# afropop (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover afropop. Page: Feed: --- ## [With Feet In Many Worlds](https://soundcloud.com/afropop-worldwide/with-feet-in-many-worlds-2) _2026-08-14 · Afropop Worldwide_ As the 21st century rolls on, more and more of the musical artists who are making a difference cannot be pinned down to any one national identity.Migration, intermarriage, and the hurly burly of our globalized planet are creating new and growing generations of change-makers with hyphenated identities. In this program we hear from Ayo (Nigerian/Roma/German), Meklit Hadero (Ethiopian-American),… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2378579663-afropop-worldwide-with-feet-in-many-worlds-2.mp3) ## [Celebrating Georges Collinet](https://soundcloud.com/afropop-worldwide/celebrating-georges-collinet) _2026-08-07 · Afropop Worldwide_ From his Cameroonian roots, to his DJ days in Paris, his global broadcast career on VOA from the 1960s into the ‘80s, and his 38-year career hosting Afropop Worldwide, Georges Collinet is living an extraordinary life. On this program we celebrate the man, his stories, his passions, his wit and humanity. You’ll experience Georges as never before, an African music legend, and a very funny guy.… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2376397532-afropop-worldwide-celebrating-georges-collinet.mp3) ## [Ring the Alarm: A History of Sound System Culture](https://soundcloud.com/afropop-worldwide/ring-the-alarm-a-history-of) _2026-07-31 · Afropop Worldwide_ n Jamaica, sound systems are more than just a stack of speakers blasting the latest tunes to an eager crowd. Over the last 70 years, they have come to represent the most common way that Jamaicans experience music. Sound systems have touched all levels of society in Jamaica, determining the island’s popular taste and profoundly influencing the daily lives of its citizenry. This program explores the… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2371029395-afropop-worldwide-ring-the-alarm-a-history-of.mp3) ## [Reissued - African Vinyl in the 21st Century](https://soundcloud.com/afropop-worldwide/reissued-african-vinyl-in-the) _2026-07-23 · Afropop Worldwide_ The golden age of vinyl records is long past in Africa, but the market for rare and reissued African vinyl outside the continent has been growing steadily since the early 2000s. DJs and collectors have turned an obsession with rare records and forgotten gems from Cape Town to Tangiers into an international reissue and compilation industry, led by record labels such as Soundway, Strut and Analog… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2366120354-afropop-worldwide-reissued-african-vinyl-in-the.mp3) ## [Is Mara Nigeria's Answer to EDM?](https://soundcloud.com/afropop-worldwide/is-mara-nigerias-answer-to-edm) _2026-07-17 · Afropop Worldwide_ In this special episode we introduce you to a fast-paced, emotional sound built from the streets of Lagos, Nigeria. We follow DJ Khalifa, the pioneer behind the sound, from DJing on a phone in a hostel to collaborating with CKay and catching the ear of Afrobeats stars. We also hear what it means for a street sound to go global and what's at stake if it does. Is this Nigerian EDM? We'll let you… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2359892465-afropop-worldwide-is-mara-nigerias-answer-to-edm.mp3) ## [Lagos Roots: Fuji, Juju, and Apala](https://soundcloud.com/afropop-worldwide/lagos-roots-fuji-juju-and) _2026-07-09 · Afropop Worldwide_ Beneath the gloss of Nigeria’s contemporary pop, older roots styles, mostly derived from Yoruba tradition, still thrive. In this program, we meet four top stars of fuji music, the percussion-driven, message-heavy, and occasionally profane trance music that animates weddings and parties on a daily basis in hidden corners of Lagos. Rival “kings” K1 da Ultimate and Saheed Osupa, and a rare woman of… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2354871491-afropop-worldwide-lagos-roots-fuji-juju-and.mp3) ## [Afro-Tech: Stories of Synths in African Music](https://soundcloud.com/afropop-worldwide/afro-tech-stories-of-synths-in) _2026-07-04 · Afropop Worldwide_ Technology is one of the great drivers of musical change, and often one of its least understood. In this episode, we explore the synthesizer, looking closely at the history of this ubiquitous (and often debated) piece of musical technology, and investigating how and why it was first used in a variety of African musics. Enabled by groundbreaking record reissues by synth pioneers like William… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2346787133-afropop-worldwide-afro-tech-stories-of-synths-in.mp3) ## [The Immortal 1970's](https://soundcloud.com/afropop-worldwide/the-immortal-1970s) _2026-06-25 · Afropop Worldwide_ The 1970s was a decade that changed the world's popular music... No. Changed the world's culture. Whether you were boogieing to full-flower rock and funk, delving into free jazz, or discovering a hidden identity, the music was your constant companion. This was true in Africa as well. Ten years after most of the continent gained independence, new sounds were flourishing. This program samples the… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2345739305-afropop-worldwide-the-immortal-1970s.mp3) ## [Voice of the Leopard](https://soundcloud.com/afropop-worldwide/voice-of-the-leopard) _2026-06-18 · Afropop Worldwide_ The leopard cult of Ekpe in Calabar, in present-day Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon, has one of the most unique performance traditions in all of Africa - a complex theatrical tradition, referred to in calabar English as "play," which encompasses a cycle of sacred dramas that takes many years to execute. The music of this society is almost completely unknown outside the region, because it was not… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2340646097-afropop-worldwide-voice-of-the-leopard.mp3) ## [Generate Viral Hot Takes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/RWnEN4BX2mAG) _2026-06-18 · **Sponsored**_ Get platform-optimized hot takes and rebuttals to spark debate and engagement ## [Samba, Forro, Candomble, Tropicalia: The Sounds of Brazilian Artists in the US](https://soundcloud.com/afropop-worldwide/samba-forro-candomble-1) _2026-06-11 · Afropop Worldwide_ There's a lot of fantastic music being made by Brazilian artists living in the U.S. They entertain an estimated 1.5 million Brazilian immigrants here as well as a growing number of other fans. And Brazilian music is enjoying a resurgence here - on Mazda commercials, endless bossa nova soundtracks played in upscale restaurants; inter-cultural collaborations and so on. We'll hear many of the best:… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2334650108-afropop-worldwide-samba-forro-candomble-1.mp3)