Afropop Worldwide

July 13, 2023
Mali Magic 2000
Reviews - February 16, 2015
Four From Mali
Fresh Eyre - March 22, 2022
Rokia Koné Leads New Moves in Malian Pop
Features - February 23, 2016
Afropop Returns to Mali: Part Two
Blog - March 24, 2014
Habib Koite Celebrates His Homeland--Mali
July 6, 2023
Mali: Ancient Empires to Multi-Cultural Democracy
Blog - March 30, 2018
Ticket Giveaway: Festival of Mali
Blog - September 16, 2015
Afel Bocoum on the Musical Traditions of Mali
Blog - June 29, 2016
Film Preview: "Mali Blues"
Blog - August 5, 2014
Book Review: Music, Culture and Conflict in Mali by Andy Morgan
May 30, 2017
Mali: Politics Behind the Music
Blog - May 13, 2014
Mysterious Malian Velvet Underground Cover
Interview - December 15, 2015
Mali's Music Is Its News: Q&A With Filmmaker John Bosch
Features - February 17, 2016
Afropop Returns to Mali
October 12, 2023
Hip Deep in Mali: The Tuareg Predicament
Interview - May 24, 2011
Le Mec Malien du Rap: Amkoullel
Reviews - February 15, 2016
Waati Sera
Blog - November 9, 2012
Mali Update: Songs for the North
Reviews - January 22, 2019
Un Autre Blanc
August 17, 2017
Sahel Sounds: Modern Music from Mali
Blog - September 19, 2024
Mali's Amadou and Mariam Celebrate Five Decades in Music
Blog - June 9, 2014
Anansy Cissé: Mali Overdrive and Free Download of "Aïgouna"
Blog - October 22, 2022
Join Afropop Nov. 13 For an Evening With Habib Koite
Best of The Beat - November 24, 2015
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Bonnie Raitt--A Blueswoman in Mali
Blog - February 9, 2022
Oumou Sangaré Announces Forthcoming Album With A New Single
Blog - February 27, 2014
Trio Da Kali: The New Face of Mande Music from Mali
January 11, 2018
Hip Deep in Mali: Growing Into Music in 21st Century Bamako
Videos - August 16, 2013
New Video: Vieux Farka Toure's "Peace"
Blog - February 24, 2014
Afropop Premiere: Habib Koite, "Balontan"
Blog - April 10, 2015
New Music From Mali: Featured Artists
Interview - April 8, 2013
Fatoumata Diawara and Amkoullel on Situation in Mali
Blog - February 11, 2013
Festival in the Desert Wins Freemuse Award
Blog - September 17, 2013
Festival in the Desert Returns!
Blog - March 16, 2017
Salif Keita Ticket Giveaway
Blog - February 11, 2020
The Crowdfunding Campaign for Ballaké Sissoko's Kora
Best of The Beat - April 12, 2016
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Habib Koite
Reviews - February 12, 2016
Kokuma
Blog - May 19, 2016
Bamako Photo Essay
Blog - June 14, 2016
Mamadou Kelly and Ban Kai Na: U.S. Summer Tour Announced
Reviews - December 6, 2016
Koya
June 29, 2023
Mali’s Amadou & Mariam Headline the 25th Afro Roots Fest in Miami
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
Interview - July 3, 2012
Tinariwen's Abdallah Ag Alhousseini Talks about Mali
Blog - July 25, 2016
Mylmo N’Sahel Raps the History of Mali
Blog - April 11, 2012
Musical Reflections on Dramatic Events in Northern Mali
Interview - December 3, 2011
Cherif Keita on the History of Malian Music
Features - May 19, 2016
Gregory Mann: On Malian History and Politics
Interview - 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.
Features - May 19, 2016
Lucy Durán: On Griots, Faith and the Future in Mali
Interview - December 19, 2017
Salif Keita on His Music and Mali, in 2018 and Beyond
Blog - April 6, 2012
Tinariwen, Mali and the Failure of Western Music Media
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 - June 10, 2020
Malian Artist Afel Bocoum Releases Video From Upcoming Damon Albarn-Produced Album
Videos - September 9, 2014
"Now Having Money Is More Important...": Malian Traditions on Video
Blog - September 6, 2012
TOUBAB KREWE PRESENTS “MUSICIANS FOR MALI”- A CONCERT BENEFIT AT CITY WINERY IN NEW YORK ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
Interview - May 3, 2012
Khaira Arby and Vieux Farka Toure on Mali's Crisis
Interview - November 12, 2024
Habib Koité Returns with Mande Quartet
Blog - July 19, 2013
Caravan Pour la Paix Brings Mali Desert Vibe to Montreal
Reviews - September 4, 2020
Lindé
Interview - July 26, 2018
Fatoumata Diawara on Finding Sweetness in A Hard Life
Videos - October 16, 2014
"They Broke All of Our Instruments": Video of Malian Music Recovering
Best of The Beat - May 18, 2017
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Oumou Sangare, Mali’s Nightingale
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.
Blog - December 9, 2013
Sorry Robert Plant: Festival in the Desert Cancelled Again
Blog - December 6, 2013
They Will Have To Kill Us First Officially in Production
Blog - June 15, 2015
Songhoy Blues Ticket Giveaway!
Blog - December 9, 2014
Afropop Holiday Party!
Reviews - July 30, 2013
Mon Pays
Reviews - September 12, 2014
Les Ambassadeurs du Motel de Bamako
Blog - July 15, 2016
Fatoumata Diawara Announces North American Tour
Blog - February 23, 2016
"They Will Have to Kill Us First" Film Debuts in New York March 4
Reviews - May 18, 2017
Mogoya
Blog - September 15, 2017
Salif Keita Returns to NYC! Sat., Sept. 16
Blog - May 2, 2012
New Songhai Music from Malian North: Abdoulaye Alhassane Toure and Sidi Toure
Reviews - January 30, 2017
Poulo Warali
Blog - September 10, 2014
Toumani Diabaté Returns to NYC to Wish Nonesuch Records a Happy 50!
Contests - September 16, 2014
Salif Keita Ticket Giveaway
Blog - March 6, 2014
Takamba, the other desert blues
Reviews - May 15, 2012
La Paix
Blog - September 23, 2015
Kassé Mady Diabaté Tickets and World Music Institute Giveaway
Reviews - November 11, 2015
Renascence
Reviews - May 25, 2010
Sidiba
Videos - December 9, 2013
Watch This Video: Africa Express, Gambari feat Kankou Kouyaté "Yamore"
Blog - May 2, 2012
New Songhai Music from Malian North: Abdoulaye Alhassane Toure and Sidi Toure
Blog - April 10, 2012
Khaira Arby, Vieux Farka Toure and Bassekou Kouyate Call for Peace in Mali with New Song
May 30, 2018
Kasse Mady Diabaté Is Gone
Blog - April 2, 2020
Remembering Hama Sankare
Blog - February 9, 2023
Ali Farka Touré´s “Cherie” Featuring Oumou Sangaré Debuts
Reviews - September 25, 2017
La Confusion
Reviews - November 21, 2013
Tamala
Blog - May 11, 2023
Tinariwen to Release New Album May 19 and Launch Tour May 27
Features - May 20, 2016
You Gotta See These Kids!
Blog - December 2, 2016
Desert Blues: Rokia Traoré at NYC’s Symphony Space
Reviews - July 26, 2012
Saro
Reviews - August 8, 2023
Fatoumata Diawara: London Ko
Reviews - September 18, 2012
Zani Diabaté, Tientalaw
Reviews - June 26, 2010
La Différence
Videos - September 16, 2013
Afropop Premier: Sidi Toure- "Ay Hora"
Blog - July 15, 2020
Songhoy Blues Compels Us All to “Keep Fighting” in New Video, Interview
Interview - June 2, 2022
Vieux Farka Touré Goes Back to His Roots
Blog - October 13, 2016
Issa Bagayogo (1961-2016)
Reviews - February 26, 2016
Né So
Reviews - May 22, 2018
Fenfo
Reviews - April 10, 2013
Jama Ko
Blog - April 7, 2025
Amadou Bagayoko dies at 70
Blog - October 26, 2013
Vieux Farka Toure (back) at Wesleyan U
Interview - April 23, 2025
Salif Keita talks going acoustic with "So Kono"
Blog - September 15, 2022
Al Bilali Soudan Launches Debut U.S. Tour
Reviews - November 7, 2013
Bamako Nights: Live at Bar Bozo 1995
Blog - February 5, 2007
Vieux Farka Toure: US Debut Concert (2007)
Interview - April 24, 2023
Nick Gold on Ali Farka Toure's Posthumous Release: Voyageur
Reviews - March 14, 2018
Kayeba Khasso
Reviews - July 25, 2006
Ali Farka Toure, Savane
Interview - April 1, 2016
Andy Morgan on Tuareg Music and History
Reviews - September 15, 2010
Bwati Kono "In the Club"
Interview - April 6, 2023
Tamikrest's Journey From Kidal to the World
Blog - July 19, 2024
Toumani Diabate: (1965-2024)
December 10, 2024
Planet Afropop: Celebrating Toumani Diabaté
Blog - August 26, 2020
Exclusive Premiere: Afel Bocoum’s “Bombolo Liilo”
Blog - August 21, 2018
Khaira Arby Dies at 59
Blog - March 16, 2018
A Beautiful New Video From Tinariwen and Guests
May 28, 2020
Salif Keita Throws His Hat Into the COVID-19 PSA Game
Interview - May 11, 2022
Oumou Sangaré Talks Timbuktu
Blog - March 8, 2022
Oumou Sangaré Premieres “Wassulu Don” on International Women’s Day
Videos - March 2, 2018
Video Premiere: Sidi Touré Goes Electric With "Heyyeya"
Blog - March 10, 2015
Field Report: Festival Sur le Niger 2015
July 21, 2016
Bamako Sounds
Blog - July 19, 2019
Salif Keita Inducted Into Afropop Hall of Fame at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! 7/13
A night to remember...
Blog - June 18, 2015
Songhoy Blues Live at Mercury Lounge
Interview - June 26, 2013
Christopher Kirkley Interview
Blog - September 30, 2013
Sidi Toure- Live at the Highline Ballroom
Blog - February 2, 2017
Festival au Désert: Still in Exile, Again
Reviews - April 21, 2017
Samba
Reviews - June 26, 2013
Albala
Blog - November 11, 2020
"Badala": Or Dude, Songhoy Blues Got Some Fuzz Pedals and Stuff
March 9, 2006
Ali Farka Toure - Live In Niafunke
Best of The Beat - June 7, 2017
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Remembering Ali Farka Toure
Blog - October 28, 2013
Super Onze's rawest ever Takamba
Reviews - May 31, 2011
SMOD
Reviews - July 7, 2011
Sorry Bamba: Volume One 1970-1979
Blog - January 11, 2013
Afropop Premier- Fatou Kounkoun Sissoko (Sol Power All-Star Remix)
Blog - June 25, 2012
Innovative & Gorgeous: Download New Music from Andra Kouyaté
Reviews - October 14, 2007
Vieux Farka Toure
Best of The Beat - February 23, 2016
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Festival in the Desert 2003
Blog - July 19, 2012
SMOD To Tour the U.S.
Blog - July 26, 2013
Film Alert: Woodstock in Timbuktu
Blog - May 9, 2016
Concert Review: Fatoumata Diawara at the Schomburg Center in Harlem
Reviews - January 1, 2011
Chamber Music
Reviews - February 9, 2010
I Speak Fula
Blog - January 24, 2014
Afropop Worldwide premiers Tiécoro Sissoko's "Keme Borama"
Blog - April 9, 2015
Sahel Sounds Mix
Interview - July 16, 2020
Oumou Sangare Goes Acoustic
Blog - January 30, 2020
WATCH: Béla Fleck and Toumani Diabaté in “Nashville”
Blog - March 4, 2016
Film Review: They Will Have to Kill Us First
Blog - December 11, 2012
Keletigui Diabate, A Remembrance
Blog - September 19, 2012
Blogging Backwards- Festival in the Desert, part three
Reviews - March 27, 2018
Toubalbero
March 31, 2020
Béla Fleck and Toumani Diabate Livestream 3 P.M. ET April 1
Blog - May 7, 2012
Video Interview: Amadou & Mariam
Interview - July 15, 2025
Fatoumata Diawara Recaps Her Mexican Adventure with Africa Express: Bahidorá
Blog - October 26, 2013
Sidi Touré Up Close
Blog - October 25, 2019
Photo Essay: Songhoy Blues at Baby's All Right, and Loving It
Reviews - March 17, 2017
Kidal
Blog - March 23, 2022
Vieux Farka Touré Returns With New Single Featuring Amadou Bagayoko (of Amadou and Mariam)
Blog - September 20, 2012
Blogging Backwards- Festival in the Desert, Part 2
Blog - September 4, 2019
Ali Farka Touré's Classic Record “Savane” Getting the Remastered Re-Release Treatment
Blog - June 19, 2019
Afropop to Honor Salif Keita at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival: July 13
Reviews - January 22, 2018
Ballébé
Blog - February 15, 2019
ICYMI: Fatoumata Diawara Shredded at the Grammys
Blog - March 24, 2016
Exclusive: Hear Super Onze de Gao's Latest Worldwide Release
Interview - January 30, 2009
Interview: Ryan Thomas Skinner
Best of The Beat - March 28, 2017
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Salif Keita and the Coup d'Etat
Interview - June 27, 2018
Amadou Bagayoko on the Road
Reviews - September 29, 2011
Tassili
Blog - October 22, 2013
Terakaft- Live at Joe's Pub
Blog - June 2, 2015
"Siran Fen": Exclusive Bassekou Kouyaté Track Giveaway
Reviews - March 6, 2011
Sahel Folk
Blog - February 5, 2020
Ballaké Sissoko's Kora Found Dismantled Following American T.S.A. Inspection
Blog - October 22, 2021
Les Amazones d’Afriques’ Rokia Koné Releases New Video, Announces Debut Album
Blog - August 22, 2018
Vieux Farka Toure Plays Hudson River Park Blues BBQ
Reviews - August 28, 2010
Donso
Blog - April 4, 2017
Salif Keita Live at New York's Town Hall
Interview - February 8, 2007
Vieux Farka Toure: 2007
Blog - April 7, 2022
Oumou Sangaré Unveils New Video, "Sira"
Videos - October 21, 2021
Baba Sora Video Playlist
Blog - November 25, 2014
Exclusive Stream: "Salimou" by Toumani and Sidiki Diabate
Contests - October 15, 2013
Terakaft Ticket Giveaway
Blog - April 6, 2015
New Terakaft Single: "Tafouk Tele"
Reviews - March 17, 2016
Faransiskiyo Somaliland
Blog - April 19, 2013
Malitia Malimob: West Coast Rap Via Somalia
January 9, 2018
“For My Ayeeyo:” Learning Somali Poetry From a Distance
Amal Hussein and Hamdi Mohamed have a lot in common. Both were born in Kenya, where their parents fled as refugees during the Somali Civil War, and both came to Boston when they were just a few years old. They’re both poets — and equally important for this story — both their grandmothers are poets...
Videos - April 2, 2014
Somali Love Songs: A Hip Deep Introduction
Interview - March 27, 2014
Ahmed Samatar: Somali Songs
Features - April 2, 2014
Web-Exclusive Podcast: More Songs of Love and War from Somalia
July 3, 2025
Roots Reinvented in Mali & Egypt
March 13, 2025
Reconstructing Somalia: Love Songs at the Birth of a Nation
Blog - March 6, 2010
The Sway Machinery Play Mali
Interview - January 6, 2025
Sahra Halgan: The Message is the Music
January 26, 2017
Talking Peace in Mali
April 15, 2025
Planet Afropop: Somali DJs in America and Songhoy Blues
Blog - March 17, 2014
Love Songs in Somalia: Music of a Lost World
March 14, 2012
Scenes from Mali and Senegal
Blog - September 25, 2012
Musicians for Mali: NYC Benefit Concert
Blog - August 14, 2015
Au Revoir, Mogadishu: 45 Funky Minutes of Somalian Gold
Reviews - August 25, 2017
Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From the Horn of Africa
Reviews - May 3, 2013
Mali Meets Latin America: Remix EP
Blog - October 13, 2015
St Germain Pays Electronic Homage to Mali
Interview - November 18, 2013
Rokia Traore: On "Beautiful Africa" and Complicated Mali
Blog - April 19, 2013
Cheick Hamala Diabate: Prudence EP and Record Release Show
Blog - March 29, 2016
Rokia Traoré Live at the Highline Ballroom
Reviews - September 26, 2014
Ala Ta
Features - May 27, 2022
"Above Water" -- A Documentary Film by Aïssa Maïga
Blog - July 16, 2015
Hear Vieux Farka Touré's New Collaboration, "Touristes"
Reviews - December 27, 2012
One Night on Earth, Music From the Strings of Mali
The result is astounding, not just for its technical brilliance, but its musicality. Gripper executes these pieces with the precision and attention to detail one might expect from a great classical musician, but there is nothing stiff about these performances.
Interview - December 22, 2014
Salif Keita Speaks Out on His Career, Mali's Crisis and Retirement
Interview - April 19, 2011
Berber Rising II: Malika Zarra, Najat Aatabou, Idir, Takfarinas
Blog - January 16, 2019
Fatoumata Diawara and Noura Mint Seymali to Play Miami's Afro Roots Festival
Saturday, April 6 at the North Beach Bandshell
Interview - March 27, 2014
Lidwien Kapteijns: Love Songs at the Dawn of Somalia
Blog - April 10, 2019
Noura Mint Seymali and Fatoumata Diawara Pull Out the Stops at Miami's Afro Roots Fest
February 14, 2013
Guitar Voices From Mali and South Africa
Features - July 16, 2003
Mali on the Mall: 2003. Part 1
January 2, 2020
Afro Roots Fest 2019 in Miami
Blog - March 22, 2019
Photo Essay: Noura Mint Seymali at Brooklyn Bowl
Blog - May 15, 2018
Bokanté's Malika Tirolien: Surfing Life in Creole
Features - July 16, 2003
Mali on the Mall 2003: Part 2
Reviews - May 9, 2013
Dur-Dur Band, Vol. Five: Awesome Tapes From Africa
Reviews - October 19, 2012
K'Naan: Country, God or the Girl
Videos - March 31, 2017
"Yere Faga:" A Fierce New Video by Oumou Sangaré with Tony Allen
Blog - November 21, 2014
Come to Afropop's Holiday Benefit Party!
Blog - August 26, 2013
Zambia Roadside 2-Tonga, Ila, Lozi, Leya, Aushi, Bemba
Interview - December 10, 2024
Lucy Duran on the Life and Music of Toumani Diabaté
Blog - March 3, 2014
Afropop Premiere: Noura Mint Seymali "El Madi" from globalFEST Selector Comp
Contests - March 15, 2019
Win Tickets to Noura Mint Seymali at Brooklyn Bowl, March 21
Blog - August 22, 2013
Live Alert: Toubab Krewe + DJ.Henri Rock SOBs for Mali TONIGHT!
Reviews - November 1, 2022
Oumou Sangare's Triumphant U.S. Return
Blog - August 8, 2012
Mala in Cuba (NOT MALI in Cuba)
Reviews - October 13, 2015
St Germain
Reviews - November 1, 2010
AfroCubism
Blog - January 21, 2015
Longing For the Festival in the Desert
Blog - July 15, 2013
The 2013 Festival International de Jazz de Montreal & A Conversation with Vieux Farka Touré
Videos - April 9, 2014
Bassekou Kouyate live video from Afropop's 25th Anniversary Gala!
Blog - February 9, 2017
Listen: Oumou Sangaré Featuring Tony Allen--“Yere Faga”
Blog - August 10, 2015
Third World, Awa Sangho and Caution at Celebrate Brooklyn!
Blog - August 4, 2023
Instagram Message from Bonnie Raitt to Afropop Worldwide
Interview - March 31, 2016
Susan Rasmussen on the Tuareg
Blog - April 29, 2014
Kokanko Sata Doumba: A Queen of Wassoulou Music Visits the American South
Blog - February 18, 2022
Smooth or Crunchy: New West African Releases from Rokia Koné and Etran de L’Äir Out Today
Blog - December 22, 2015
Remembering Bako Dagnon and Venâncio Mbande
Blog - August 5, 2013
Sudanese Star Omer Ehsas to Join Bassekou Kouyate at Afropop Gala (Sept 19)
Blog - January 26, 2016
Ticket Giveaway: Noura Mint Seymali at Pioneer Works, Feb. 6
Blog - December 3, 2011
Discography: Mali: Ancient Empires to Multi-Cultural Democracy
Blog - August 6, 2021
Weedie Braimah Debuts "Weediefoli"
Blog - February 5, 2014
"Red Dust" - New Single from Dirtmusic feat. Samba Toure
Blog - April 2, 2019
Don't Miss Us at Afro Roots Festival in Miami, April 6
Reviews - September 18, 2017
Ladilikan
Reviews - December 3, 2014
The Paris Session
Reviews - July 18, 2023
Oumou Sangare and Vox Sambou at BRICS Celebrate Brooklyn
Blog - April 15, 2014
Balani Show Super Hits: Electronic Street Parties from Mali
Reviews - December 12, 2013
Maison Des Jeunes: Africa Express
Interview - April 10, 2020
Bela Fleck Re-Explores African Music
Reviews - March 5, 2019
A Trio of Desert Rock Albums
Fresh Eyre - October 23, 2020
WOMEX FILMS: Berlin Bamako Allstars Is A Winner!
June 10, 2025
Planet Afropop: Madalitso! From Banjo Boys to Men and Acoustic Salif
Features - June 1, 2023
Kora Resources
January 24, 2014
Womex 2013
Interview - February 5, 2020
3MA The Jewel Trio!
Blog - April 19, 2022
Win Free Tix: Blind Boys of Alabama + Amadou & Mariam (NYC Town Hall, May 2)
Blog - February 12, 2019
Ayub Ogada and Sali Sidibe: RIP
Blog - October 18, 2017
Track Premiere: Ballake Sissoko and Vincent Segal, “Tuniale”
Blog - June 25, 2021
Live Stream Salif Keita at Jazz À Vienne Free at 5 P.M. EDT
Blog - September 8, 2016
Win Tickets to See Vieux Farka Touré in New York
Blog - September 12, 2013
Derek Gripper Turns Classical Guitar into a Kora: Live Review
Videos - May 6, 2024
Afropop Top Videos: Amadou & Mariam, Mdou Moctar, Noise Cans, Malika Zarra, Meridian Brothers and more...
Blog - August 29, 2017
Amadou and Mariam's New Video “La Confusion”
Blog - June 13, 2012
AfroCubism's Celebrate Brooklyn Show
Blog - January 30, 2009
Discography: The Mandé Diaspora In New York City, Part 2
Blog - April 20, 2017
A Few Words With Vieux Farka Touré
Blog - April 26, 2016
Imarhan: Tuareg Rock on Steroids
Blog - August 31, 2015
Video Premiere: Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Segal on Bamako Rooftop
Blog - May 3, 2019
Meet EMDE, Winner of the Afropop Syli d'Or Prize
Reviews - September 25, 2012
Fatou
Reviews - July 3, 2012
A Curva Da Cintura
Best of The Beat - December 10, 2015
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Bambino, Hero of Bamako
Blog - July 17, 2015
Vieux Farka Touré and Tamikrest at Celebrate Brooklyn!
Reviews - March 28, 2012
Folila
Blog - April 17, 2012
Bombino Plays a Tuareg Dedication for Pitchfork
Reviews - September 10, 2015
Alone
Blog - February 17, 2021
Ballaké Sissoko Teams Up With Sona Jobarteh For Double Kora Bliss
March 3, 2016
Treasures of Benin
Blog - October 18, 2017
Ticket Giveaway: Habib Koite and Bamada
Interview - August 13, 2019
EMDE: 21st Century Griot
Blog - July 26, 2012
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo and SMOD in Central Park
Blog - August 16, 2017
Photo Essay: Youssou N'Dour and Yacouba Sissoko
Reviews - April 28, 2021
Djourou
Interview - January 30, 2009
Interview: Ryan Thomas Skinner
Interview - April 10, 2014
Return to Timbuktu: Documentary Film in Progress with Michael Meredith
Interview - March 23, 2011
Habib Koite, Afel Bocoum and Oliver Mtukudzi - 2011
Blog - March 3, 2022
Tinariwen’s Two Earliest Albums Get the Deluxe Reissue Treatment
Blog - September 28, 2015
James Germain: Kreol Mandingue
Reviews - September 21, 2015
Musique de Nuit
Blog - July 10, 2018
Field Report: Gnawa World Music Festival in Essaouira, Part Two
Interview - October 29, 2015
Almeida Tells the Story of Tal National
Reviews - November 4, 2014
River Strings: Maninka Guitar
Blog - May 27, 2020
Remembering Mory Kante
Blog - October 8, 2019
Interview With Les Amazones d'Afrique at Reeperbahn Festival 2019
Reviews - September 25, 2018
The Voice Within
Blog - February 24, 2021
World Circuit Reissuing Ali Farka Touré’s "Red," “Cumbia Cumbia 1 & 2” Compilations
Blog - January 18, 2013
GlobalFEST 2013 Photospread!
Blog - August 18, 2014
HUMANBEING: Raja Kassis on Mbalax, His New Album and Touring the World
Reviews - April 27, 2011
The House of Friendly Ghosts, Vol. One
December 3, 2014
Stocking Stuffers 2014
November 17, 2016
Afropop Live! 2016
Blog - November 25, 2014
Bobby McFerrin Meets Africa in New York
Reviews - October 27, 2016
Arbina
Interview - May 11, 2021
Toumani Diabaté on Working With the London Symphony Orchestra
July 25, 2014
Afropop Live 2013 Highlights
Blog - October 22, 2012
Recognition of Awesomeness: 17th Annual Mobo Awards
October 29, 2014
The Mandé Diaspora in New York City, Part Two
Blog - February 21, 2013
On Tour: Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal
Features - October 22, 2022
Habibi Festival Brings Music From S.W.A.N.A to New York
Blog - December 3, 2014
Stocking Stuffers Highlights
July 9, 2020
Africa and the Blues
July 25, 2024
The Enigma of Baba Sora
Fresh Eyre - November 26, 2019
Vinyl Vestiges: VP Records and World Circuit
Blog - February 12, 2016
Photo Essay: Inna Modja Makes U.S. Debut at NYC's Standard Hotel
Contests - October 12, 2016
Rokia Traore Performs in New York City
Blog - February 2, 2017
#NoBanNoWall: Bandcamp Makes A Move Against Immigration Restrictions
Videos - March 19, 2014
Toumani Diabaté and Sidiki Diabaté Perform (and Record!) Together
January 30, 2009
Hip Deep Scholar: Ryan Skinner
Blog - February 19, 2021
Toumani Diabaté To Release An Album With The London Symphony Orchestra
Blog - February 4, 2014
Sidi Touré & Cedric Watson's "Pa' Janvier" Blues
Reviews - March 1, 2018
Stylo
Blog - February 6, 2015
Afropop Exclusive Premiere: Atropolis and Yacouba Sissoko--KoraNYC
Blog - April 18, 2016
Acoustic Africa: Habib Koite and Vusi Mahlasela at the Met
Blog - March 10, 2017
Premiere: New Track From Vieux Farka Touré
Blog - June 6, 2017
Manny Ansar Reflects on the Festival au Desert in Timbuktu
December 3, 2011
The Mandé Diaspora In New York City, Part 1
Blog - September 24, 2012
Fatoumata Diawara- Live in NYC Ticket Giveaway
December 9, 2020
Bela Fleck Live Streaming “Throw Down Your Heart” Friday
Reviews - November 23, 2015
Live in Paris
Discography - January 30, 2009
Discography: The Mandé Diaspora In New York City, Part 1
Features - May 6, 2022
Amadou & Mariam and Blind Boys of Alabama at The Town Hall
Blog - November 13, 2014
Come See Abdoulaye Diabate and Banning Eyre in Rhinebeck, NY
Interview - January 30, 2009
Interview: Ryan Thomas Skinner Part 1
Blog - February 5, 2021
David Walters Teams With Ballaké Sissoko, Vincent Segal and Roger Raspail on New Album
Blog - March 1, 2013
BAM Presents Mic Check: Hip-Hop from North Africa and the Middle East + Ticket Giveaway!
Blog - August 19, 2013
Bombino Speaks! Afropop Interview with Omara "Bombino" Moctar
Reviews - December 28, 2017
Anarouz
Interview - May 23, 2011
Amadou and Mariam: A One of A Kind Duo
Blog - February 8, 2016
Kinté, Le Prince Héritier Releases New Single: "Djula"
Interview - October 21, 2021
Lucy Duràn on Baba Sora Sissoko
Blog - November 18, 2012
K'Naan Rocks New York
Interview - September 15, 2022
Marc Pevar, Lucy Durán and Sirifo Sissoko Talk Kora
Blog - February 14, 2017
Isango Ensemble at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
Reviews - February 10, 2014
Emmaar
Features - February 9, 2005
Improvisation: Musicians and Scholars Speak
Blog - November 1, 2013
Womex 2013 report from Sean Barlow
August 6, 2024
Desert Blues Meets Psych-Funk: Vieux Farka Toure & Khruangbin
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.
Reviews - May 5, 2011
Agadez
Blog - November 25, 2020
Thanksgiving Like No Other at Afropop: 2020 Report & 2021 Forecast
Blog - March 9, 2015
Afropop Premiere! Benyoro: "An Sera" Video
Features - July 25, 2013
Afropop Celebrates 25 Years at Central Park SummerStage
Blog - January 2, 2015
Sahel Sounds Drops End-of-Year Mix
Features - July 13, 2012
Friday Faves: seven-oh-thirteen-oh-twelve edition
April 12, 2012
Timbuktu, Dakar, Fes Flight Plan
May 1, 2015
Cuts From the Crypt
Blog - September 20, 2013
Afropop's 25th Anniversary Gala: One for the History Books!
June 6, 2013
Summer Concert Previews 2013
June 1, 2023
Journeys with the Kora
Features - July 30, 2020
A Gumbe Photo Essay
October 18, 2013
African String Magic
Blog - September 3, 2014
¡Globalquerque! Festival Celebrates 10th Year
Fresh Eyre - March 6, 2020
Three Smithsonian Folkways Reissues Inspire Revery
Blog - March 16, 2016
Photo Essay: MASA Festival in Abidjan, Part Six
July 28, 2016
Festivals Around the World
Blog - August 6, 2013
Lincoln Center: Out of Doors and Off the Hook
Videos - July 30, 2020
VIDEO: Gumbe Mash-Up Reel
May 17, 2018
Afropop Divas - Live
May 8, 2013
Afropop Roadshow: Spotlight Sierra Leone
Reviews - March 28, 2017
République Amazone
Blog - July 18, 2013
Sahel Sounds Drop Two New Albums
Blog - September 19, 2012
Blogging Backwards- Festival in the Desert, Part 1
Blog - March 1, 2017
Reflections on "A Man of Good Hope"
Reviews - March 2, 2016
Abbar el Hamada
Blog - March 27, 2020
Release Round-Up: March 2020
Blog - August 20, 2013
Faarrow, A Group To Watch
Videos - May 24, 2013
“I Sing the Desert Electric,” short film from Sahel Sounds
Blog - March 1, 2018
Weedie Braimah & Friends at the Blue Note in New York
Blog - April 14, 2023
Georges Collinet and Banning Eyre Host Afropop The African Rivers Project At The Kennedy Center
Interview - April 19, 2007
Africa and The Blues: An Interview with Gerhard Kubik
November 28, 2024
The Hidden Blackness of Flamenco
Blog - December 2, 2015
Photo Essay: Afropop Peabody Gala at Ford Foundation
July 24, 2025
Blues Reflections
March 26, 2020
globalFEST 2020
Blog - May 2, 2018
The Afropop Gala Auction Items Announced
Blog - November 17, 2021
Afrofuturism at Carnegie Hall in February: Sun Ra Arkestra, Chimurenga Renaissance and Fatoumata Diawara
October 26, 2023
Accounting for Taste
February 13, 2020
Aurelio, Badian, Damily, and the Kid From Timbuktu
Blog - March 7, 2016
Photo Essay: MASA Festival in Abidjan, Part One
Blog - June 26, 2013
Photos: Amadou and Mariam with Bombino @ Celebrate Brooklyn! 6/21/13
December 5, 2011
The Art of Improvisation: Part 1
Blog - September 16, 2015
¡Globalquerque! Festival Returns For 11th Year
Blog - March 12, 2016
Photo Essay: MASA Festival in Abidjan, Part Four
Features - June 4, 2014
Featured Artists: Afropop Summer Preview 2014
Blog - March 2, 2017
Exclusive Mix: Africa Now! At the Apollo Theater
December 31, 2020
Lockdown Serenade
Blog - November 10, 2014
Concert Preview: Tinariwen at Brooklyn Masonic Temple
Blog - June 22, 2016
“Sounds of Africa” Exhibition at the Grammy Museum Honors Angelique Kidjo, Salif Keita and Others
March 27, 2025
Women's History Month Finale: Four Women of the West
Reviews - July 17, 2014
New Music From Mande America: "Benyoro" and "The Great Peace"
Blog - October 6, 2014
Bobby McFerrin Meets Africa in New York !
Blog - April 28, 2015
Trance Ticket Giveaway!
Blog - November 1, 2012
Womex 2012
Blog - July 11, 2016
Field Report: Creole Rhythms on Réunion, the Rainbow Island
November 28, 2012
Stocking Stuffers 2012!
Blog - September 26, 2019
Djembefola Weedie Braimah Returns to the Blue Note
Blog - January 26, 2018
Snarky Puppy with Laura Mvula, Chris Thile, David Crosby and Fatoumata Diawara
Blog - October 4, 2019
Weedie Braimah and the Hands of Time Rock the Blue Note
Blog - December 5, 2019
Field Report: Morocco's Festival Taragalte Part Two
Interview - May 21, 2021
Leni Stern Talks Composing and Recording During the Pandemic
Interview - April 3, 2020
Jackson Browne on "Let the Rhythm Lead"
July 9, 2019
Afropop Goes to the Grammys
August 8, 2013
The Immortal '70s
Blog - February 8, 2019
Field Report: PAPJAZZ 2019 …Haiti's Best Jazz Fest
Videos - July 9, 2019
Afropop at The Grammys Video Playlist
Features - June 6, 2024
North Africa's Indigenous Peoples: The Imazighen
Fresh Eyre - February 28, 2020
Boston's Crashfest Turns 5
June 6, 2024
Amazigh Rising
January 7, 2015
globalFEST 2012
Blog - March 8, 2016
Photo Essay: MASA Festival in Abidjan, Part Two
July 4, 2019
More African Guitars
Videos - April 28, 2022
New Videos from Vieux Farka Touré, Angelique Kidjo, Batida with Mayra Andrade, and Maga Bo
Blog - August 2, 2018
Video Premiere: Bombino Plays A Song Around the World, "Ahoulaguine Akaline"
Reviews - November 21, 2024
Somi, Weedie Braimah & Hands of Time, Habib Koite Quartet: LIVE!
Blog - November 21, 2019
New Videos From Forthcoming Album by Les Amazones d'Afrique
Videos - July 13, 2023
More Afropop Top Videos: Teni, Mokoomba, Blick Bassy, Dub Inc., Sophie Lukacs
Blog - September 17, 2014
50 Years of Nonesuch: Five Essential Albums
Blog - January 28, 2016
Africa Meets India in Brooklyn
Blog - August 9, 2017
Fresh Cuts, Vol. Seven
Blog - March 14, 2017
New Sounds and Next Steps for SXSW: ContraBanned Showcase
Fresh Eyre - March 29, 2022
Club D'Elf and Afro-Zen Allstars Let the Instruments Do the Talking
Blog - June 15, 2012
FRIDAY FAVORITES!
December 12, 2024
Global Griots in France
Blog - March 9, 2016
Photo Essay: MASA Festival in Abidjan, Part Three
Blog - February 22, 2017
Ticket Giveaway: Africa Now! At the Apollo Theater
Discography - February 9, 2005
Discography: The Art of Improvisation Part 1
Blog - December 21, 2015
Shailah Edmonds Brings African Roots into American Pop
Blog - April 3, 2020
Quarantunes: It's Mdou Moctar Time
Blog - June 10, 2015
Field Report: Festival International de Louisiane
Blog - June 1, 2015
Afropop Summer Concert Selects!
Features - April 6, 2022
Tikoubaouine Puts the Melody in Desert Rock
Blog - June 29, 2023
The Sierra Nevada World Music Festival Rides Again
Blog - December 7, 2017
Field Report: Visa For Music 2017
March 21, 2024
Women's History Month: Afropop's Women Warriors
November 24, 2023
African Legends: Remembering Tony Allen
Features - April 15, 2022
Les Filles de Illighadad: From the Village to the World
Blog - April 2, 2021
Friday Night Nice: Toumani Diabaté, Nico Mulhy and London Symphony Orchestra
Blog - May 9, 2014
Alsarah: Why You Need Retro East African Pop In Your Life
Blog - October 5, 2015
Wondem: Ethio-pop Release From Dexter Story
Reviews - January 12, 2017
Ndule
February 22, 2018
Highlights From Afropop Closeup: Season Two
April 29, 2023
Fatoumata Diawara and Special Guest
WMI is thrilled to welcome award-winning Malian singer, guitarist, actor, and social activist Fatoumata Diawara back to NYC following her 2018 appearance at WMI's Festival of Mali, also co-presented with Brooklyn Bowl.
Blog - January 2, 2017
Fresh Cuts Vol. Two
November 13, 2014
Afropop Live! NYC, Musical Metropolis
May 31, 2012
Summer Concert Preview 2012
April 4, 2019
Live from the WOMEX Radio Studio
Blog - March 11, 2019
Habib Koite, Derek Gripper and African Strings
Videos - June 5, 2024
Afropop Top Videos, 6/24: Djely Tapa, Yemi Alade, Manu Chao, Meridian Brothers and more
Blog - October 6, 2014
Field Report: How to Knit a Festival--Austria's Glatt & Verkehrt
Features - December 13, 2018
WOMEX 2018 Radio Session Photo Essay
December 3, 2015
Stocking Stuffers 2015
January 25, 2018
Afropop at 30: Live in the '90s
As Afropop turns 30, we take a stroll down memory lane to enjoy some of the extraordinary live recordings we brought to the public radio community in the 1990s including Thione Seck in Dakar, Gerardo Nunez in New York, Abdel Aziz el Mubarak in London, Lobi Traore in Bamako, a carnival comparsa in Cuba and David Rudder in New York. Co-hosted by Georges Collinet, Siji Awoyinka, and Sean Barlow.
Blog - January 9, 2013
globalFEST 2013!
Blog - December 10, 2014
25 Years of Real World Records!
Blog - August 8, 2017
Field Report: Festival Timitar, Agadir, Morocco
March 23, 2011
21st Century Troubadours
Blog - February 23, 2017
Reissued: African Vinyl Playlist
Features - November 19, 2022
Sauti za Busara Festival in Zanzibar: Vision for February 2023
Blog - October 1, 2016
Fall Benefit Party Success!
May 20, 2021
Afro Roots Fest 2021
March 25, 2023
Amadou & Miriam
A musical husband-and-wife duo who got their start in Mali, Amadou & Mariam met in 1975 at Mali’s Bamako Institute for the Young Blind and today are stars in the African music scene.
Blog - July 27, 2015
New Book on Peru From Sounds and Colours
Blog - July 23, 2014
globalFEST Out of Doors Highlights
Blog - June 1, 2021
Afropop Premiere: Angelique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves, Somi and More Join Fatoumata Diawara on “Ambè”
Blog - August 11, 2020
“OneBeat Sahara 2021” Now Taking Applications From Northwest Africa, the U.S.
June 25, 2015
Afropop on the Red Carpet at the Peabodys
Blog - July 22, 2022
Nuits d'Afrique Festival Photos
Features - April 19, 2023
Afropop Worldwide Rivers Project at the Kennedy Center
July 12, 2018
Cuts From the Crypt, Part Two: Banning's Picks
Blog - December 8, 2016
Your Guide to Stocking Stuffers 2016
Blog - January 21, 2022
2022 globalFEST Tiny Desk Extravaganza now online
Blog - July 15, 2015
Summer Festivals Around the Continent
Videos - October 3, 2024
Afropop Top Videos: October, 2024
Blog - December 20, 2016
Field Report: Visa For Music in Rabat, Morocco
September 14, 2022
Al Bilali Soudan
Al Bilali Soudan, a close-knit Tuareg family ensemble from Timbuktu Mali perform takamba music. Their instruments are traditional tehardents reinforced with electronic buzz and grit, and calabash percussion.
December 5, 2024
Time Travel Through Afro-Paris
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.
December 21, 2017
The (New) Sound Of Afro Paris
In this program, we explore the new "Afropolitan" sounds of Paris, from concert halls to studios, from the heart of the city to immigrant neighborhoods in the banlieues.
Blog - November 13, 2017
White Light Festival Preview--Jordi Savall: The Routes of Slavery
Blog - August 2, 2017
Photo Gallery: World Sacred Music Festival 2017
Fresh Eyre - October 9, 2020
Fall Release Roundup: Bantu, Ayom, Awale Jant Band, Groupe RTD, Songhoy Blues, Fra Fra, Nation Beat, Qwanqwa
Blog - November 17, 2017
Jordi Savall: Routes of Slavery
Features - September 17, 2017
Cuts From the Crypt: Banning's Picks
Blog - September 10, 2024
Planet Afropop: Season 2 Releases
Field Report - June 16, 2022
Field Report: 33rd Annual Würzburg Africa Festival
Blog - August 1, 2016
Field Report: Nuits D'Afrique Festival Celebrates 30 Years
Features - October 20, 2023
Etienne Sevet: The Many Adventures of The Bongo Hop
August 15, 2019
Afropop Worldwide: The Origin Story
Reviews - June 12, 2015
Havana Paris Dakar
Blog - December 26, 2017
Playlist: The (New) Sound of Afro-Paris
Blog - December 13, 2024
A Voice for Africa: The Revolutionary Rise of Afropop Worldwide
Blog - June 14, 2017
Fresh Cuts, Vol. Six
Blog - December 3, 2012
West African Griot Summit
Blog - November 17, 2017
Field Report: WOMEX 2017
March 23, 2023
WOMEX 2022: The Women Rule
August 18, 2022
Nuits D'Afrique in Montreal: 2022
Contests - November 26, 2012
The Gang's all here! NYC Griot Summit/Ticket Giveaway
Blog - February 6, 2018
DJ Mixanthrope Returns with "Ah La La L'Argent !": A Francophone Money Mix
Videos - February 29, 2024
Afropop Top Videos: February, 2024
June 7, 2018
African Music at the Crossroads
Videos - March 9, 2023
Afropop Top Videos: Requiem for David Lindley, Ayra Starr and More!
Blog - December 5, 2016
New Series: Afropop's Fresh Cuts
Blog - November 12, 2014
Ebola Awareness Songs
Features - December 3, 2015
Stocking Stuffers 2015
Reviews - July 30, 2025
Ron's Field Report: 39th Annual Festival International Nuits d'Afrique
December 19, 2019
Here Comes 2020
July 8, 2022
Toronto's African Scene
December 24, 2024
Planet Afropop: 2024 Wrapup
December 24, 2020
2020 Highlights
Blog - June 13, 2019
A Dip into the Archives: "AfroCubism" 2011
June 25, 2024
Planet Afropop: Season Finale with Noise Cans and the Swanky Kitchen Band
Planet Afropop wraps up Season 1 with Noise Cans, The Swanky Kitchen Band and top picks in new releases
March 14, 2018
Fatoumata Diawara Speaks Her Mind in "Nterini"
Fresh Eyre - August 14, 2020
Summer Lockdown Listening
Blog - January 30, 2017
Fresh Cuts, Vol. Three
November 16, 2017
Afropop Live! 2017
Here’s Afropop’s annual roundup of great live recordings we’ve captured over the past year but haven't found time to air.
Field Report - November 9, 2023
Images of WOMEX 2023 in Spain
Blog - April 21, 2014
Afropop's Picks: SummerStage 2014!
Reviews - October 8, 2018
What Heat
December 8, 2016
Stocking Stuffers 2016
Field Report - November 20, 2023
WOMEX 2023: The Rundown from Ron!
March 4, 2025
Planet Afropop: AfroPopup in Malawi: Rising Stars from the Warm Heart of Africa
Blog - April 11, 2014
Featured Artists: Afropop Live! NYC, Musical Metropolis
August 1, 2023
Acoustic Guitar Heroes of Africa
Blog - May 21, 2014
Erika Elliott, SummerStage’s Artistic Director, Introduces the 2014 Season
Interview - July 14, 2022
Guinea Music All-Stars: Bridging Generations
Blog - July 5, 2016
New Podcast Series: Afropop Closeups
Blog - November 20, 2019
Burna Boy, Angelique Kidjo and Nathalie Joachim Garner Grammy Nominations
Blog - September 17, 2020
The Crown: An African Coronavirus Playlist
June 13, 2024
Amazigh Rising II
Blog - September 3, 2021
Nigeria’s Jojoftheejungle Hits Us With "Call Me (Omo'kpe)"
Reviews - March 16, 2018
Habibi Funk 7
Blog - July 11, 2017
Field Report: 2017 Festival International de Jazz de Montreal
Blog - June 16, 2015
Field Report: Cape Verde's Atlantic Music Expo and Kriol Jazz Festival
Videos - July 9, 2024
Afropop Top Videos: YG Marley, Yemi Alade, TInariwen, Qoha and more!
Reviews - June 4, 2021
Hailu Mergia and the Walias Band's "Tezeta"
March 11, 2021
Moroccan Music Today: Re-Examined Past, Innovative Future
Blog - April 18, 2018
Pongo Celebrates Her Angolan Roots in "Tambulaya"
May 31, 2025
Reopening: Arts of Africa Galleries (The Met)
April 25, 2025
Vieux Farka Touré (Opening Act TBA)
Blog - December 5, 2011
Discography: The Fertile Crescent: Haiti, Cuba and Louisiana
August 25, 2022
The Story Of Gumbe
Best of The Beat - March 6, 2018
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Sally Nyolo, Cameroon's Global Goddess
Videos - March 4, 2025
Afropop Top Videos: March 2025
October 8, 2024
Planet Afropop: Mokoomba in the House
Blog - April 17, 2019
Announcing the 2019 Syli d’Or Semifinalists
Blog - October 27, 2016
WOMEX 2016 Recommendations
Blog - December 20, 2011
Scholar: Chérif Keita
December 18, 2017
Counterpoints
July 13, 2011
Fula in the House
Fluttering bluesy flutes, keening vocal melodies and bubbling percussion rhythms are some of the strong elements in Fulani music, but their sounds are as varied as the landscapes where the Fulbhe have made their homes.
Blog - December 11, 2014
Kenya Mambo Poa: Live from the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Videos - May 5, 2023
Afropop Top Videos: Gotopo, Toumani and Kayhan, Eliades Ochoa, and More!
Reviews - September 11, 2015
Change
November 14, 2019
Mbalax Meets Mande in Dakar
Blog - December 3, 2011
Discography: Africa and the Blues
August 16, 2018
The Festival In Fes: World Sacred Music Festival, Revisited
This spring, Afropop returned to Fes, Morocco, for the 23rd annual World Sacred Music Festival, a sumptuous spread of music from across the globe that blurs the boundaries of what is sacred.
Blog - May 25, 2012
BET's Best International Act - Africa Nominees + Videos
January 23, 2020
Cape Verde Sounds: Heard and Unheard
Blog - March 8, 2013
Sidiki Conde in "You Don't Need Feet to Dance"
Blog - January 20, 2022
Last Night of globalFEST’s Tiny Desk Series Live Tonight, Conference Next Week
Blog - December 4, 2014
Stocking Stuffers Complete List
Blog - December 4, 2020
Weekend Bliss: Madalisto Band’s “Ndalakwanji”
Blog - December 15, 2017
New Single from Toubab Krewe: "That Damn Squash"
Interview - January 22, 2025
Weedie Braimah: Djembefola, Educator, Visionary
Blog - August 21, 2017
Super Yamba Band at the Emerging Music Festival
Blog - June 15, 2011
Jazz in Africa, Artist Spotlight: Kora Jazz Trio
Blog - December 31, 2020
NYT Recommends Ringing in 2021 With Bab L’Bluz, Garifuna Collective, More
Blog - May 1, 2020
Hanitra Ranaivo and Rohan Houssein Take on Deforestation in Madagascar with "Mivalo"
February 15, 2024
Black History Month: The Black History of the Banjo
November 17, 2013
Africa In America 2013
Videos - September 24, 2013
Georges Collinet Tells His Story in an Afropop 25 Video!
Reviews - October 13, 2011
Fasiya
Interview - September 2, 2011
Tiken Jah Fakoly
Videos - September 6, 2013
Behind the Scenes with Samba Mapangala, Banning Eyre, and the Afropop 25th Anniversary Gala
Blog - August 12, 2013
Afropop Worldwide 25th Anniversary Gala Concert Press Release
Blog - July 17, 2012
Premiere: Elikeh - "Olesafrica (Ojah Awake)"
October 13, 2017
Banning Eyre
Blog - November 10, 2021
Lineup Announced for globalFEST at Webster Hall Jan. 16, 2022 & Tiny Desk Concerts
Blog - August 22, 2017
Super Yamba Band at the Emerging Music Festival
Brooklyn Afrobeat group Super Yamba Band made the long journey across the East River to Bryant Park in Manhattan to play the third annual Emerging Music Festival on Sat., Aug. 19.
December 6, 2012
Scenes for Adventurous Armchair Travelers
Blog - May 2, 2019
A2VT's Uplifting Lilt from Burlington, Vermont
Blog - May 10, 2016
Preview: 19th Annual Gnawa World Music Festival in Essaouira, Morocco
Blog - January 21, 2020
East African Bliss From Vermont? East African Bliss from Vermont
Reviews - April 1, 2016
Azel
Blog - June 26, 2013
Join Afropop Host Georges Collinet at Central Park SummerStage 7.21, for Afropop's 25th Anniversary Celebration
Blog - October 22, 2013
Vieux Farka Toure live at Elebash hall (Ticket Giveaway)
Reviews - August 24, 2023
Mokoomba: Tusona (Tracings In The Sand)
Contests - May 22, 2013
LAST WEEK! Win a trip for two to NYC to celebrate Afropop's 25th anniversary at SummerStage--Central Park
July 12, 2013
Cookin' With Globally Grooving Georges
Blog - June 25, 2020
Exclusive: Duende Libre Brings West Africa to the West Coast
Videos - August 28, 2024
Afropop Top Videos: August, 2024
Blog - December 5, 2011
Discography: The Musical Legacy of Al Andalus, Part 2: Africa & Beyond
Blog - April 9, 2012
Petition to save Chicago's "Music Without Borders"
Blog - June 16, 2016
Super Yamba Band Premieres "N'Diarabi"
Reviews - March 10, 2017
Luyando
Blog - June 16, 2015
First AfrikCan Festival in Boston This July
Videos - June 26, 2024
Manu Chao drops new video “São Paulo Motoboy”
Blog - September 22, 2016
Florent Mazzoleni on Bobo-Dioulasso's Golden Age of Music
Blog - September 9, 2022
The Blind Boys of Alabama Deliver a Message for 2022
December 7, 2017
Stocking Stuffers 2017
It's time once again for Georges Collinet and Banning Eyre to spin through our favorite African and African diaspora releases of the year.
Blog - September 8, 2021
ÌFÉ Returns With New Single: “Fake Blood”
Blog - December 13, 2017
60th Annual Grammy Nominations 2017
Blog - January 25, 2022
Vitu Valera and Mikongo Get Kinetic with Peru Dance Group on “Mamakumba”
Interview - November 8, 2012
Interview: Eric Charry on Bembeya Jazz
Blog - November 10, 2011
Spotlight: Dirty Paraffin
March 30, 2011
Muslim World Music Day
Blog - September 9, 2014
Field Report: Dancing in the Rainforest of Malaysia
Blog - July 30, 2019
Field Report: 33rd Festival International Nuits d'Afrique
Videos - January 31, 2014
Blitz The Ambassador Celebrates "Success"
Blog - March 15, 2016
Afropop's Solidarity with Côte d’Ivoire
Reviews - May 11, 2017
Osas--It's Time
Blog - July 31, 2015
Cheikh Lô Wins WOMEX Artist Award
Reviews - November 23, 2010
Muzikr
Blog - November 3, 2014
Afropop Premiere: Lunabe and MC Sacerdote's "Quero Falar"
Blog - April 22, 2014
Afropop Premiere: "Creole" Underground Horns featuring Okai
Videos - June 21, 2018
Afro-Trap Rapper MHD Releases New Single “Bodyguard”
Reviews - September 28, 2015
In Conclusion
Blog - June 16, 2014
Afropop's Summer 2014 Concert Guide
Videos - January 26, 2023
New Afropop Top Videos: January 26
Blog - June 10, 2016
Afropop Worldwide Launches New Podcast Series: Afropop Closeups Music, stories and cultural conundrums from our African planet
Blog - June 12, 2017
Premiere: "Sor" by Kyekyeku and Five Days No Light Off
Blog - April 20, 2012
Khaira Arby Tour Dates + Poignant Video
Interview - August 16, 2018
Sekouba “Bambino” Diabaté: The Griot’s DNA
Reviews - June 20, 2012
The Voice of the Revolution
An ear-opening tour through the work of a West African legend, who died in 1977, before the world could appreciate his mind-blowing voice.
April 5, 2013
Two Man Ting – Ar Lek U (EP)
Features - October 29, 2020
Orchestra Baobab Explains Their Hits
Blog - December 6, 2019
Stocking Stuffers 2019: Afropop's Albums of Note
Blog - January 7, 2015
Globalfest 2012 Featured Artists
Blog - June 22, 2011
Griot Summit in the Bronx
Blog - April 20, 2022
Germany's Africa Festival Celebrates 33 Years
Blog - December 30, 2016
Tribute to African Music Producer Ibrahima Sylla
January 12, 2025
globalFEST 2025
Blog - September 19, 2019
Red Bull Music Academy's “African Underground” Page Demonstrates Why We'll Miss Them
Videos - January 30, 2025
Afropop Top Videos: January 2025: Salif Keita, Ramy Essam, Sofaz and more
Blog - July 30, 2014
Batida: "Pobre e Rico" Video
Blog - August 12, 2005
Discography: East African Taarab
Blog - January 10, 2017
Call For Pitches: Afropop Closeups 2017
Blog - May 3, 2013
PHOTO ESSAY: Africans in India
Videos - July 12, 2013
La Yegros - Viene de Mi
Interview - November 26, 2024
Madalitso Band: From Malawi Streets to the World
Reviews - June 6, 2012
Bola Volume 7
Blog - December 20, 2023
Camp Afropop 2024
Blog - July 20, 2018
Universal Music Group Is Investing in Africa
Reviews - November 11, 2011
Aam Zameen: Common Ground
Blog - May 1, 2020
Quarantunes: Tony Allen Plays “The Source” in Pisa, 2019
Features - August 12, 2013
“Pourquoi Montreal?”: Exploring The Afro-Quebec Experience
Reviews - July 6, 2010
Tarkat Tajje/Let's Go!
Blog - June 9, 2016
Afrobeat Drummer Tony Allen Anchors the Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra
Blog - August 4, 2015
Moroccan Gnawa Master Mahmoud Guinea Dies
Blog - April 28, 2020
Get Caught in the Cinematic Sweep of Michael Olatuja's “Soki”
December 6, 2018
Stocking Stuffers 2018
A round-up of some of our favorite 2018 releases.
Blog - June 15, 2011
Tinariwen Tour Dates!
Blog - June 21, 2016
Sahad and the Nataal Patchwork: Senegalese Afrojazz Group Prepares Debut Album
October 16, 2017
Mdou Moctar Talks Tuareg Film and Music
Blog - April 13, 2018
Afropop Hall of Fame: A History
Blog - June 9, 2021
Buena Vista Social Club to Celebrate 25th Anniversary with Deluxe Reissue
Videos - June 2, 2025
Afropop Top Videos of the Month (6.1): Africa Express, Zinoleesky, Neba Solo & Pedrito Martinez Lead the Charge
Blog - July 6, 2017
Announcing: Afropop Closeup Season Two
Reviews - January 13, 2011
Toubab Soul
Blog - November 28, 2017
Support Afropop This Giving Tuesday!
Blog - February 20, 2019
Field Report: Folk Alliance International 2019
Blog - December 11, 2019
Field Report: Rabat, Morocco—Visa For Music 2019
June 28, 2024
Bombino plus Etran De L’Aïr w/ dj.henri
Blog - September 30, 2020
The Good Ones: Rwanda, You Should Be Loved
Blog - November 20, 2018
Field Report: WOMEX 2018
Reviews - April 4, 2017
Heartstring Theory
Blog - March 15, 2017
Gnawa Festival Tour in New York City
Blog - May 14, 2020
Finding Some Serenity with Senegalese Guitarist Tidiane Thiam
Videos - January 19, 2023
January in New York City: globalFEST 2023 and more!
Features - May 20, 2021
Afro Roots Fest 2021: Photo Essay
Reviews - December 8, 2017
Anewal Debuts in New York City
Blog - September 17, 2013
MOBO Awards Nominees
Blog - December 6, 2018
All The Music from Our "Stocking Stuffers" Show
May 25, 2018
Afropop Closeup: Season 3
Blog - October 4, 2017
Photo Essay: Group Doueh and Innov Gnawa in NYC
Blog - October 20, 2021
10 Things to Love About the Buena Vista Social Club’s 25th Anniversary
Blog - May 2, 2017
Gnawa Springs Eternal
Interview - July 18, 2019
Muthoni Drummer Queen: Marching to the Beat of Her Own Drum
January 4, 2013
The Trans-National African Hip Hop Train
Reviews - May 12, 2021
Xalam
Blog - August 10, 2016
Album Preview: Richard Bona’s Heritage
Reviews - March 8, 2016
Magnetismo
Blog - March 28, 2014
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars raise a glass with Libation
Reviews - September 28, 2010
Adje! Adje!
Blog - April 14, 2016
Cape Town International Jazz Fest: A Spotlight on Local Talent
Blog - October 24, 2014
Ebola is not the problem
Blog - December 2, 2013
Celebrate Giving Tuesday With Afropop Worldwide!
Blog - October 1, 2020
Two Montreal World Music Celebrations to Stream in October
Reviews - September 17, 2019
Aban
Interview - February 17, 2014
Purple Rain of the Sahel: Chris Kirkley on Akounak
Blog - December 16, 2021
Afropop Worldwide's 2021 Picks
Videos - January 26, 2024
Afropop Top Videos for January 2024
Blog - December 23, 2021
Ah Well, globalFEST Tactically Retreats Back Online
Videos - December 14, 2023
Afropop Top Videos 2023: The final seven!
Blog - August 7, 2018
Field Report: Rainforest World Music Festival 2018
Features - October 27, 2022
WOMEX 2022 in Lisbon Wraps Up With A Bang!
Reviews - August 30, 2018
Mo Jodi
Blog - November 20, 2013
Black Ink
Blog - May 10, 2013
Summer 2013- Coming soon to a (New York) city near you!
Blog - April 11, 2018
Field Report: Festival International des Nomades--Stars of the Saharan Nights
Blog - January 23, 2019
UPDATED: Oliver Mtukudzi Dies at 66
Features - November 8, 2012
Feature: The Story of Bembeya Jazz
Reviews - January 4, 2018
En Orbita
When nothing is “melodic,” everything is. Dynamics become more important. Stripped down, the textures become more important, and the listener is sensitive to every choice of instrument and every change.
Reviews - July 15, 2010
Yes We Can: Songs About Leaving Africa
Reviews - December 13, 2022
Balka Sound
Blog - May 23, 2016
A Taste of Africa: La Savane Restaurant
Reviews - April 6, 2015
Lost and Found
Blog - June 28, 2019
Oliver Mtukudzi in Photos
Blog - August 21, 2018
Artists Release Statement in Support of Bobi Wine
Reviews - August 14, 2013
800% Ndagga/Ndagga Versions
Videos - April 3, 2025
Afropop Top Videos, April 2025, Voices of Protest
Reviews - March 8, 2013
WogDog Blues
Videos - November 18, 2022
Fatoumata Diawara and Videos of The Week: 11/18/22
Videos - June 30, 2025
Afropop Top Videos: 7/1/25: Mádé Kuti, Daymé Arocena, Tekno and more!
August 30, 2013
Afropop Exclusive: New Tal National Track, Album and Tour!
Blog - March 7, 2014
Afropop Worldwide Launches Kickstarter Campaign- Madagascar: Music of Hope and Ecstasy
Reviews - October 6, 2015
Balbalou
Reviews - March 6, 2018
Laço Umbilical
Blog - January 19, 2016
Blitz the Ambassador Completes "Diasporadical Trilogía"
Features - October 25, 2012
The Progress of Love
Reviews - September 26, 2018
19
Interview - June 25, 2020
Damon Albarn on Tony Allen
Reviews - March 23, 2018
Down in the Basement EP
Blog - May 22, 2019
Announcing the Afropop Archive Consolidation Crowdfunding Campaign
September 18, 2010
WOMEX 2010
Reviews - October 15, 2014
Tiger Run
Blog - August 30, 2012
World Damba Festival Showcases Northern Ghana at Tufts University
Fresh Eyre - February 26, 2021
Wintering in East Africa
Reviews - June 5, 2019
Bahir
Blog - August 27, 2015
Sauti za Busara Festival Canceled For 2016
August 16, 2013
Oumou, Abdel, Miguel- Live on Afropop Worldwide
Fresh Eyre - May 22, 2020
Return of the Gambian Griots
Reviews - December 10, 2019
Mam Yinne Wa
Reviews - August 4, 2011
Jamm
Reviews - July 1, 2011
Jamm
Blog - May 30, 2017
Field Report: Presenting Creole Culture to the World--Atlantic Music Expo, Kriol Jazz in Cape Verde
Blog - November 3, 2014
The Bubu Continues: Discussing Sierra Leonean Culture With Scholars John Nunley and David Skinner
Blog - December 20, 2017
Fresh Cuts, Vol. Nine
Blog - September 1, 2016
Photo Essay: King Sunny Adé and Wunmi in Brooklyn
Blog - March 8, 2018
Africa Now! 2018 in NYC: Photo Review
Blog - November 2, 2017
Field Report: Richmond Folk Festival
Blog - October 3, 2016
AFROPOP’S ICONS & INNOVATORS BENEFIT PARTY IN D.C. A HUGE SUCCESS
April 30, 2024
Ramy Essam Rocks the Mercury Lounge: 4/30
The Egyptian rocker activist returns to New York! The message and the sound are a powerful reflection of ongoing strife and striving in post-revolution Egypt.
January 27, 2023
Natu Camara Re-connects Guinea Back To the Ancestors
Reviews - April 16, 2013
Ghost Town
Blog - April 11, 2019
Playlist : Abidjan--A New Musical Eldorado
Videos - April 21, 2016
Africa Now! 2016 Rocks the Apollo Theater in Harlem: Video Feature
Blog - October 6, 2014
MC Bin Laden: Baile Funk's Eccentric Experimenter
Blog - August 29, 2018
Black Coffee and Distruction Boyz Dominate Nominations for “Dance Music Awards South Africa”
Blog - May 10, 2018
Photo Essay: Afropop's 30th Anniversary Gala
Reviews - June 7, 2011
From Africa with Fury: Rise
Interview - June 14, 2023
Eliades Ochoa On His New Album, Guajiro
Videos - December 23, 2022
New Africa 2022: Video Playlist
Interview - December 22, 2021
Jake Blount on Black String Band Tradition
Blog - April 1, 2014
RIP Frankie Knuckles
Features - December 3, 2011
Gnawa Music of Morocco
Blog - March 14, 2017
Foday Musa Suso and Philip Glass at National Sawdust
Interview - September 29, 2023
Sidiki Dimbélé’s journey with the Djembe
Interview - December 5, 2019
Balafon, Burkina Faso to Vienna: An Interview With Mamadou Diabaté
Features - March 15, 2023
Sylvain Leroux visits L’ecole Fula Flute in Guinea
Interview - August 24, 2022
Arturo O’Farrill on the Cuban Khaleeji Project
Blog - January 19, 2018
Time Travel Through Afro Paris: Photo Essay
Reviews - June 5, 2025
Taj Mahal and Keb Mo in Deerfield, Massachusetts
Reviews - March 26, 2013
Exile
Reviews - July 6, 2017
Ikaro del Amor
Blog - September 5, 2014
Mulatu Astatke's Journey to Find Himself
Blog - March 31, 2016
JOB OPPORTUNITY—GRANT WRITER—AFROPOP WORLDWIDE
June 20, 2012
Afropop Summer Serenade
Reviews - May 7, 2015
Angélique Kidjo Sings
Voices in Vinyl - April 12, 2017
Ebo Taylor: Still Life in Highlife
Reviews - July 13, 2018
Abu Sadiya
Features - April 8, 2025
Princeton in Africa Celebrates 25 Years
Field Report - November 13, 2023
Afropop Marks 35 Years with Congo-Style Gala at New York's SOB's
Interview - November 27, 2017
Stephen Budd: All Aboard the Africa Express
November 2, 2023
Celebrate Afropop's 35th Anniversary!
Reviews - June 7, 2019
Africa Speaks
Blog - July 25, 2015
Obama's Addis Ababa Music Guide
Reviews - March 4, 2021
“Notes from Africa: A Musical Journey with Youssou N’Dour” By Jenny Cathcart
Blog - May 25, 2017
Featured Artists: Summer 2017 Preview Show
Blog - March 22, 2023
New Single "Hola Me" By Blick Bassy, From New Album ‘Madíbá’
Features - November 4, 2024
WOMEX 2024 Wraps up in Manchester, UK
Blog - June 21, 2017
Morocco’s Gnawa World Music Festival Gears Up For 20th Anniversary
Blog - March 30, 2012
Thank You For Making Us Winners!
Blog - October 11, 2013
Afropop October-November-December Schedule
Reviews - November 3, 2017
Afrobeats Hot Hits: New Urban Dance Grooves From Africa
Blog - March 26, 2014
Field Report: SXSW 2014
October 18, 2017
Fresh Cuts, Vol. Eight
Fresh Eyre - April 25, 2023
Congo Day in New York City: Lokassa and Kokoko
Blog - August 20, 2012
Review/Photos: The Very Best Live in NYC
Interview - November 2, 2015
Griot For A New Era: N'Faly Kouyate on Kora, Synths and African Unity
Blog - August 28, 2017
Field Report: Rainforest World Music Festival 2017
Blog - May 4, 2016
Concert Review: Ana Moura and Concha Buika
Features - January 31, 2024
Baloji pushes cinema boundaries with Augure/Omen
Blog - August 7, 2013
Nuits d'Afrique: Braving the Elements
Interview - November 8, 2012
Interview: Salifou Kaba
Interview - May 14, 2024
Leif Totusek: African Guitar Par Excellence!
Blog - April 16, 2015
Afropop Worldwide Wins Peabody Institutional Award
Blog - July 24, 2017
Mû Mbana on the End of Show Biz at Nuits d'Afrique
Interview - February 21, 2019
Interview: Orquesta Akokán’s Post-Modern Mambo
Features - December 16, 2022
Cumbé Center for African and Diaspora Dance in Brooklyn Celebrates its 10th Anniversary
Interview - March 18, 2020
Gitkin Talks About His New Tuareg- and Cumbia-Influenced EP
Blog - July 9, 2019
Field Report: Montreal's International Festival de Jazz Celebrates 40 Years
Features - May 11, 2022
A Day at OneBeat Sahara
Interview - November 29, 2017
Anewal: Navigating a World of Borders and Borderlessness
Blog - November 30, 2015
Moroccan Gnawa Legend Abdellah El Gourd Makes Rare New York Appearance With Randy Weston
Blog - August 23, 2013
Trance inducing rhythms from La Réunion
Blog - February 25, 2013
Afro-Mexico Road Trip #2: The Chilena
Features - April 3, 2014
Beneath the Music: Featured Artists
Blog - August 4, 2025
Afropop Worldwide: The First Intern in the Hot Summer of 1989
Blog - June 7, 2018
Congo’s Overlooked Orchestre Kiam: The Story of An Oral History
Features - May 20, 2022
Youssou N'Dour Returns to Carnegie Hall
Blog - November 7, 2017
Photo Essay: Ibeyi at Brooklyn Steel
Interview - July 31, 2018
Tété Breaks Boundaries at Nuits d'Afrique
Features - August 2, 2012
Afropop Worldwide Awarded National Endowment for The Humanities (NEH) Grant for 2012-2013 Hip Deep Season
Interview - September 28, 2017
Dan Storper: Putumayo at 20 Years
Reviews - August 13, 2024
Ron's 2024 Nuits D'Afrique Rundown!
Interview - August 17, 2017
Blick Bassy Charts His Own Course
September 16, 2021
The Story of Baobab
Blog - March 9, 2018
Photo Essay: Traditional Masquerade in Trinidad
Reviews - August 8, 2018
Field Report: 32nd Edition of Nuits d'Afrique
Interview - March 30, 2015
"This Whole Journey"--Razia on Her New Album, "Akory"
Blog - July 31, 2018
Playlist: Kriolu Rap From the Lisbon Suburbs
Interview - February 16, 2017
Listen: Super Yamba Band's "N'diarabi" With Ismael Kouyate
Features - October 24, 2012
Afro-Montreal
Features - April 18, 2019
In Memoriam: Masuka, Simaro, Nketia and the New Ancestors
Charts - May 16, 2019
Charted Waters: Nairobi, Kenya, May 16, 2019
Interview - August 22, 2017
Listen: Super Yamba Band's "N'diarabi" With Ismael Kouyate
The Brooklyn-based, Afrobeat-inflected funk outfit just re-released their song “N’diarabi” on vinyl.
Interview - September 23, 2014
Madagascar's Mosaic History: An Interview with Margaret Lou Brown
Blog - June 25, 2014
Featured Artists: Party and Dissent--World Cup Brazil 2014
Blog - October 24, 2018
Field Report: Música Mundo in Brazil
Blog - March 30, 2016
Concert Review: Africa Now! at the Apollo
Interview - July 23, 2018
Elida Almeida Discusses Her Third Album, Kebrada
Blog - October 31, 2016
On the Scene in Casablanca
Blog - June 20, 2013
Lebanon Journal 2: Ziad Rahbani
Interview - May 13, 2016
The Call of the Lionhearted: A Chat With Debo Band's Danny Mekonnen
Reviews - January 13, 2025
New York Comes Alive with globalFEST, Afromondo and More!
November 3, 2017
A Syliphone Records Primer
Interview - April 10, 2019
Herb Alpert Talks About the 25th Edition of His Arts Awards
Interview - December 3, 2013
An Interview with Minyeshu
Voices in Vinyl - February 23, 2016
Voices in Vinyl: Matanzas—A Story in Afro-Cuban Culture
Blog - July 26, 2017
Delgres: Pascal Danaë's Journey to the Afro-Caribbean-Louisiana Connection
Features - July 25, 2025
Nuits D'Afrique Festival Delivers, For the 39th Time!
Field Report - July 26, 2023
Nuits D'Afrique Rides Again with Yemi Alade, Sona Jobarteh, Dicko Fils and much more!
Blog - June 19, 2017
Kwame Shaka Opare: Breaking Ground in Dance, Straight from the Roots
Features - April 16, 2010
Senegal Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Independence, Launching of Statue of the African Renaissance
Blog - February 2, 2018
Maga Bo Takes Samba de Coco Raízes de Arcoverde Electronic
Interview - October 21, 2016
Rab Bakari Decodes Afrobeats, Naija Pop and More
Blog - November 12, 2019
Field Report: Morocco's Festival Taragalte, Part 1
Blog - November 4, 2016
Nigerian Reissues, White Noise and Digital Fingerpointing
The milieu of collectors, compilers and re-issuers of rare African vinyl is a pretty small, tight-knit community, where reputation counts for a lot and rumors fly fast. Right now, something is amiss in the scene, and we think you should know about it.
Features - December 20, 2022
Creative Industries Flourish at U.S. Africa Leaders Summit
Features - July 18, 2023
2023 Montreal International Jazz Festival
Interview - September 24, 2015
Lágbájá Talks Career, New Music, and the Nigerian Scene
Blog - June 4, 2017
Field Report: Moroccan Pop at the World Sacred Music Festival
August 13, 2024
Nuits D'Afrique Festival in Montreal, 2024: A Photo Essay
Voices in Vinyl - March 17, 2016
Voices in Vinyl: Digging in Dakar
Interview - March 7, 2019
Razia on The Road
Interview - May 26, 2016
Interview: Going Places with Herb Alpert
Interview - May 13, 2025
Novalima Leads The Dance with Ramón Perez Prieto
Blog - February 28, 2018
Music of Wakanda
A look into the African origins of music used in Ludwig Göransson's score for Marvel's "Black Panther" film to draw audiences closer to the fictional African nation of Wakanda.
Voices in Vinyl - May 23, 2016
Voices in Vinyl: Afro-Turkish Tales
Interview - January 24, 2013
Thomas Turino
Blog - February 23, 2021
Anatomy of A Song: “Africa Mokili Mobimba” and the African Jazz Sound
Interview - March 12, 2020
Jah9 on "Note to Self"
Features - December 8, 2023
The Lure and Lore of Gnawa
April 6, 2018
The Cuban Connection
Blog - October 23, 2018
The Mombasa Years of Andrew “Madebe” Burchell, Part 1
The Knowledge Broker
Blog - April 2, 2014
Field Report: Song From the Forest at SXSW 2014
Interview - June 6, 2012
Mais um Interview: Talking with Mais um Gringo
Blog - May 17, 2019
Photo Essay: Atlantic Music Expo Returns to Cape Verde, Part One
Interview - March 18, 2015
Sound System Music: Lucas Silva and Palenque Records
Interview - November 5, 2019
Roberto Fonseca discusses his new album, Yesun
Blog - August 26, 2014
Field Report: Highlights From the 2014 Gwoka Festival in Guadeloupe
Interview - March 9, 2023
Dogo du Togo Puts Togolese Music on the Map
Interview - May 27, 2015
Interview: Chassol on Carnival and Producing Frank Ocean
Features - February 16, 2021
The Shangaan '90s: Disco or Kwaito?
Voices in Vinyl - November 12, 2016
Voices in Vinyl: Joy in Jozi
Interview - June 9, 2022
Fafa Ruffino: Full of Hope and Joy
Blog - December 29, 2015
West Africa: Word, Symbol, Song Exhibit at the British Library, London
Interview - May 25, 2017
Elida Almeida: Taking Cape Verde to the World
Blog - October 24, 2018
The Mombasa Years of Andrew “Madebe” Burchell, Part II
The Coastal Innovator
Interview - July 7, 2011
Michael Frishkopf on Sufism and the Moulid
Interview - January 4, 2018
54 Kingdoms: Nana Poku and Kwaku Awuah on Storytelling in Fashion
Blog - February 24, 2016
Field Report: Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival
Blog - October 1, 2015
Interview: Sinkane's Ahmed Gallab
Interview - April 7, 2025
Bia Ferreira: Sowing Seeds of Love
Features - May 4, 2017
Mark LeVine On the Niger Delta and More
Blog - July 10, 2019
Newen Afrobeat: A Chilean Collective Inspired by Fela's Music and Activism
Blog - March 4, 2017
Miriam Makeba: 85th Birthday Observance
Reviews - September 20, 2017
Tokooos
Album review- "Tokooos" by Fally Ipupa
Fresh Eyre - May 6, 2020
Zambian Motherload: Roots Music from Way Down South
Blog - July 22, 2014
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: An Interview With Bill Bragin
Interview - May 6, 2025
Kasiva Mutua: Feeling the 6/8 Rhythm
Interview - September 3, 2025
David Jenkins, aka Qadasi, Champions the Roots of Zulu Maskandi
Interview - June 17, 2020
Yemi Alade Talks "Boyz"
Features - October 31, 2019
Remembering Louis Sarno
Interview - March 14, 2024
Daymé Arocena Gets Personal on Alkemi
Interview - October 18, 2018
Ryan Skinner on the Afro-Swedes
Interview - January 10, 2023
Pedrito Martínez speaks with Ned Sublette about Echoes of Africa
Blog - August 18, 2015
The Haitian-Quebec Experience
Interview - September 14, 2018
Thabang Tabane Introduces His Debut Album
Interview - July 20, 2021
Jay Way Is Not Okay (Or Is He?)
Interview - June 16, 2025
Cheikh Ibra Fam Releases Stunning Video for "Xam Xam" from upcoming Album, Abouna
Blog - July 31, 2019
Maya Kamaty: Redefining Maloya for the 21st Century
Interview - March 20, 2012
Living Traditions: Discussions on Traditions and Venues in Egypt
Interview - January 7, 2015
Wendy Wilson-Fall on Malagasy Americans
Interview - December 7, 2016
Tiken Jah Fakoly Exclusive Interview
Interview - January 30, 2014
Angelique Kidjo discusses her new CD "Eve," and book "Spirit Rising"
Blog - June 15, 2017
Ian Brennan on Social Justice and the Power of Songs
Interview - August 22, 2017
Ian Brennan on Social Justice and the Power of Songs
Ian Brennan is a Grammy-winning producer, whose set of recordings on the Zomba Prison Project in Malawi put his work on our radar, and was featured in the Afropop program, “Off the Beaten Track in Malawi and Burkina Faso.”
Interview - August 1, 2017
Samir Langus on Morocco's Musical Landscape
Interview - May 25, 2023
The Bongeziwe Experience in Mexico
Interview - October 20, 2016
Georges Collinet on the Past and Future of African Music
May 9, 2019
A Visit to Afro-Sweden
Interview - May 18, 2023
Gotopo's Afro-Indigenous Future Vision
Interview - January 27, 2022
Francisco "Fininho" Sousa on Bandé Gamboa
Interview - February 26, 2019
Rocky Dawuni: Another Dimension of Diaspora Music
Interview - March 31, 2010
Lamine Touré, Sabar Player and Griot
Interview - June 25, 2020
Michael Veal on Tony Allen
Interview - October 20, 2017
Johnny Clegg's Final Journey
March 9, 2023
Afro Roots Fest 2022 with Daymé Arocena and Sinkane
Interview - May 24, 2011
A Native Sun: Blitz the Ambassador
June 13, 2019
What's New at WOMEX
Interview - December 8, 2023
Deborah Kapchan on the Gnawa of Morocco
Interview - November 11, 2013
Interview: Jackson Allers on Arab Hip Hop
December 16, 2021
WOMEX Rises!
Features - June 1, 2017
Abdalla Uba Adamu: Music, Film, Culture and Religion in Northern Nigeria
Interview - April 27, 2011
Ingrid Monson
March 30, 2023
Sauti Za Busara, Sounds of Wisdom 2023
August 12, 2021
New Moves in Afro-Jazz
Interview - August 6, 2021
Joseph Ray on Leave the Bones with Lakou Mizik
Features - September 7, 2023
From Zamrock to The Great Year: Zambian Artist Sitali Siyolwe Releases Fourth Studio Album
Blog - May 5, 2015
Tuareg Purple Rain: An Interview with Chris Kirkley
Interview - July 6, 2013
John Collins: Ghana, Then and Now
Blog - February 2, 2014
Interview: The Gnonlonfoun Brothers on Vodun, Gangbé, and Jomion & The Uklos
Interview - January 11, 2023
Sona Jobarteh, With Feet in Two Worlds
Features - June 1, 2017
Carmen McCain: The Culture of Kannywood
Interview - December 19, 2012
Joseph Shabalala
Interview - November 11, 2024
Thandiswa Returns with Sankofa
Interview - August 19, 2021
David McLoughlin on Brasil Calling
Interview - August 23, 2018
David Aglow: Hunting Rabbits in Botswana
Interview - September 5, 2024
Kofi Appenteng on 70 Years of the Africa America Institute
Interview - March 20, 2015
"Kind of A Manifesto"--Awesome Tapes From Africa's Brian Shimkovitz on Releasing "Obaa Sima"
Interview - June 18, 2024
"What is Vaudou Music?" Peter Solo Speaks
Interview - August 11, 2015
Emmanuel Jal: Between Che and Gandhi
Interview - March 6, 2008
Ahmad Sikainga on Sudan, A Musical History
May 24, 2023
Taking the Pulse in Dar Es Salaam 2023
Interview - April 20, 2008
Black Man’s Grave: A Conversation with Authors John Amman and Gary Stewart
Interview - March 25, 2021
Blandine on Congo in Toronto
Interview - June 23, 2025
Ian Brennan on Tigray Tears: Siding With the Underdog
Blog - May 31, 2017
From Baby Steps To Giant Strides: The Dawn Drake Story
Interview - February 1, 2005
Joseph Roach Talks to Ned Sublette
Interview - December 21, 2022
Jake Blount's New Faith
Interview - March 15, 2022
Show Alert: Sona Jobarteh's Singular Path Through Mande Tradition
Interview - November 17, 2007
Jeffrey Summit
Interview - January 11, 2008
Jean Kidula: The Rise of the Religious Music Industry in Kenya
Interview - October 22, 2019
Sona Jobarteh's Singular Path Through Mande Tradition
Features - December 29, 2016
James Burns Discusses Music of Ghana's Volta Region
Interview - September 22, 2016
Ian Brennan on the Zomba Prison Project
Interview - October 3, 2024
Joe Boyd's Epic Journey Through Global Music
October 1, 2020
SXSW 2020: A Virtual Showcase
Interview - October 3, 2013
Robert Moser: The Lebanese Diaspora in Brazil
Features - November 7, 2013
Beirut 2013: Meet the Players
Blog - December 5, 2014
The Truth of the Place: Death Metal Angola's Jeremy Xido Interviewed
Interview - August 2, 2013
Jesse Shipley, Part 1: Pan Africanism and Hiplife
Interview - October 8, 2008
Joseph Braude: Music and Islam
Interview - March 29, 2011
Bob George: Muslim World Music Day
Interview - October 11, 2011
Michael Frishkopf and Kristina Nelson on Koranic Recitation
Interview - July 27, 2023
Simon Shaheen discusses the history and art of the oud
Interview - July 11, 2025
A Conversation with Anisia Uzeyman and Saul Williams Directors of Neptune Frost
Interview - April 18, 2011
Amina Claudine Myers
November 2, 2023
African Legends: Remembering Fela
Contemporary Nigerian artists and others recall the man, the music and the legacy of Nigeria's greatest musician.
Interview - September 23, 2021
Ben Lapidus on Changüí: Music of Eastern Cuba
October 12, 2017
Remembering Fela: Program Script
Features - June 28, 2016
Fraternization Machine: Simon Reynolds on U.K. Dance History
Interview - September 15, 2006
Francis Falceto-Ethiopia: Empire and Revolution
Interview - July 7, 2016
Necessary Noise: Chérie Ndaliko
Features - May 3, 2012
The Hip Hop Generation: Ghana's Hip Life and Ivory Coast's Coupé-Decalé
Interview - May 6, 2012
100 Copies: Interview with Mahmoud Refat and Hassan Khan
Interview - December 3, 2011
Peter Manuel on Indo-Caribbean Music
Interview - February 7, 2012
Mark LeVine on Music and the Egyptian Revolution
Interview - December 3, 2011
Michelle Kisliuk and Justin Mongosso: The BaAka of Central Africa