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Afropop Worldwide

Afropop Worldwide is an internationally syndicated weekly radio series, online guide to African and world music, and an international music archive, that has introduced American listeners to the music... Read more

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Hip Deep Portrait Of King Sunny Ade

Hip Deep Portrait Of King Sunny Ade

[APWW PGM #468] [Originally aired in 2005]King Sunny Adé was, in many ways, the inspiration for what would become Afropo... Read more

2 Jul 2015

59mins

Ranked #2

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Sierra Leone: Celebration, War, And Healing

Sierra Leone: Celebration, War, And Healing

[APWW PGM #552] [Originally aired in 2008]While Sierra Leone is currently in the news for the horrific outbreak of Ebola... Read more

16 Feb 2015

59mins

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The Cumbia Diaspora - From Colombia to the World

The Cumbia Diaspora - From Colombia to the World

Move over salsa and merengue–cumbia is the most popular music in Latin America. Today, cumbia is played from the borderl... Read more

11 Jul 2019

59mins

Ranked #4

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Africa Now!

Africa Now!

Africa Now!Join us for a whirlwind tour to hear the hottest artists in Lagos, Accra, Nairobi, Kinshasa, Jo'burg and Cair... Read more

17 Sep 2015

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Afro-Symphonic Folk: From the Coasts of Africa to the San Francisco Bay

Afro-Symphonic Folk: From the Coasts of Africa to the San Francisco Bay

The San Francisco Bay Area is a unique cultural space that has given birth to some of the most iconic countercultural Am... Read more

3 Oct 2017

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African Music at the Crossroads

African Music at the Crossroads

Afropop producer Banning Eyre takes us on a surprise-filled tour of his 30-some years of covering African music. Through... Read more

15 Jun 2017

59mins

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A Brief History of Funk

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 absolut... Read more

23 Nov 2017

59mins

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Luiz Gonzaga The King of Baiao

Luiz Gonzaga The King of Baiao

Sweet accordion riffs, the steady twang of the triangle, and the off-beat pounding of the zabumba drum make forro a favo... Read more

3 Oct 2019

59mins

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Lagos and the Rise of Nigerian Afrobeats

Lagos and the Rise of Nigerian Afrobeats

Lagos and the Rise of Nigerian AfrobeatsHeavy, percussive club beats with irresistible hooks and street-wise raps in Yor... Read more

10 May 2018

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Juju Jubilee

Juju Jubilee

[APWW PGM #317] [Originally aired in 1998]Juju maestro Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey recently made a rare U.S. tour in t... Read more

10 Sep 2015

59mins

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An Island, Divided

An Island, Divided

The island of Hispaniola, located in the western Caribbean, is divided in two by an invisible line that snakes down its ... Read more

24 Aug 2017

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Ancient Text Messages: Batá Drums in a Changing World

Ancient Text Messages: Batá Drums in a Changing World

#724Produced by Ned Subletteair date 2/11/2016In Africa, drums don't only play rhythms, they send messages. “Ancient Tex... Read more

11 Feb 2016

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Afropop Exclusive Mixtape- Palenque Records

Afropop Exclusive Mixtape- Palenque Records

Lucas Silva, the man behind the always amazing Palenque Records, dropped this dynamite mix of Colombian favorites new, o... Read more

18 Mar 2015

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Pedras, Melos, and Radiola - Brazilian Reggae in Sao Luis do Maranhao

Pedras, Melos, and Radiola - Brazilian Reggae in Sao Luis do Maranhao

São Luís do Maranhão is one of the poorest and most ethnically-diverse cities in Brazil. In this old slave port, located... Read more

23 May 2019

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Hip Deep Angola part 1: Music and Nation in Luanda

Hip Deep Angola part 1: Music and Nation in Luanda

We explore the role music played in the creation of a uniquely Angolan consciousness as the country struggled toward ind... Read more

2 Nov 2017

59mins

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Here Comes 2020

Here Comes 2020

While others look back on 2019 and the decade of the 2010s, Georges Collinet and Banning Eyre choose instead to look ahe... Read more

19 Dec 2019

1hr 12mins

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Africa and the Blues

Africa and the Blues

When this episode first aired, the recent death of Malian guitar legend Ali Farka Touré inspired a new round of speculat... Read more

15 Feb 2018

59mins

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