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Closeup March 23, 2026
After the Money: Salsa for Love in NYC
Closeup October 25, 2023
Africa Seven
Africa Seven focuses on releasing curated remastered vinyl\n\nalbums and eclectic painstakingly researched compilations, mixing big and big\n\n“ish” hits with thoughtful deep cuts.
Closeup October 10, 2023
How the Sound of Saudade Traveled to Ethiopia
Producer Zubeyda Ahmed unravels the fascinating link between Ethio Jazz and Brazilian rhythms such as bossa nova, samba, and touches on traditional Afro-Brazilian cultures; illuminating the remarkable journey of saudade's musical pilgrimage to Ethiopia.
Closeup September 26, 2023
Hispanic Heritage Month 2023: Soneros Mayores - Portraits of Beny Moré and Ismael Rivera
Celebrate the legacy of Beny Moré and Ismael Rivera, two of the greatest soneros of all time, in this special program featuring their iconic songs and musical journey.
Closeup September 26, 2023
Ghana - Must Go?
Ghana's blossoming appeal to African Americans and Ghanaians in the UK is explored in a new episode by producer Yinka Rickford-Anguin, which also looks at how Ghanaians in the UK are promoting their home country.
Closeup September 12, 2023
Wagogo Music Heaven
Afropop producer Banning Eyre visits the Zawose family compound in Bagamoyo, Tanzania, to experience the magic of the hypnotic music of the Gogo people, the Wagogo.
Closeup August 29, 2023
Movement: A Conversation with Jesus Diaz
Meclit Hadero sepaks with Cuban-American percussionist Jesus Díaz for this Afropop Closeup.
Closeup August 15, 2023
Stambeli Music That Heals From Tunisia
Stambeli: Music that Heals from Tunisia
Closeup July 18, 2023
Etienne Charles: The Freedom of Carnival
Closeup July 4, 2023
Jacqueline Crooks’s Fire Rush
Closeup November 15, 2022
Ladama in the Studio
Ladama is a collective of four female musicians and activists from Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela and the U.S. Drawing on traditions from all these countries and beyond, they create original music with the zest of soul, r&b and pop
Closeup November 1, 2022
Agua y Luz: Music of Tumaco and the Afro Colombian Pacific
Currulao is the traditional music of Colombia’s majority-Black, southern Pacific coastal region
Closeup October 18, 2022
Bacardi Beats of Pretoria
Bacardi music a sub genre from kwaito to the latest amapiano hits. In this episode, we travel to Pretoria, South Africa, to discover a little-known link in the complex chain of genres:
Closeup October 5, 2022
Suso: Gambia's Global Griots
Susso is a collaborative project between the Suso and Kuyateh Griot families of Gambia, in particular Yusupha and Ansumana Suso, Jabou Kuyateh and U.K. producer and bassist Huw Bennett.
Closeup September 28, 2022
Geraldo Pino and Fela Kuti in Ghana
Geraldo Pino was an early influence on Fela Kuti in Ghana.
Closeup September 20, 2022
Jamaa Fest, Sierra Leone's Forgotten Festival
Yinka Rickford-Anguin tells the story of Jamaa fest in Sierra Leone in 1994.
Closeup September 8, 2022
Mauritius’s Sega Roots
Deep dive into the history and current state of sega music from Mauritius. Narrated and produced by Banning Eyre
Closeup August 9, 2022
Making Waves: A Congolese Guitarist Tests His Range
Abë Levine tells the story of Congolese guitarist Siama Matazungidi.
Closeup July 26, 2022
The Cavemen: Highlife in the Age of Afrobeats
Fay Fay profiles the young Nigerian highlife act, The Cavemen.
Closeup July 12, 2022
The Rise of Hip-Hop in Malawi
Kenneth Lipanga and Banning Eyre unpack the history of hip-hop in Malawi.
Closeup November 16, 2021
The Kwaito Generation
Closeup November 2, 2021
Echoes of Yaa Amponsah
Closeup October 20, 2021
Learning Congolese Guitar
Dive into the history and mechanics of Congolese guitar, one of the pearls of African music.
Closeup October 6, 2021
Franco Speaks (1985)
In 1985, when Afropop Worldwide was but a gleam in his eye, Sean Barlow sat down with Luambo Makiadi Franco, one of the greatest African bandleaders of all time.
Closeup September 21, 2021
Kakuma Sounds
Kenyan music producer Treynor Tumwa and American musician/scholar Mark LeVine work to provide traditional instruments to Kakuma Refugee Camp, virtual city of people displaced by three decades of war in East and Central Africa.
Closeup September 10, 2021
Yasmin Williams—Guitar Hero To Guitar Hero
Innovative acoustic guitarist Yasmin Williams talks to producer Ben Richmond about her influences, her unique instrumentation, and forging her own path as a young Black woman artist in a genre dominated by white dudes.
Closeup August 24, 2021
The Lyres of East Africa
Known by names like krar, kisara, tambur, simsimiyya and masinkob, the lyres of East Africa represent some of the world’s oldest string instruments, and Otaak Band founder Miguel Merino dives in on this week's Closeup.
Closeup August 10, 2021
