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The Brazilian Diaspora in the United States: Music and Dance Schools & Featured Artists
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Sauti Za Busara - Sounds of Wisdom Swahili Festival, 2005 - Another Step Forward for East African Mu:
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Photo Feature: Orchestra Baobab at River to River Festival 6\25:
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Index of Features
A Brief History of Funk

Acoustic African Music Series in NYC presents another superb show!

Africa In America-2005

African Islands discographies

Afro-Celt Sound System

Afropop Donates Two "Rare Bird" Modulus Basses to African Musicians

Afropop Spotlights New World Film

Afropop Trailblazers-2006

Afropop Vignettes: Oumou Sangare, Gigi, Miriam Makeba, Dobet Gnaore

Afropop Vinyl- Classic LP covers

Afropop Worldwide Top Ten for 2004

Afropop Worldwide's Visit to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2007

Afropop's ADVENTURE IN MADAGASCAR, Dispatches 1-5

Afropop's ADVENTURE IN MADAGASCAR- Second Dispatch

Afropop's Adventure in Madagascar: Part II

Ali Farka Toure Remembered

Angelique Kidjo introduces "Oyaya!"

APAP Conference-2004

APWW in Havana, Cuba 2003: Dispatch 1

APWW Stocking Stuffers 2007: Top 10 CDs

Arts Presenters, 2005: Towards Global Cultural Exchange

Babatunde Olatunji 1927-2003

Ballet Inganzo

Bembeya Jazz 2002: Interview with leaders

Brazilian Diaspora in the United States Dance and Artist Feature

Building Guitars in the Congo

Cape Town International Jazz Festival-2006

Carnival Roundup 2008

Central Park SummerStage Announces 2007 Season!

Chicago Police Shut Down HotHouse, city's cross-cultural mecca

Coca-Cola Ebony Festival Report

Concert of Colors 2004

Concert Review- Rachid Taha, 7/19/01 at Village Underground, NYC

Creole Currents in the Caribbean

Cuba and Its Music

Cuba trip info session 9-11-01

Dance Party Extravaganza 2006

Democracy in Dakar-2007

Djelimady Tour Report-2: October 27,2002

Djelimady Tour Report-5: November 16, 2002

Ethiopia Part 1: Empire and Revolution

Ethiopia Visit - 2007

Femi Kuti talks about "Fight to Win"

Festival in the Desert 2003: Dispatch 2

Field Report from Lagos-June, 2005

G8 and Live 8 Take Center Stage: Presidents & Musical Celebrities Focus on Africa

globalFEST 2006: New York's World Music Extravaganza

Gnawa Festival in Essaouira, Morocco 2003

Habib Koité, Vusi Mahlasela and Dobet Gnahoré Inducted into the Afropop Hall of Fame

Hakurotwi Mude: In Memoriam

History of Carnival in Brazil

Hurricane Michelle hits Cuba

Je Chanterai Pour Toi: Karkar Film Review

July's Afropop Madness! (2002)

Khaled and Rachid Taha reissues: Reviewed

Khaled-Love to the People

Kinshasa Report 2003->2004

Koffi Olomide: The Odyssey (2003)

LAMC 2005 in New York City

Let Freedom Sing!...African Stars and Bonnie Raitt Wow New York

Lucky Dube-2000

Madagascar--Appeal from Ian Anderson

Madagascar-Andrew Aprile Adventure (2006-7) Part 2

Mali on the Mall: 2003. Part 1

Mali on the Mall: 2003. Part 4

Mauritania's Malouma: US Tour, 2005

Miguel Poveda Review

More Photos from Cuba

Musical Tales from the Peace Corps

New Guitar Voices: featuring Vieux Farka Touré and Shiyani Ngcobo

New York Concerts, 2007: A Photo Essay

North Sea Jazz Festival 2004

On the Rumba River: Film review

Oriente Express Afropop seminar, dispatch 1

Oumou Sangare Video

PASSINGS

Philadelphia Experiment

Photo Feature: Afropop Artists Respond To Terrorist Attack On America

Raven radio memoir

Remembering Hassi Saré

Response from afropop.org community to site redesign project: your comments still welcome

Rwanda+SouthAfrica+10

Sayon Sissoko: A Malian Master Dies

Shout Out: Colombia and Cuba

Singing the Situation: Zimbabwe 2001

South African Artists Reflect on 10yrs. of Freedom

Starsearch in Kenya

STOCKING STUFFERS Afropop Worldwide's Top Ten Discs for 2006

Sudan Music and Dance Festival, 2007-Review

Summer 2005 ramping up to be banner concert season: Get jump start on where to be when

Summer in the City 2004: African Concerts in the Parks

Support the Ephat Mujuru Family Fund

Tartit tours America at War, 2003

The Arab American National Museum opens in Michigan

The Festival of Saint Cecilia: A Marathon of Mariachi

The Music and Dance of the Dunes, a review by James Harbison, Merkin Concert Hall, November 13, 2002

The Story of Räi

Thomas Mapfumo-2004

Tom Terrell remembers 1989 Mapfumo tour

Toubab Krewe's Adventure in Mali: 2007

V.S. Naipaul wins 2001 Nobel Prize for Literature

VOP Board statement

WOMADelaide 2003 Review

WOMEX 2005-Impressions from the World Music Whirlwind

WOMEX-2003 Report

World Music Focus: Arts Presenters 50th Anniversary

Youssou N'Dour Joe's Pub Benefit April 2008

Zambia: Rumba Roots to R&B Renaissance

Zanzibar-Sauti Za Busara-2004 Part 3

"Puertas de las Americas" Festival 2006 in Mexico City

A Musical Stage for Dialogue: Israelis and Palestinians Rap for Peace at S.O.B's Hip Hop Sulha '06

Actors for Social Change

Africa Live: Roll Back Malaria Concert

Africans in the Arabian Gulf

Afropop Ambassadors

Afropop Goes to WOMEX 2001

Afropop Summer Extravaganza

Afropop Vignettes: EAST AFRICA IN FOCUS

Afropop Vignettes: Puerto Rico

Afropop Worldwide at the Latin Funk Fest 2005

Afropop Worldwide Visits Angola

Afropop Youth Links

Afropop's ADVENTURE IN MADAGASCAR, Fourth Dispatch

Afropop's ADVENTURE IN MADAGASCAR-
First Dispatch

Afropop's first film "Festival in the Desert: The Tent Sessions" co-produced by Link TV premieres

Amadou & Mariam, Daby Toure, Birdy Nam Nam: Live Review from Central Park Summerstage (2006)

Angelique Kidjo, Baaba Maal, Femi Kuti speak out on HIV/AIDS

APWW Announces the Top Ten of 2001

APWW Seminar in Cuba, March 2003, Final Dispatch

APWW's Concert Highlights

Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck inducted into Afropop Hall of Fame

Badenya: New York Concert Review

BBC Radio 3 Awards: A World Music Milestone-2001

Berber Rising!

Brenda Fassie, 1964-2004

Cameroonian Photo Album

Caribbean Christmas: APWW's Holiday Celebrations Around the World

Celebrate Kwanzaa

Cesaria on the Beach

Civil Crisis Escalates in Madagascar

Colorful Images featuring...The Immortal 1970's-A Golden Age for African Pop Bands

Concert of Colors 2005 - Reflections

Corey Harris: Blues goes to Africa, and back

Cuba 2001 Dispatch 1

Cuba and its Music: Review

Cuba: What's Happening in 2007?

Dar Es Salaam and Jo'burg 2008 Check in!

DJ Sultan 32 Interview

Djelimady Tour Report-3: November 4, 2002

Dolly Rathebe, A Personal Tribute by Rob Allingham

Ethiopia Part 2: Diaspora & Return

Fallou Dieng at Joe's Pub--Review-2007

Fes World Sacred Music Festival Report: 2004

Festival In the Desert-2002-Music, Sand and Kalashnikovs

Four Generations of Congo Music

Gangbé Brass Band: Triumph in New York!

globalFEST 2007: Bigger and Better

Grammy Winners 2008

Habib Koite in NYC 2003

Hidden Meanings in Congo Music

Hugh Masekela and Friends Wow Carnegie Hall-2003

Improvisation: Musicians and Scholars Speak

Jimmy Carter addresses Cuban people live on television and radio

Khaled & Hakim Concert Review

Khaled Christmas-2004

King Sunny Ade-New York, 2005

Kinshasa Update: June, 2003

Konono No.1 Live Review, Chicago-2005

Latin Alternative Music Conference

LIVING IN NEW ORLEANS: Mardi Gras

Luiz Gonzaga photos and story of forro

Madagascar--Hanitra in Tana

Malagasy Guitarists

Mali on the Mall: 2003. Part 2

Mardi Gras Day in the Tremé 2006

Mediterranean: The New York World Festival

Mixing it Up (2003)

Music and Censorship in Zimbabwe

Neba Solo - Mali's "Genius of the Balafon" at Harlem Stage

New Orleans Musicians Aid-2005

New York says final farewell to Celia Cruz

NYC Alive & Kicking!

On the Scene in Dar es Salaam (2004)

Oumou Sangare and Terrance Simien--Carnegie Hall-2006

Oumou Sangare, Mali's Songbird Alights on Harlem Stage

PBS' "AFRICA": Interview with Jennifer Lawson

Photo Essay of free Summer Concerts

Porto Musical conference in Recife Brazil, Jan. 31-Feb.3, 2005 Report

Recipe for Ndole

Report on 27th Musiques Metisses Festival!

Rokia Traore: Zankel Concert Review-2004

Sand, Drum & Shostakovich: Film Review

Scenes From South America

Sidi Goma:From India to Tanzania

Sinikithemba Choir: South Africans with HIV Sing Out!

South America Audio stream

Stella Chiweshe, Live in New York, 2005: Review

Strictly Mundial, Montreal-2005

Summer 2003 Concert Previews

Summer 2006 Concert Previews

Summer Music in Cuba

Tale of Two Rebellions

TEDGlobal 2007

THE CALIENTE FESTIVAL IN HAVANA

The Gnawa Music of Morocco

The Stars of Afropop's Winter 2008 Dance Party!

Thione Seck-2003. Concert review

Three Shades of Blues: Roots

Top Ten Afropop Worldwide Releases for 2002

Toumani, Ali Farka, & Gil Winners at Grammys-2006

Vieux Farka Toure Debuts in America

What's in a Name? A lot When it Comes to the Music of Mali and Guinea

WOMEX 2002 report

WOMEX 2006 CD Extravaganza!

WOMEX-2007 Report and Photo Essay

World Refugee Day, 6/20/07

Youssou N'Dour, 2003 Concert Review

Zanzibar-Sauti Za Busara-2004 Part 1

Zimbabwe's "Operation Restore Order:" A summary

A Review of President Bush's Historic Tour of Africa.

Africa in America 2008_Resources

African Guitar Heroes

Africare dinner honors Sen. Richard Lugar and Rep. Donald Payne

Afropop Celebrates Brass Traditions

Afropop Hall of Fame Benefit Gala, 2005 - A Night to Remember

Afropop Testimonials, Fall 2002

Afropop Vignettes: Madagascar, Zimbabwe & S. Africa

Afropop Vignettes: West African Extravaganza

Afropop Worldwide Goes To The Movies

Afropop Worldwide's Cuban Music & Popular Culture Seminar, November 2001

Afropop's 2007 Spring HOT PICKS!

Afropop's ADVENTURE IN MADAGASCAR- Final Dispatch

Afropop's ADVENTURE IN MADAGASCAR-Third Dispatch

Afropop's Vignettes of American Musical Hot Spots

Andy Palacio Dies: January 19, 2008

APAP 2005 conference

APWW hears your testimonials

APWW Seminar in CUBA: dispatch 2

Arabic Music in the US, after September 11

Baaba Maal Acoustic Debuts in New York!

Balla Tounkara, The Griot of Boston

BBC-A4WM-2004: Edinburgh, Scotland

Blues Reflections: 2003

Brutality Garden: Tropicália and the Emergence of a Brazilian Counterculture

Cape Town International Jazz Festival 2008

CARNIVAL 2001 HIGHLIGHTS AND LINKS

Central Park SummerStage 2006

Chavela Vargas-live review-2003

Coca-Cola Ebony Festival in Dakar, June 4-6

Community Homage to Ali Farka Toure

Concert of Colors 2006: Detroit Celebrates 14 years of music diversity!

Country Spotlight- MADAGASCAR

Cuba 2001 Dispatch 2

Cuba Seminar--dispatch 3

Cumbre Tajin Festival in Veracruz, 2004

Dar es Salaam-Hip Hop-2004

Djelimady Tour Report-1: October 18, 2002

Djelimady Tour Report-4: November 8,2002

East African Renaissance-2003

Ethiopia Reconsidered

Favorite Features of 2005

Festival in the Desert 2003: Dispatch 1

Fete de Piyan

Fula in the House!

Global Beat Fusion (Book excerpt)

GlobalFEST-2005: The World on Three Stages

Grassroots 2002 Review

Haira Arby-2005 Feature

Highlights from Carnival 2007 - Trinidad & Haiti

Hunting the Elusive Triplet in Madagascar

Inventos Hip Hop Cubano-film review

Johannesburg 2008 Africa Day Music Concert

Khaled & Hakim in NYC review

Khaled Interview: 2004

Kinshasa Reacts to Papa Wemba's Plight

Koffi Olomide

Kora Awards Report: 2004

Lágbájá @ "Club Warehouse", East Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, USA, July 6th

Louis Head's Top 10 Latin Dance CDs 2007

Madagascar letter from Hanitra

Madagascar-Andrew Aprile Adventure (2006-7) Part 1

Mali Around the World-2004

Mali on the Mall: 2003. Part 3

Mariza at Carnegie Hall: 10/12/2007

Merengue and Dominican Identity with Paul Austerlitz

Montreal Jazz Festival: July 2004 report

Music News from Havana

New Artist- Rajery

New York Concerts, 2006: A Photo Essay

Nonesuch Explorer Africa Reissues

On the Festival Road--from Morocco to Detroit

Orchestra Baobab Photo Feature 2008

Oumou Sangare speaks out about womens' issues. 12/2000

Papa Noel

Percussion Traditions - 2006

Photo feature of Afropop stars taped live for broadcast on APWW

Rachid Taha-Live in NYC-2005

Remembering Ali-from Markus James

Report on the 2007 Concert of Colors in Detroit

Rumbanella Band: Kinshasa Social Club

Sauti Za Busara 2005 - Sounds of Wisdom Swahili Festival

Seen and heard in NYC: Seu Jorge and Fallou Dieng

Simon Chimbetu of Zimbabwe: Obituary

Soneros Mayores - Portraits of Beny Moré and Ismael Rivera

Southern Africa audio stream

Stocking Stuffers 2005

Sudan Festival of Music and Dance: 2008 Preview

Summer 2003 in Dakar, Senegal

Summer 2007 Concert Previews

Summer Photo Series, pt. 1: The Reincarnation of Afrobeat - Séun Kuti & Egypt 80 debut in NYC

Tarab: Making Music in the Arab World

Testimonials for Afropop, fall 2003

The Congotronics Story

The Hip Hop Generation: Ghana's Hip Life and Ivory Coast's Coupé-Decalé

The Story of Bembeya Jazz

Thomas Mapfumo and Blacks Unlimited, Live in New York: The legendary concert at S.O.B.'s in 1991

TIMBUKTOUBAB: Making Videos and Music in Northern Mali

Toubab Krewe Rocks African Style

Tsunami Disaster Relief Efforts

Viswanathan Dies

Winter 2007 Dance Party

WOMEX 2004 Report

WOMEX 2006: Report and Photo Essay

World AIDS Day in New York (2003)

Youssou N'Dour Delivers a Ball! (Concert Review)

Youssou N'Dour, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Spanish Harlem Orchestra win 2005 Grammy Awards!

Zanzibar-Sauti Za Busara-2004 Part 2

"La Mar de Musicas" festival in Cartagena, Spain July 2001