Apr 3, 2025 · Afropop Worldwide is a Peabody award-winning radio program, podcast and online magazine dedicated to music from Africa and the African diaspora.

African popular music (also styled Afropop, Afro-pop, Afro pop or African pop) [1] can be defined as any African music, regardless of genre, that uses Western pop musical instruments, such as the guitar, piano, trumpet, etc. [2] Afropop is a genre of music that combines elements from both African traditional music with Western pop music ...

Apr 3, 2025 · Afropop Worldwide is an award-winning radio program and podcast exploring vibrant music from Africa and the African diaspora. From traditional sounds to modern beats, our Peabody-honored shows, including Hip Deep and Afropop Closeup series, bring you rich stories and authentic musical journeys across continents.

Dec 26, 2023 · We’ve included a playlist of our picks for this year’s 40 Best Afropop Songs so you can enjoy all this great music, too. WurlD, ‘Shake’ Image Credit: Paul Morigi/Getty Images

Sep 4, 2018 · With its constant genre-blending and reinvention, the most accurate term to describe the wave of music flowing out of Nigeria and Ghana is Afropop.

The hottest in Afropop music. The best in African pop, Afrobeats, Amapiano, African dance, African hip-hop/rap, African r&b/soul and everything in between.

Hosted by music enthusiast and Cameroon-born Georges Collinet, Afropop Worldwide is syndicated and distributed by Public Radio International to more than 90 radio stations in the United States, Europe, and Africa. Worldwide access came in 1997 with the creation of a companion website, afropop.org.

From vintage live concert recordings by African music veterans like Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Cesaria Evora, and Baaba Maal, to the latest on reggaeton, or the rise of global rappers like K’Naan...

Afropop Worldwide is the Peabody award-winning public radio program and multimedia platform dedicated to music from Africa and the African diaspora.