Articles

Hanitra Ranaivo and Rohan Houssein Take on Deforestation in Madagascar with "Mivalo"
Blog May 1, 2020

Hanitra Ranaivo and Rohan Houssein Take on Deforestation in Madagascar with "Mivalo"

Photo Essay: Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Feature April 30, 2020

Photo Essay: Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Get Caught in the Cinematic Sweep of Michael Olatuja's “Soki”
Blog April 28, 2020

Get Caught in the Cinematic Sweep of Michael Olatuja's “Soki”

Quarantunes: Orchestra Baobab “Specialist in All Styles”
Blog April 24, 2020

Quarantunes: Orchestra Baobab “Specialist in All Styles”

Angelique Kidjo Gives “Pata Pata” A COVID-19 Make Over, Streaming Live Tuesday
Blog April 24, 2020

Angelique Kidjo Gives “Pata Pata” A COVID-19 Make Over, Streaming Live Tuesday

Afropop Premiere: Badi and Boddhi Satva's "Virgil Abloh”
Blog April 24, 2020

Afropop Premiere: Badi and Boddhi Satva's "Virgil Abloh”

Garifuna Collective Has One for the Birds
Blog April 23, 2020

Garifuna Collective Has One for the Birds

Burna Boy and Black Coffee Light Up One World: Together at Home Benefit Concert
Blog April 21, 2020

Burna Boy and Black Coffee Light Up One World: Together at Home Benefit Concert

Battle of Santiago Returns With “La Mota”
Blog April 17, 2020

Battle of Santiago Returns With “La Mota”

Quarantunes: Novos Baianos on Brazilian TV 1973, RIP Moraes Moreira
Blog April 16, 2020

Quarantunes: Novos Baianos on Brazilian TV 1973, RIP Moraes Moreira

Check Out the Urbano Slink of MPEACH and Uproot Andy's “Fuego de Colores”
Blog April 15, 2020

Check Out the Urbano Slink of MPEACH and Uproot Andy's “Fuego de Colores”

Quarantunes: Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Segal Live in 2010
Blog April 14, 2020

Quarantunes: Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Segal Live in 2010

Dub Inc Releases Lockdown Single “Faut Qu'on s'Evade”
Blog April 14, 2020

Dub Inc Releases Lockdown Single “Faut Qu'on s'Evade”

BANTU Returns with New Video: “Disrupt the Programme”
Blog April 10, 2020

BANTU Returns with New Video: “Disrupt the Programme”

Bela Fleck Re-Explores African Music
Review April 10, 2020

Bela Fleck Re-Explores African Music
Béla Fleck and Toumani Diabate

Lincoln Center Calls It For the Summer
Blog April 9, 2020

Lincoln Center Calls It For the Summer

Afropop Premiere: Victor Rice's São Paulo Reggae Track “Simão”
Blog April 9, 2020

Afropop Premiere: Victor Rice's São Paulo Reggae Track “Simão”

Afropop Premiere: Edoheart's “Original Sufferhead”
Blog April 8, 2020

Afropop Premiere: Edoheart's “Original Sufferhead”

Quarantunes: It's Mdou Moctar Time
Blog April 3, 2020

Quarantunes: It's Mdou Moctar Time

Jackson Browne on "Let the Rhythm Lead"
Review April 3, 2020

Jackson Browne on "Let the Rhythm Lead"

Quarantunes: '70s Highlife Music of Ghana and Nigeria
Blog April 2, 2020

Quarantunes: '70s Highlife Music of Ghana and Nigeria

Afropop's Intrepid Reporter: Bastiaan Springer, 1952-2020
Blog April 2, 2020

Afropop's Intrepid Reporter: Bastiaan Springer, 1952-2020

Remembering Hama Sankare
Blog April 2, 2020

Remembering Hama Sankare

Streaming Quarantunes: Pedrito Martinez at the 92nd Street Y
Blog April 1, 2020

Streaming Quarantunes: Pedrito Martinez at the 92nd Street Y

Quarantunes: Koffee's Tiny Desk Concert
Blog March 31, 2020

Quarantunes: Koffee's Tiny Desk Concert

Links to Help Your Favorite New York Venues Through COVID-19 Quarantine
Blog March 31, 2020

Links to Help Your Favorite New York Venues Through COVID-19 Quarantine

Quarantunes: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Plays the South African Songbook, Sept. 2019
Blog March 27, 2020

Quarantunes: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Plays the South African Songbook, Sept. 2019

Release Round-Up: March 2020
Blog March 27, 2020

Release Round-Up: March 2020

Best of The Beat on Afropop: 1989 Interview with Soukous Greats Aurlus Mabele and Diblo Dibala
Best of The Beat March 27, 2020

Best of The Beat on Afropop: 1989 Interview with Soukous Greats Aurlus Mabele and Diblo Dibala

Quarantunes: Ata Kak Live in Poland in 2016
Blog March 26, 2020

Quarantunes: Ata Kak Live in Poland in 2016