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At 50 years old, Orchestra Baobab is one of the grand big bands of West Africa, and also something of a comeback story. The group wen...
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Season Five of the Afropop Closeup podcast will launch next week. Once again, it’s a rich set of episodes from our producers. As list...
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At least 81 people have been killed and many more injured in unrest that has erupted across Ethiopia this week, following the killing...
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Outdoor summer concerts are truly one of the great pleasures of the season and while the on-going pandemic precludes them from happen...
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From Kikuyu gospel to bongo flava, Swah rap (Tanzanian hip-hop), East Africans have great taste in pop music. But what's going on in...
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Thomas Mapfumo, "The "Lion of Zimbabwe," turns 75 today, and Afropop's Banning Eyre is celebrating with a panel discussion that we'll...
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Ghanaian artist Jojo Abot has staged her interdisciplinary performance piece, The Power to the God Within, across countries and conti...
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Oran Etkin is an itinterant clarinet and saxophone player who can be found most Wednesdays (under normal circumstances) playing with...
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The Seattle jazz outfit Duende Libre is set to release its third album, The Dance She Spoke, on July 17, and in anticipation, Afropop...
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For years one of the largest LGTBQ Pride parades in the world has taken place in the streets of São Paulo, Brazil. Last year an estim...