PRI: Afropop Worldwide
PRI: Afropop Worldwide
Welcome to the world of Afropop podcasts!\n\nWe are thrilled to offer choice segments from our Afropop Worldwide programs as weekly podcasts delivered to you. You can now hear our cultural reportage from Africa, the Caribbean and the Americas. You will also get segments from our Hip Deep series-within-a-series on history, music and ideas. If you've not yet ventured into the podcast world, it's easy to set up and flexible to fit your schedule. Happy listening! And please forward this url to music loving friends.
(Part 1 in a two-part series marking the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution.) On January 8, 1959, Fidel Castro and h... more
Missionaries and nationalists rubbed shoulders in Kenya as early as 1906, when Kenya was a young, British colony. Christia... more
With new visa fees, a weak dollar, and the decline of the CD business, it's not easy for foreign musicians to mount a succ... more
In this special edition of Afropop Worldwide, cutting edge African artists Emmanuel Jal from Sudan, K'Naan from Somalia, A... more
Here it is--the moment you've been waiting for! It's the moment we open the envelopes to see who wins Afropop's honors fo... more
Amazingly, some of the most creative and interesting African music acts springing onto the scene are not based in Africa. ... more
In our continuing celebration of Afropop Worldwide's 20th anniversary, we return to one of our favorite cities--Dakar, Sen... more
Islam's complex relationship with arts and culture across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia presents special paradoxes and... more
It is almost exactly 20 years ago that the very first Afropop program, "Music from South Africa", hit the air on public ra... more
Zap Mama, led by Marie Daulne, is a force to be reckoned with. Their fierce vocal power and poise is always delivered with... more
