Afropop Worldwide

May 7, 2024
Ethiopia Part 1: Empire and Revolution
Videos - July 19, 2013
Glorious Videos from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Features - October 23, 2006
Ethiopia Part 1: Empire and Revolution
Blog - June 8, 2012
Vintage Ethiopian Wedding LP On Domino Records
Blog - September 15, 2006
Discography- Ethiopia Part 1: Empire and Revolution
May 9, 2024
Ethiopia 2: Diaspora and Return
Blog - May 29, 2014
Guest Bloggers Around the World: Music Renaissance in Ethiopia
Blog - July 3, 2020
Ethiopia Erupts Following Killing of Oromo Singer Hachalu Hundessa
Features - February 5, 2009
Teddy Afro Wows DC's Ethiopian Community in Triumphant Return Concert
Blog - January 22, 2015
An Hour of Ethiopian Bliss
Blog - July 25, 2015
Obama's Addis Ababa Music Guide
Blog - June 22, 2012
Ethiopian Legend Getatchew Mekuria Records New Album with The Ex
Blog - October 27, 2016
Two Greats of Ethiopia's Golden Age: Mahmoud Ahmed and Girma Beyene
Best of The Beat - December 29, 2016
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Gigi--New Voice From Ethiopia
Blog - August 17, 2017
Win Tickets to See Ethiopian Legends Mahmoud Ahmed and Hailu Mergia
Reviews - November 30, 2017
Aveva: Finding an Ethiopian-Israeli Identity
Reviews - September 15, 2006
Francis Falceto-Ethiopia: Empire and Revolution
Reviews - September 15, 2006
Kay Kaufman Shelemay- Ethiopia: Empire and Revolution
Reviews - September 15, 2006
Kay Kaufman Shelemay-Ethiopia: Diaspora and Return
October 10, 2023
How the Sound of Saudade Traveled to Ethiopia
Blog - April 22, 2013
New Quantic Mixes: 45s from Angola and Ethiopia!
May 18, 2023
Oromo Music: Historical Memory and Competing Visions in Ethiopia
Interview - June 23, 2025
Ian Brennan on Tigray Tears: Siding With the Underdog
Blog - September 24, 2012
Interview with Debo Band's Danny Mekonnen
Blog - February 20, 2013
Teddy Afro in NYC: BB Kings 2/22/2013!
Blog - March 1, 2013
Teddy Afro Plays New York's B.B. King
Blog - September 5, 2014
Mulatu Astatke's Journey to Find Himself
Interview - October 23, 2024
The Atse Tewodros Project Aims at Reconciliation Between Ethiopians and Italians
Contests - June 24, 2016
Ticket Giveaway: Hailu Mergia Show July 1 at Pioneer Works
Videos - May 18, 2023
Oromo Music Playlist: Historical Memory and Competing Nationalisms in Ethiopia
Reviews - August 8, 2016
Washington DC Label 1432 R Brings Ethiopiyawi Music to Light
Blog - June 28, 2018
Ethio-jazz at A Tipping Point
Ethio-jazz making a comeback, insights from Jorga Mesfin and Meklit Hadero
Reviews - July 5, 2019
The Return of Hailu Mergia
Interview - November 24, 2025
Let the Circle be Unbroken: Meklit Hadero, A Piece of Infinity
Reviews - December 17, 2012
Guzo
Features - January 2, 2010
Teddy Afro Live at DC Armory (2010)
Blog - August 28, 2013
Jano unleashes Ethio-Metal
Blog - August 1, 2015
Two New Ethio-Rock Singles From Jano Band
Reviews - May 13, 2016
The Call of the Lionhearted: A Chat With Debo Band's Danny Mekonnen
Reviews - July 5, 2016
Wede Harer Guzo
Blog - July 5, 2016
Field Report: Hailu Mergia at Pioneer Works in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Contests - August 21, 2019
CONTEST: Win Tickets to Ethio-Legend Girma Bèyènè at (le) Poisson Rouge
Reviews - June 4, 2021
Hailu Mergia and the Walias Band's "Tezeta"
Blog - July 17, 2013
Krar Collective Light Up Nuits d'Afrique
Reviews - February 12, 2014
Ewedihalehu
Reviews - December 3, 2013
An Interview with Minyeshu
Reviews - October 4, 2013
Hailu Mergia Remixes
Blog - November 20, 2013
Black Ink
Reviews - December 6, 2013
ATFA's Brian Shimkovitz on Ghana, Synthesizers, Hailu Mergia, and More Synthesizers
Blog - July 1, 2014
Afropop Album Premiere: Zvuloon Dub System's Anbessa Dub
Blog - July 29, 2014
Jaojoby and Mahmoud Ahmed: Two African Giants Visit New York
Reviews - January 22, 2016
Got to Go Back Home: Dr. Clinton Hutton on Musical Resistance, the Role of Rastafari in Reggae, and the Formation of Politically Aligned Gangs in Jamaica
Blog - July 25, 2016
Photo Essay: Hakim and Krar Collective at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival
Reviews - June 5, 2019
Bahir
Features - April 14, 2016
Artists of the Nile Project Speak
Reviews - January 23, 2017
Jinja
February 6, 2020
Afro-Tech: Stories of Synths in African Music
November 29, 2019
Inside the Nile Project
Features - July 25, 2013
Afropop Celebrates 25 Years at Central Park SummerStage
Blog - March 7, 2014
Afropop Presents: Feedel Band Live at DROM
Contests - July 17, 2014
Mahmoud Ahmed Ticket Giveaway!
Blog - August 14, 2015
Au Revoir, Mogadishu: 45 Funky Minutes of Somalian Gold
Blog - October 5, 2015
Wondem: Ethio-pop Release From Dexter Story
Blog - March 1, 2017
Reflections on "A Man of Good Hope"
Reviews - June 23, 2017
When the People Move, The Music Moves Too
Blog - July 13, 2017
Master Chef Pierre Thiam Partners with the African Services Committee
Reviews - October 23, 2017
Take Me Apart
Reviews - February 8, 2018
Meklit Hadero with Feet in Many Worlds
March 26, 2020
globalFEST 2020
Blog - March 27, 2020
Release Round-Up: March 2020
August 24, 2021
The Lyres of East Africa
Blog - December 2, 2013
Featured Artists: Afro-Tech
Blog - April 8, 2014
Khartoum Soundbites: Vintage Sudanese Pop Selected by Alsarah
Reviews - April 20, 2014
Magnetica
Blog - August 11, 2014
Ticket Giveaway! Mixtape #1: Afropop, Aug. 16, Abrons Arts Center
Reviews - September 18, 2014
Mean Love
Blog - February 6, 2015
The International Bob Marley
Blog - November 12, 2015
Thirteenth Annual GlobalFEST Set For Sun., Jan. 17, 2016
Blog - January 20, 2016
CRASHfest Heats Up Boston Jan. 24
Blog - January 22, 2016
Photos From globalFEST 2016
Features - February 26, 2016
globalFEST 2016 Feature
Blog - November 17, 2017
Field Report: WOMEX 2017
Blog - July 16, 2019
Highlights From World Music Institute's Newly Announced Season
Blog - October 22, 2019
GlobalFEST 2020 Lineup Includes: Meklit, Cheikh Lô, Les Amazones d'Afrique, More
Fresh Eyre - March 29, 2022
Club D'Elf and Afro-Zen Allstars Let the Instruments Do the Talking
January 19, 2023
Afro-Tech: Stories of Synths in African Music
Videos - July 31, 2025
Afropop Top Videos: July, 2025
Blog - April 3, 2013
New York African Film Festival: 20th Anniversary Edition
Blog - October 21, 2013
The Nile Project
Blog - January 24, 2014
WOMEX Report: Afropop's Featured Artists
Blog - March 6, 2014
Featured Artists: Winter 2014 Dance Party!
Reviews - March 27, 2014
Lidwien Kapteijns: Love Songs at the Dawn of Somalia
Blog - April 11, 2014
Featured Artists: Afropop Live! NYC, Musical Metropolis
Blog - April 21, 2014
Afropop's Picks: SummerStage 2014!
Blog - May 9, 2014
Alsarah: Why You Need Retro East African Pop In Your Life
Blog - May 21, 2014
Erika Elliott, SummerStage’s Artistic Director, Introduces the 2014 Season
Blog - June 24, 2014
Guest Bloggers Around the World Series
Blog - November 12, 2014
Behind the Scenes at the 20th Annual WOMEX Conference, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Blog - January 7, 2015
Afropop Worldwide's Profoundly Unofficial APAP Guide
Blog - May 7, 2015
The Nile Project: Curtain Call at Princeton
Blog - July 15, 2015
Summer Festivals Around the Continent
Blog - December 8, 2015
Visa For Music Showcases African and Middle Eastern Music
Blog - February 4, 2016
The Nile Project on Tour in Egypt
Blog - April 29, 2016
New York African Film Festival 2016
Blog - May 12, 2016
What's Worth Celebrating at Celebrate Brooklyn 2016
Blog - June 17, 2016
Afropop's Summer 2016 Concert Guide
Blog - July 12, 2016
Field Report: Festival International de Jazz Montreal 2016
Blog - February 23, 2017
Reissued: African Vinyl Playlist
Reviews - April 20, 2017
The Nile Project: Live in Boston
Blog - September 13, 2017
Field Report: Rototom Sunsplash Festival Celebrates Africa: Reggae Style
Blog - November 21, 2017
Field Report: Mundial Montreal 2017
Blog - January 9, 2018
Coachella 2018: Artists To Look Out For
April 2, 2020
With Feet in Many Worlds
Contests - February 23, 2018
Win Some Africa Now! Tickets
Reviews - August 8, 2018
Field Report: 32nd Edition of Nuits d'Afrique
Fresh Eyre - May 15, 2020
May Potpourri: Paul Beaubrun, Bai Kamara Jr., Stonebwoy, Hailu Mergia, Archie Shepp and Damily
Fresh Eyre - August 14, 2020
Summer Lockdown Listening
Fresh Eyre - October 9, 2020
Fall Release Roundup: Bantu, Ayom, Awale Jant Band, Groupe RTD, Songhoy Blues, Fra Fra, Nation Beat, Qwanqwa
December 24, 2020
2020 Highlights
August 12, 2021
New Moves in Afro-Jazz
Fresh Eyre - February 26, 2021
Wintering in East Africa
July 8, 2022
Toronto's African Scene
December 23, 2022
Afropop Stars to Watch in 2023
Features - February 23, 2024
Afropop in Tanzania 2024: Sauti Za Busara
Reviews - August 17, 2017
Chronology by Chronixx
Another successful landing from Jamaica's rising star with the release of his first album.
Reviews - November 17, 2007
Jeffrey Summit
Discography - February 1, 2016
"State of Emergency" Playlist
Blog - December 8, 2016
Your Guide to Stocking Stuffers 2016
October 19, 2017
A Bull Session at the Beach With Black Uhuru’s Andrew Bees
Reviews - November 21, 2017
Macka B Speaks on Veganism, Consciousness and Well-Being
Reviews - November 27, 2017
Stephen Budd: All Aboard the Africa Express
Blog - November 28, 2017
Support Afropop This Giving Tuesday!
Blog - December 7, 2017
7th Annual African Diaspora Awards
Best of The Beat - March 6, 2018
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Sally Nyolo, Cameroon's Global Goddess
March 14, 2018
Fatoumata Diawara Speaks Her Mind in "Nterini"
Blog - June 7, 2018
Many Thanks to Afropop's Donors and Business Partners!
Blog - August 7, 2018
Field Report: Rainforest World Music Festival 2018
Reviews - September 20, 2018
Ahmad Sikainga on the Two Sudans
Reviews - September 20, 2018
New Releases of Sudanese Music
Reviews - October 26, 2018
Colombian Funk Takes Root in Texas
Blog - November 20, 2018
Field Report: WOMEX 2018
Blog - January 29, 2019
Rocky Dawuni Returns with "Beats of Zion"
Blog - May 7, 2019
Sinkane Returns With New Video, Album Forthcoming
Reviews - June 12, 2019
Interview with Steel Pulse's David Hinds
Blog - October 8, 2019
Interview With Les Amazones d'Afrique at Reeperbahn Festival 2019
Reviews - December 10, 2019
Mam Yinne Wa
Blog - January 7, 2020
Brooklyn Museum: "African Arts—Global Conversations" Opens Feb. 14
Blog - January 8, 2020
Afropop's globalFEST 2020 Reading List
Features - January 17, 2020
Photo Essay: globalFEST 2020
Reviews - March 12, 2020
Jah9 on "Note to Self"
Reviews - June 26, 2020
Poirier Talks About His New Album “Soft Power”
Videos - July 16, 2020
Gordon Koang: “South Sudan” via Melbourne, Australia
Blog - September 11, 2020
An Afropop Reading Round-Up
Blog - September 17, 2020
The Crown: An African Coronavirus Playlist
Reviews - May 12, 2021
Xalam
Blog - December 16, 2021
Afropop Worldwide's 2021 Picks
Interview - December 22, 2021
Jake Blount on Black String Band Tradition
Interview - April 20, 2022
Juanita Euka: from Congo to the World
Blog - November 23, 2022
Miracle Corners of the World Trains Youth in Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia
Features - December 20, 2022
Creative Industries Flourish at U.S. Africa Leaders Summit
Interview - January 10, 2023
Pedrito Martínez speaks with Ned Sublette about Echoes of Africa
Videos - January 26, 2023
New Afropop Top Videos: January 26
Interview - March 9, 2023
Dogo du Togo Puts Togolese Music on the Map
Blog - June 30, 2023
Afropop Closeup Podcast Season 8 Begins July 4
Features - July 18, 2023
2023 Montreal International Jazz Festival
Interview - September 29, 2023
Sidiki Dimbélé’s journey with the Djembe
Field Report - November 10, 2023
Images of WOMEX 2023 in Spain
Interview - May 14, 2024
Leif Totusek: African Guitar Par Excellence!
June 22, 2024
Blue Note Jazz Festival Presents Antibalas, Hailu Mergia w/ dj.henri
Reviews - July 5, 2024
Pan-African Legacies Converge in Seun Kuti, Damian Marley’s “Dey”
Reviews - August 13, 2024
Ron's 2024 Nuits D'Afrique Rundown!
Interview - October 3, 2024
Joe Boyd's Epic Journey Through Global Music
Blog - January 30, 2025
Emmanuel Jal and Bun Xaapa release new single "Chaak"
Interview - February 10, 2025
Emmanuel Jal: Life Lessons From a Survivor
Reviews - March 28, 2025
Field Report: Babel Music Expo 2025
Interview - May 6, 2025
Kasiva Mutua: Feeling the 6/8 Rhythm
Blog - August 4, 2025
Afropop Worldwide: The First Intern in the Hot Summer of 1989