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Closeup October 3, 2017
Afro-Symphonic Folk: From the Coasts of Africa to the San Francisco Bay
Two very different Bay Area artists, Meklit Hadero and Zena Carlota, use their music to explore what it means to live on two sides of a hyphen: African-American, black-artist, Ethiopian-American, female-musician, to name a few.
Closeup September 19, 2017
Rushin’ to Bacchanal: When Caribbean Festivals Collide
Closeup September 5, 2017
Haiti's Fight For Copyright
Closeup August 15, 2017
Soundin' Like Weself: The Trinidadian Rapso Tradition
Here we encounter the musical and philosophical movement called rapso–an infectiously danceable rhythmic oration style that comes with a philosophy championing a Trinidadian identity in the face of a colonial history and a globalized present.
Closeup July 25, 2017
Salaam, Amani, Peace: Festivals in Goma, DR Congo
In a context of ongoing violence and N.G.O. intervention in Eastern Congo, a festival culture is emerging based on the concept of “peace-building” through the arts.
Closeup June 19, 2017
A Beginner’s Guide to Lusophone Atlantic Music
A lightning tour of some of the most important groups that helped pull together the often-overlooked Afro-Lusophone sonic universe.
Closeup May 30, 2017
Mali: Politics Behind the Music
Gregory Mann co hosts a program on politics and music in Mali.
Closeup May 16, 2017
Congolese Rumba: Surviving the Pop Apocalypse
Closeup April 25, 2017
A Conversation With Pedrito Martínez: Part Two
Closeup April 11, 2017
A Conversation With Pedrito Martínez: Part One
Closeup March 14, 2017
Haitian Radio on American Airwaves
Closeup February 28, 2017
Fees Must Fall: A Voice of Change in South Africa
Closeup February 7, 2017
Mabiisi: Accra Sessions
Closeup January 26, 2017
Talking Peace in Mali
Closeup December 20, 2016
