Afropop was a radio program launched by National Public Radio as a weekly series in 1988 when interest in international pop music was at an all-time high. The first of its kind, it later expanded to include the music and cultures of the entire African diaspora. Radio broadcasts have been a popular entertainment since the 1910s, though popularity has declined a little in some countries since television became widespread. ... NPR logo NPR redirects here. ... For the 1979 song by M, see Pop Muzik. ... The African diaspora is the diaspora created by the movements and culture of Africans and their descendants throughout the world, in places including Europe, the Caribbean, the Americas including United States and Canada, South America, and Central America. ...
The program continues as Afropop Worldwide (APWW) under distribution by PRI. PRI may refer to: Partido Revolucionario Institucional, a major political party in Mexico Public Radio International Primary rate interface Precision Reflex, Inc. ...
AfropopWorldwide is a radio series on PRI, Public Radio International.
The AfropopWorldwide Cultural Study Session in Cuba is a project of World Music Productions, producers of Public Radio International's AfropopWorldwide.
Sean produces AfropopWorldwide which is hosted by Georges Collinet and heard on over 100 Public Radio International stations around the US and on over twenty stations in Africa.
AfropopWorldwide and afropop.org are produced by World Music Productions, a Brooklyn based, non-profit multi-media organization founded by Sean Barlow in 1986.
AfropopWorldwide producer Sean Barlow is the Project Director.
"AfropopWorldwide from PRI Public Radio International is a weekly series showcasing the contemporary musical cultures of Africa and the African Diaspora in the Caribbean, the Americas and Europe.
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