Podcast Special: Closeup #1

Afropop Worldwide

English - September 07, 2017 14:49 - 59 minutes - 108 MB - ★★★★★ - 290 ratings
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Previous Episode: Haiti's Fight for Copyright

Next Episode: Fania Records at 50

To celebrate the launch of the second season of the Afropop Closeup podcast, this special radio program features some of the stories from the inaugural season. We’ll hear about the plight of Haitian radio stations in New York; the story of Mabiisi, a unique transnational collaboration be-tween a Burkinabe rapper and a Ghanaian roots musician; and the surprising popular resurgence of U.K. grime music. Subscribe to our podcast and follow the second season of the Afropop Closeup podcast to hear intimate stories of the struggles and triumphs of human life in Rwanda, Nigeria, Haiti, the Bahamas and the African diasporas of Greece, the U.K., Paris, New York and San Francisco.

Produced by Morgan Greenstreet, Ian Coss and Sam Backer.

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[APWW #762]

Distributed 9/7/2017