Afropop Worldwide

December 14, 2017
Thomas Mapfumo 2: The Mugabe Years
In recognition of the end of Robert Mugabe's 37-year rule in Zimbabwe, we are rebroadcasting our program on the career of Thomas Mapfumo during the Mugabe years.
April 11, 2024
Thomas Mapfumo 1: The War Years
Part 1 of Afropop Worldwide's HIp Deep audio biography of Thomas Mapfumo focuses on his upbringing, musical education and the bands that lead up to the Blacks Unlimited. These are the war years, when Zimbabwe was fighting to throw off the burden of the racist Southern Rhodesian regime. This episode documents the birth of "chimurenga" music in the voices of those who made that history, many of whom have now joined the ancestors. Produced by Banning Eyre.
Videos - April 8, 2013
Thomas Mapfumo: The Path to Exile
Features - August 27, 2012
4 Track: Thomas Mapfumo
Best of The Beat - December 17, 2017
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Thomas Mapfumo 1984
Blog - September 19, 2022
Lancelot Mapfumo Has Left Us
July 17, 2025
Planet Afropop: Chimurenga Legacy: Thomas Mapfumo and Mary Anibal
Blog - July 2, 2020
Celebrate Thomas Mapfumo's 75th Birthday Today!
May 28, 2015
Thomas Mapfumo: Live at S.O.B.'s
Blog - January 24, 2013
Discography: Thomas Mapfumo: The War Years
June 19, 2018
Thomas Mapfumo: The Enigma of Return
Blog - October 17, 2012
Thomas Mapfumo at Carnegie hall TICKET GIVEAWAY
Blog - February 12, 2013
Mapfumo 2: Mugabe Years--Producer's notes
April 18, 2024
Thomas Mapfumo Live in NYC at SOB's
Interview - February 7, 2013
Mhoze Chikowero: A Historian's Take on Thomas Mapfumo and Robert Mugabe
Blog - May 30, 2012
Simon Bright and Thomas Mapfumo in NYC for Debut of Bright's film "Robert Mugabe... What Happened?"
Blog - June 11, 2014
Afropop Exclusive: Thomas Mapfumo Releases New Electronic Singles
Blog - June 1, 2015
Beyond Mapfumo: Five Tracks From Zimbabwe
Blog - March 16, 2015
Danger Zone: Thomas Mapfumo Urges Zimbabwe Public to Steal Pirated Copies of New CD
Blog - September 22, 2016
Mapfumo and Mawarire Chant Down Mugabe at the U.N.
Best of The Beat - June 21, 2018
Best of The Beat on Afropop: On the Road With Thomas Mapfumo
Interview - January 24, 2013
Thomas Turino
Blog - June 16, 2015
Banning Eyre on PRI's "The World"
Blog - September 17, 2016
Zimbabwe Solidarity at U.N. Gathering
Blog - August 26, 2016
#ThisFlag Movement Signals Changes for Zimbabwe
Blog - May 15, 2012
Thomas Mapfumo in NYC to speak at debut of Simon Bright film: "Robert Mugabe... What Happened?"
Blog - November 22, 2017
And Just Like That, Mugabe Disappeared
Features - September 24, 2019
Chartwell Dutiro: 1957-2019
April 25, 2019
Zimbabwe After Mugabe
November 9, 2023
African Legends: Remembering Oliver Mtukudzi
December 14, 2023
The Soul of Mbira
Reviews - May 26, 2015
Danger Zone
Blog - April 6, 2016
Field Report: Three Takes on Southern African Music
October 17, 2023
Planet Afropop: Bombino And Bobi Wine
Blog - May 8, 2018
Gala Greetings In Absentia
Blog - June 21, 2018
Mbira Goes Metal: Zimbabwe's Nascent Rock Scene
June 22, 2023
The Zim Dancehall Story
June 20, 2012
Afropop Summer Serenade
May 12, 2016
Afropop Live Highlights
Interview - May 16, 2023
Bantu Spaceship Remakes Zimbabwean Roots Pop
Reviews - November 9, 2021
Robson Banda and the New Black Eagles: “Soweto”
October 8, 2024
Planet Afropop: Mokoomba in the House
Blog - February 6, 2015
The International Bob Marley
Reviews - August 24, 2023
Mokoomba: Tusona (Tracings In The Sand)
Interview - July 8, 2025
Preserving the Mbira Tradition of Zimbabwe's Ndau Community
Blog - September 10, 2024
Planet Afropop: Season 2 Releases
Blog - July 28, 2023
SOB´s Celebrates Forty Years
June 14, 2018
The Nature of Trance
Best of The Beat - June 8, 2016
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Southern Exposure--A Journey in Southern Africa
July 15, 2021
Live from the Archive 1: S.O.Bs Edition
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
Features - December 3, 2015
Stocking Stuffers 2015
December 3, 2014
Stocking Stuffers 2014
Blog - December 10, 2014
25 Years of Real World Records!
Blog - October 17, 2019
Hear Zona Libre's Pan-African Bliss Mix: The Continent Vol. One
December 3, 2015
Stocking Stuffers 2015
August 15, 2019
Afropop Worldwide: The Origin Story
Blog - March 25, 2016
Mokoomba: 2016 North American Tour
November 29, 2018
The Best of Afropop Closeup Season 3
Blog - October 3, 2012
Chief Boima Drops Chimurenga Renaissance Mix
Blog - August 4, 2021
Weigh In on Afropop's Future!
And enjoy an exclusive concert from the archives!
Blog - January 23, 2019
UPDATED: Oliver Mtukudzi Dies at 66
Blog - April 13, 2018
Afropop Hall of Fame: A History
Blog - June 28, 2019
Oliver Mtukudzi in Photos
Blog - January 24, 2019
Remembering Oliver Mtukudzi
October 13, 2017
Banning Eyre
Blog - March 9, 2017
Listen: Timbila's New Mbira-Led Singles
May 25, 2018
Afropop Closeup: Season 3
Reviews - June 16, 2010
Dendere Ngoma
Blog - April 26, 2017
Your Chance to See Mokoomba with Afropop!
Blog - August 22, 2019
Oran Etkin's Timbalooloo Comes to Zimbabwe
Blog - June 26, 2013
Join Afropop Host Georges Collinet at Central Park SummerStage 7.21, for Afropop's 25th Anniversary Celebration
Best of The Beat - June 11, 2016
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Africa 101--A Tour of African Music
Blog - April 20, 2018
The Ghosts of Afropop Galas Past
Features - November 11, 2022
Soukous Superstar Koffi Olomide Inducted Into the Afropop Hall of Fame
Contests - July 23, 2012
Win 2 Tickets to Oliver Mtukudzi & The Black Spirits w/ Special Guest Timbila
Blog - October 19, 2012
STAFF BENDA BILILI- LIVE IN NYC
Blog - August 20, 2015
Mbira Maestro Chartwell Dutiro in New York For A Month
Blog - August 21, 2018
Crossfire Passings: Aretha and Vidia
June 25, 2018
Geoffrey Oryema (1953-2018)
Blog - January 2, 2019
In Remembrance of Jumbo Vanrenen
Blog - December 4, 2014
Stocking Stuffers Complete List
Best of The Beat - December 13, 2016
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Remembering Remmy Ongala
May 30, 2013
Afro-Montreal and The Progress of Love
Reviews - November 30, 2011
The Kankobela of the Batonga, Vol. 2
Blog - March 23, 2018
Afropop Worldwide's 30th Anniversary Gala and Hall of Fame
Fresh Eyre - March 29, 2022
Club D'Elf and Afro-Zen Allstars Let the Instruments Do the Talking
Reviews - November 8, 2011
Tamba
Features - April 18, 2019
In Memoriam: Masuka, Simaro, Nketia and the New Ancestors
Reviews - August 6, 2012
Rising Tide
Reviews - April 23, 2014
Pasichigare: Mystic Music of Zimbabwe
Blog - September 20, 2013
Afropop's 25th Anniversary Gala: One for the History Books!
Videos - April 21, 2016
Africa Now! 2016 Rocks the Apollo Theater in Harlem: Video Feature
Blog - May 10, 2018
Photo Essay: Afropop's 30th Anniversary Gala
Reviews - December 19, 2010
Africa: 50 Years of Music
Reviews - April 28, 2017
Sadza With the Head of A Mouse
Reviews - March 10, 2017
Luyando
Features - January 19, 2018
New York's globalFEST 2018: Photo Essay
Reviews - March 4, 2021
“Notes from Africa: A Musical Journey with Youssou N’Dour” By Jenny Cathcart
Interview - July 20, 2017
Mokoomba at Nuits d'Afrique, Montreal
Reviews - January 10, 2010
Zimbabwe Today
Reviews - November 3, 2017
Afrobeats Hot Hits: New Urban Dance Grooves From Africa
Contests - May 22, 2013
LAST WEEK! Win a trip for two to NYC to celebrate Afropop's 25th anniversary at SummerStage--Central Park
Interview - March 20, 2020
Linos Wengara Magaya: Carrying the Torch for Zimbabwe’s Mbira Pop
Blog - August 12, 2013
Afropop Worldwide 25th Anniversary Gala Concert Press Release
Blog - April 16, 2015
Afropop Worldwide Wins Peabody Institutional Award
May 31, 2012
Summer Concert Preview 2012
Features - April 3, 2014
Beneath the Music: Featured Artists
Features - August 2, 2012
Afropop Worldwide Awarded National Endowment for The Humanities (NEH) Grant for 2012-2013 Hip Deep Season
December 28, 2017
30th Anniversary Gala & Hall of Fame
Blog - August 24, 2023
A Tribute to Nigeria's King Sunny Ade as He Passes the Baton for Longest-Charting African Album on Billboard
Interview - November 11, 2024
Thandiswa Returns with Sankofa
Interview - April 23, 2021
Shungudzo: From Harare to LA
Reviews - March 8, 2018
Back It Up
Blog - June 19, 2019
Afropop to Honor Salif Keita at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival: July 13
Blog - August 4, 2025
Afropop Worldwide: The First Intern in the Hot Summer of 1989
Blog - February 14, 2013
Win a trip to Miami to party with Afropop!
Fresh Eyre - June 4, 2020
This Time...
Interview - December 19, 2024
Rikki Stein's Gonzo Journey as an African Music Manager
Fresh Eyre - August 14, 2020
Summer Lockdown Listening
Field Report - November 13, 2023
Afropop Marks 35 Years with Congo-Style Gala at New York's SOB's
November 2, 2023
Celebrate Afropop's 35th Anniversary!
Fresh Eyre - December 12, 2020
Stella Chiweshe to Build Culture Center in Zimbabwe
Features - February 22, 2024
Afropop in Tanzania 2024: Sauti Za Busara
Blog - December 7, 2017
Field Report: Visa For Music 2017
Interview - March 16, 2017
Beautiful Nubia, Troubadour of Nigerian Conscience
Interview - May 14, 2024
Leif Totusek: African Guitar Par Excellence!
Blog - July 6, 2017
Announcing: Afropop Closeup Season Two
Interview - June 12, 2019
Interview with Steel Pulse's David Hinds
Interview - June 8, 2018
Angelique Kidjo Tackles Talking Heads' Remain in Light
Interview - August 25, 2025
The Mahotella Queens are Back! A Talk With Hilda Tloubatla
Interview - December 22, 2021
Jake Blount on Black String Band Tradition
Interview - March 7, 2019
Razia on The Road
Interview - June 25, 2020
Damon Albarn on Tony Allen
Interview - February 26, 2019
Rocky Dawuni: Another Dimension of Diaspora Music
Interview - November 20, 2024
WaCharie: In the Footsteps of Tuku
Interview - March 23, 2011
Habib Koite, Afel Bocoum and Oliver Mtukudzi - 2011
Features - October 24, 2012
Afro-Montreal
Interview - September 24, 2015
Lágbájá Talks Career, New Music, and the Nigerian Scene