Afropop Worldwide

Blog - March 30, 2018
Ticket Giveaway: Festival of Mali
Reviews - February 16, 2015
Four From Mali
Blog - June 29, 2016
Film Preview: "Mali Blues"
Features - February 17, 2016
Afropop Returns to Mali
May 30, 2017
Mali: Politics Behind the Music
August 17, 2017
Sahel Sounds: Modern Music from Mali
January 5, 2017
Hip Deep in Mali: The Tuareg Predicament
December 3, 2011
Mali: Ancient Empires to Multi-Cultural Democracy
Blog - April 10, 2015
New Music From Mali: Featured Artists
Blog - November 9, 2012
Mali Update: Songs for the North
Features - February 23, 2016
Afropop Returns to Mali: Part Two
Blog - March 24, 2014
Habib Koite Celebrates His Homeland--Mali
Blog - May 1, 2012
Amkoullel's "S.O.S" for Mali
Blog - May 1, 2012
Amkoullel's "S.O.S" for Mali
Features - August 1, 2003
Mali On The Mall 2003, Part 3
Blog - June 9, 2014
Anansy Cissé: Mali Overdrive and Free Download of "Aïgouna"
Blog - July 25, 2016
Mylmo N’Sahel Raps the History of Mali
Interviews - July 3, 2012
Tinariwen's Abdallah Ag Alhousseini Talks about Mali
Blog - September 16, 2015
Afel Bocoum on the Musical Traditions of Mali
Blog - April 11, 2012
Musical Reflections on Dramatic Events in Northern Mali
Interviews - April 8, 2013
Fatoumata Diawara and Amkoullel on Situation in Mali
Interviews - June 14, 2012
Toumani Diabate, Bassekou Kouyate, Djelimady Tounkara on Crisis in Mali
Three legends of Mande griot music in Mali discuss the crisis that has befallen their country in 2012.
Blog - April 6, 2012
Tinariwen, Mali and the Failure of Western Music Media
January 11, 2018
Hip Deep in Mali: Growing Into Music in 21st Century Bamako
This program presents a musical portrait of Bamako in the wake of crisis. We explore the precarious lives of griots in today’s Bamako, focusing on the upbringing and education of children in these hereditary families of historian-entertainers.
Blog - April 12, 2012
Help With the Humanitarian Crisis in Mali! Here's How...
Blog - April 12, 2012
Help With the Humanitarian Crisis in Mali! Here's How...
Blog - July 19, 2013
Caravan Pour la Paix Brings Mali Desert Vibe to Montreal
Blog - August 5, 2014
Book Review: Music, Culture and Conflict in Mali by Andy Morgan
Blog - February 27, 2014
Trio Da Kali: The New Face of Mande Music from Mali
Interviews - December 19, 2017
Salif Keita on His Music and Mali, in 2018 and Beyond
Best of The Beat - November 24, 2015
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Bonnie Raitt--A Blueswoman in Mali
Interviews - May 3, 2012
Khaira Arby and Vieux Farka Toure on Mali's Crisis
Features - May 19, 2016
Lucy Durán: On Griots, Faith and the Future in Mali
Blog - April 10, 2012
Khaira Arby, Vieux Farka Toure and Bassekou Kouyate Call for Peace in Mali with New Song
Best of The Beat - May 18, 2017
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Oumou Sangare, Mali’s Nightingale
Interviews - December 15, 2015
Mali's Music Is Its News: Q&A With Filmmaker John Bosch
Blog - September 6, 2012
TOUBAB KREWE PRESENTS “MUSICIANS FOR MALI”- A CONCERT BENEFIT AT CITY WINERY IN NEW YORK ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
Reviews - July 26, 2012
Saro
Reviews - February 15, 2016
Waati Sera
Reviews - November 21, 2013
Tamala
January 26, 2017
Talking Peace in Mali
Blog - August 21, 2018
Khaira Arby Dies at 59
May 30, 2018
Kasse Mady Diabaté Is Gone
Reviews - December 12, 2011
Courage
Blog - March 16, 2018
A Beautiful New Video From Tinariwen and Guests
Reviews - December 28, 2012
Smoke, No Fire
The core of this album is a well-developed musical friendship between Stern and Harouna Samake, whose sterling kamele n’goni (young man’s harp) has graced recordings and performances by wassoulou diva Sali Sidibe, and, more recently, Mali music icon Salif Keita. Stern and Samake have a sound.
July 21, 2016
Bamako Sounds
Blog - March 10, 2015
Field Report: Festival Sur le Niger 2015
Reviews - January 22, 2019
Un Autre Blanc
Videos - September 9, 2014
"Now Having Money Is More Important...": Malian Traditions on Video
Videos - August 16, 2013
New Video: Vieux Farka Toure's "Peace"
Blog - September 30, 2013
Sidi Toure- Live at the Highline Ballroom
Features - May 20, 2016
You Gotta See These Kids!
Interviews - June 26, 2013
Christopher Kirkley Interview
Features - May 19, 2016
Gregory Mann: On Malian History and Politics
Blog - December 9, 2014
Afropop Holiday Party!
March 9, 2006
Ali Farka Toure - Live In Niafunke
Blog - February 2, 2017
Festival au Désert: Still in Exile, Again
Videos - October 16, 2014
"They Broke All of Our Instruments": Video of Malian Music Recovering
Blog - June 15, 2015
Songhoy Blues Ticket Giveaway!
Blog - February 11, 2013
Festival in the Desert Wins Freemuse Award
Blog - September 17, 2013
Festival in the Desert Returns!
Blog - June 18, 2015
Songhoy Blues Live at Mercury Lounge
Best of The Beat - February 23, 2016
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Festival in the Desert 2003
Blog - December 9, 2013
Sorry Robert Plant: Festival in the Desert Cancelled Again
Reviews - September 12, 2014
Les Ambassadeurs du Motel de Bamako
Blog - October 28, 2013
Super Onze's rawest ever Takamba
Blog - December 6, 2013
They Will Have To Kill Us First Officially in Production
Reviews - November 7, 2013
Bamako Nights: Live at Bar Bozo 1995
Blog - January 24, 2014
Afropop Worldwide premiers Tiécoro Sissoko's "Keme Borama"
Reviews - May 18, 2017
Mogoya
Blog - April 9, 2015
Sahel Sounds Mix
Reviews - March 14, 2018
Kayeba Khasso
Best of The Beat - June 7, 2017
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Remembering Ali Farka Toure
Interviews - May 24, 2011
Le Mec Malien du Rap: Amkoullel
Reviews - February 26, 2016
Né So
Blog - October 13, 2016
Issa Bagayogo (1961-2016)
Blog - February 24, 2014
Afropop Premiere: Habib Koite, "Balontan"
Reviews - September 25, 2017
La Confusion
Interviews - December 3, 2011
Cherif Keita on the History of Malian Music
Reviews - June 26, 2013
Albala
Blog - February 23, 2016
"They Will Have to Kill Us First" Film Debuts in New York March 4
Reviews - April 21, 2017
Samba
Reviews - July 7, 2011
Sorry Bamba: Volume One 1970-1979
Reviews - January 22, 2018
Ballébé
Blog - September 20, 2012
Blogging Backwards- Festival in the Desert, Part 2
Blog - January 11, 2013
Afropop Premier- Fatou Kounkoun Sissoko (Sol Power All-Star Remix)
Blog - March 24, 2016
Exclusive: Hear Super Onze de Gao's Latest Worldwide Release
Best of The Beat - March 28, 2017
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Salif Keita and the Coup d'Etat
Reviews - March 27, 2018
Toubalbero
Blog - July 26, 2013
Film Alert: Woodstock in Timbuktu
Blog - May 19, 2016
Bamako Photo Essay
Reviews - July 30, 2013
Mon Pays
Videos - September 16, 2013
Afropop Premier: Sidi Toure- "Ay Hora"
Reviews - April 10, 2013
Jama Ko
Interviews - April 1, 2016
Andy Morgan on Tuareg Music and History
Reviews - September 29, 2011
Tassili
Blog - March 6, 2014
Takamba, the other desert blues
Blog - December 2, 2016
Desert Blues: Rokia Traoré at NYC’s Symphony Space
Reviews - January 30, 2017
Poulo Warali