Cote d'Ivoire: Afro-Country - From Abidjan to Nashville With Peter One

This week's Afropop Worldwide program From Nashville to Nairobi: A History of Country Music in Kenya tells the remarkable story of Country and Western music's enduring hold on… Read more »

Mali: Tamikrest's Journey From Kidal to the World

At GlobalFEST 2023 in New York City, we had the chance to hear one of the great bands of modern Tuareg music, sometimes called assuf (sadness) or ichumar (derived from the French… Read more »

Benin: Angelique Kidjo Wins 2023 Polar Music Award

Well, she's done it again! Another unprecedented honour for the genre-bending diva of Benin, France and Brooklyn, the 21st century's Mama Africa, Angelique Kidjo. Read more »

Cameroon: New Single 'Hola Me' By Blick Bassy From New Album 'Madíbá'

In recognition of World Water Day Blick Bassy announces the release details for his new album, 'Madíbá', due out on May 26, 2023 via InFiné (Sabrina… Read more »

Guinea: Sylvain Leroux Visits L'ecole Fula Flute in Guinea

Sylvain Leroux is a New York-based musician and bandleader who plays multiple instruments but specializes in the Fula flute of Guinea. He's been traveling to that West African… Read more »

Togo: Dogo Du Togo Puts Togolese Music On the Map

Massama Dogo--A.K.A. Dogo du Togo--is a Togolese singer/songwriter/bandleader who has lived between the Washington D.C. area and his birthplace in Lomé, Togo since 2000. His… Read more »

Nigeria: Ado Gwanja Stirs the Pot in Kano With 'Warr'

When we visited Kano in northern Nigeria, in 2017, we interviewed scholar and culture aficionado Abdalla Uba Adamu,officially professor of Science Education and Mass Communication… Read more »

Mali: Ali Farka Touré´s "Cherie" Featuring Oumou Sangaré Debuts

Voyageur, the new album from the legendary African guitarist and singer Ali Farka Touré, is out March 10 on World Circuit Records. In anticipation of the forthcoming record… Read more »

Gambia: Ears of the People - Ekonting Songs From Senegal and Gambia

By now, it's widely recognized that the original model for the American banjo, and really all banjos, lies in West Africa. The essential idea of this percussive, plucked-string… Read more »

Gambia: Sona Jobarteh, With Feet in Two Worlds

Sona Jobarteh stands alone among contemporary kora players. The daughter of a Gambian griot father and an English visual artist mother, she grew up with feet in two worlds.… Read more »