April 09
Zimbabwe: Mokoomba Returns to America!
The hottest band in Zimbabwe is back on the road in America. We caught the group on April 7 at a gala for Global Arts Live, an organization that has presented exceptional music and… Read more »
October 09, 2023
South Africa: Nduduzo Makhathini - in Conversation With the Ancestors
One of the most anticipated and outstanding performances at this year's Festival International de Jazz de Montreal was from jazz pianist Nduduzo Makhathini. Makhathini is often… Read more »
September 07, 2023
Zambia: From Zamrock to the Great Year - Zambian Artist Sitali Siyolwe Releases Fourth Studio Album
Sitali is a New York-born singer-songwriter and guitarist from Zambia who has been in the D.C. and summer festival music circuit scene for years. If you were to ask anyone outside… Read more »
August 24, 2023
Zimbabwe: Mokoomba - Tusona (Tracings in the Sand)
By the time the Zimbabwean band Mokoomba arrived on the African pop scene with their international debut album Rising Tide in 2013, they had been developing their sound for a… Read more »
South Africa: Sharon Katz and the Peace Train New Album - for You
South African singer/songwriter and bandleader Sharon Katz co-founded the band The Peace Train in 1992. Nelson Mandela was just out of prison, and Katz and her musicians traveled… Read more »
August 17, 2023
Zimbabwe: Mokoomba's Unforgettable Return to London
After 6 years since the legendary Mokoomba last played in London, they finally made their very special appearance at the Jazz Cafe, in Camden Town. And there is no better place to… Read more »
June 07, 2023
South Africa: BCUC Shakes Up South African Music
BCUC has to be one of the more unusual bands to emerge from South Africa's alternative music scene in recent years. Not amapiano or gqom or hip-hop, and certainly no throwback to… Read more »
May 31, 2023
Malawi: Keturah Brings Malawi Roots to the World Stage
Keturah is a young singer from Malawi with a cherry-sweet voice and an easy gift for songwriting. Her journey from a small village to a Los Angeles recording studio, where she… Read more »
May 25, 2023
South Africa: The South African Bongeziwe Experience in Mexico
There are few artists who can manifest magic by being in the right place, at the right time, with the right people: that was the Bongeziwe experience in Mexico. Read more »
May 19, 2023
South Africa: South African Bongeziwe Mabandla Releases Fourth Studio Album, Amaxesha
The whole Bongeziwe experience is conceptual in nature in the vein of The Miseducation of Lauren Hill, from an artist he is deeply inspired by. However Bongeziwe is a completely… Read more »
May 16, 2023
Zimbabwe: Bantu Spaceship Remakes Zimbabwean Roots Pop
Bantu Spaceship is a new act out of Harare, Zimbabwe, an Afro-futuristic project with deep ties in the past of the country's popular music. Producer Joshua Madalitso Chiundiza cut… Read more »
May 05, 2023
Mozambique: The Sound of Masks Reveals Tiago Correia-Paulo - Mozambican Composer and Music Producer
The 15th season of AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange, the documentary series of vibrant stories from across the African diaspora from Black Public Media and WGBH's WORLD… Read more »
April 17, 2023
South Africa: The Rebirth of Jonathan Butler - New Album Ubuntu
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March 17, 2023
Malawi: Saving the Malawi Tapes Feature
There was a goldmine inside a building in Malawi, but it lay covered in dust and neglected. Not many seemed aware of the riches that lay in disarray inside MBC, the Malawi… Read more »
Malawi: Keturah - a New Voice From Malawi
This week's Afropop program focuses on Malawi, a country currently reeling from the wrath of tropical cyclone Freddy. Malawi has been scarce on the international music scene. The… Read more »
January 20, 2023
Zimbabwe: Passings - Tshala Muana and Stella Chiweshe
The past month has seen a string of significant losses in our musical world. It began with Tshala Muana, the Congolese Queen of Mutuashi, who died in late December, 2022. In her 64… Read more »
January 12, 2023
South Africa: Amapiano DJ Mixers
Amapiano is undisputedly the most trending club music on the planet in 2023. It is dance music not needing a playlist as the genre is a playlist. The music and the mix are created… Read more »
December 16, 2022
South Africa: Pilani Bubu - Reclaiming and Reinventing Folklore
If you wanted one word to describe South Africa's Pilani Bubu, the word might be "vibrant." Bubu has a vibrancy when you see her, when you hear her sing, or even just talk. At the… Read more »
November 22, 2022
Tanzania: Miracle Corners of the World Trains Youth in Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia
Afropop Worldwide's executive producer Sean Barlow was pleased to participate with our colleagues at Music Corners of the World (MCW) at their recent 18th annual gala at New York… Read more »