Hip Deep is Afropop's media project dedicated to the idea that music is a key to understanding everything. Get hip deep into programs on how the music formed and informed cultures in Africa, the Caribbean and the Americas, plus companion interviews, features, discographies and more.
Egypt's revolution has brought much to light, including a lot of music that's been percolating in hidden corners there, largely ignored by nearly all broadcast and print media. It… Read more >>
We visit one of the world's last untamed natural and musical wildernesses: The Guyanas. Riding along bumpy jungle roads and in dug-out canoes, Afropop producer Marlon Bishop travel… Read more >>
Hip Deep's Egypt program series kicks off with a sonic tour of Cairo from the chatter of car horns on jam-packed streets to the lulling waters of the Nile. We start with a focus on… Read more >>
The beloved, Grammy Award winning singer Cesaria Evora from Cape Verde passed away late last year at the age of 70. We celebrate Cesaria's life and art with an encore of our 1995 r… Read more >>
Riffing off our popular online mixtape series, Afropop culls some of the best tracks from these free digital mixes to put a spotlight on some of the best new music dropping from Af… Read more >>
Explores the rich period in the 1970s when soul flourished in Brazil. Co-hosted and co-produced by author Christopher Dunn as part of Afropop Worldwide's Hip Deep series. … Read more >>