Afropop Worldwide

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  • Location: Brooklyn, New York

"Afropop Worldwide" is America's first and longest-lived weekly program on the music of Africa and the African Diaspora.

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This special 4-part series by Afropop Worldwide shines a spotlight on four giants of African music: Nigeria's Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Zimbabwe’s Oliver Mtukudzi, Cameroon's Manu Dibango, and Tony Allen - one of the greatest drummers of the past century.

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Special episodes from Peabody Award-winning weekly program Afropop Worldwide, focusing on music from Africa and the African diaspora.

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"Afropop Worldwide" is America's first and longest-lived weekly program on the music of Africa and the African Diaspora. NOTE: This program is available to PRI affiliates. For more information please email memberships@prx.org.

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Afropop Worldwide is helping stations celebrate Black History Month with a specially curated selection of four episodes from the Afropop archive.

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PRX’s Afropop Worldwide is helping stations celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month 2023 (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) with a specially curated selection of four episodes. They spotlight: party-happy cumbia from Colombia and the pan-Latin world; bugalú (or “Latin soul”) a music style that stormed New York City in 1966; bachata which began as a kind of workingman’s blues from the Dominican Republic before exploding as an international sensation; and profiles of the legendary Beny Moré (Cuba) and Ismael Rivera (Puerto Rico) who are both national treasures. Si, se puede!

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Beginning February 29, 2024, PRX’s Afropop Worldwide is helping stations celebrate Women's History Month with a specially curated selection of five episodes from the Afropop archive.

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Fundraising Materials for Afropop Worldwide


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Yes, it’s the age of South African house, Afrobeats, Afro r&b and the likes, but roots music lives on in South Africa.

  • Added: May 01, 2019
  • Length: 58:58
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A lot has happened since Afropop last visited Zimbabwe. On this program, we catch up with all the new sounds, hear the latest from Oliver Mtukudzi...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
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The Zouglou sound of the 1990s and the coupé decalé rage that followed are being reinvented in the era of Afrobeats and African hip-hop in modern-d...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
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Afropop Worldwide and KEXP, Seattle, hosted four of the showcase acts at WOMEX 2018.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
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In 2019, for the first time, Afropop Worldwide is hosting a stage at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
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On a return trip to Madagascar, we catch up with and hear new music from tsapiky maestro Damily, the “king of salegy” Jaojoby, an exciting new duo ...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
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Open your ears to some life-giving music and conversations about Trinidad and its brilliant bacchanal.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
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New York’s annual celebration of cultural music was back with a vengeance at the Copacabana.

  • Added: Feb 21, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
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Afropop returns to Dakar, Senegal to catch up with the latest in that country's dominant music style, the bracing, dynamic genre known as mbalax.

  • Added: Feb 06, 2019
  • Length: 58:59

  • Added: Jan 31, 2019
  • Length: 58:59