank You For Making Us Winners!
Blog - June 5, 2019
Trump Administration Further Restricts Travel to Cuba
Blog - December 2, 2015
Photo Essay: Afropop Peabody Gala at Ford Foundation
Blog - September 28, 2012
Os Kuduristas- Angola to the World BATTLE FOOTAGE UPDATE
Blog - June 3, 2015
Afropop at the Peabodys!
Reviews - June 27, 2014
Three From the Congo!
Blog - October 3, 2016
AFROPOP’S ICONS & INNOVATORS BENEFIT PARTY IN D.C. A HUGE SUCCESS
Blog - November 5, 2021
Ìfé’s Otura Mun Explains His New Album, “0000+0000”
Interview - August 24, 2022
Arturo O’Farrill on the Cuban Khaleeji Project
Blog - August 12, 2013
Afropop Worldwide 25th Anniversary Gala Concert Press Release
Interview - February 18, 2021
Leyla McCalla: Talking Banjos, Haiti and the American Cover-Up
Blog - April 16, 2015
Afropop Worldwide Wins Peabody Institutional Award
Interview - September 24, 2015
Paulo Flores Interview
Interview - April 3, 2020
Jackson Browne on "Let the Rhythm Lead"
Interview - March 24, 2021
Pedrito Martinez Talks "Acertijos" (Riddles)
Interview - December 5, 2011
Interview: Dwight Reynolds: Al-Andalus 1: Europe
April 6, 2018
The Cuban Connection
Interview - July 14, 2022
Simón Mejía on the Afro-Marimbas of Colombia's Pacific Coast
December 16, 2021
WOMEX Rises!
Blog - October 11, 2013
Afropop October-November-December Schedule
Blog - September 14, 2012
MARISSA MOORMAN: THE ESSENTIAL HIP DEEP INTERVIEW