Afropop Padziko Lonse

Afropop Padziko Lonse ndi mphotho ya Peabody yomwe imalandira mphotho, sabata iliyonse, pulogalamu yawayilesi padziko lonse lapansi komanso magazini yapaintaneti yoperekedwa ku nyimbo zochokera ku Africa komanso ku Africa.

Wokonzedwa ndi m'modzi mwa anthu okondedwa kwambiri ku Africa, Georges Collinet, yopangidwa ndi Sean Barlow, wailesiyi ikugawidwa ndi PRX pakadali pano ku 100 ku US, komanso malo ku Europe ndi Africa.

Mu 1988, Afropop idakhazikitsidwa ndi NPR ngati mndandanda wama sabata. Unali woyamba wamtunduwu ndipo, pafupifupi zaka 30 pambuyo pake, pulogalamuyi yakulitsa masomphenya ake kuphatikiza nyimbo ndi zikhalidwe zomwe zikuphatikiza maiko onse aku Africa. Pulogalamuyi ndiyomwe ili yofunikira kwa onse okonda chidwi komanso okhulupirira, ndipo imatenga omvera kupita nawo kumisewu yayikulu ya nyimbo monga Dakar, Senegal; Johannesburg, South Africa; Cairo, Egypt; Havana, Cuba; Salvador de Bahia, Brazil; New York ndi Paris. Omvera amakumana ndi nyenyezi zotsogola komanso ojambula omwe akutuluka. Zolembedwa zapa concert za akatswiri odziwika padziko lonse lapansi monga Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Cesaria Evora, Gilberto Gil, Baaba Maal, Kanda Bongo Man ndi ena amapezeka pulogalamuyi.

Yatheka chifukwa cha mgwirizano ndi PRX