I-Afropop Emhlabeni Wonke

I-Afropop Worldwide wuhlelo lwePeabody oluthola imiklomelo, masonto onke, uhlelo lomsakazo womculo womhlaba wonke kanye nomagazini oku-inthanethi onikezelwe emculweni ovela e-Afrika nakwamanye amazwe ase-Afrika.

Iphethwe ngomunye wabasakazi abathandwa kakhulu e-Afrika, UGeorges Collinet, futhi owenziwa nguSean Barlow, umsakazo njengamanje usatshalaliswa yiPRX eziteshini ezingaphezu kwekhulu e-US, kanye naseziteshini zase-Europe nase-Afrika.

Ngo-1988, i-Afropop yethulwa yi-NPR njengochungechunge lwamasonto onke. Bekungelokuqala ngqa lolu hlobo futhi, cishe eminyakeni engama-30 kamuva, lolu hlelo selukhulise umbono walo ngokufaka umculo namasiko ahlanganisa yonke indawo yase-Afrika. Lolu hlelo lusesezingeni labo bobabili abanelukuluku nongqondongqondo, futhi lusa abalaleli ezingqungqutheleni zomculo ezinamandla njengeDakar, eSenegal; EGoli, eNingizimu Afrika; ECairo, eGibhithe; IHavana, eCuba; ESalvador de Bahia, eBrazil; ENew York naseParis. Abalaleli bahlangana nezinkanyezi ezihamba phambili kanjalo nabaculi abasafufusa. Kuqoshwa amakhonsathi abukhoma abaculi abasezingeni lomhlaba abafana noLadysmith Black Mambazo, Cesaria Evora, Gilberto Gil, Baaba Maal, Kanda Bongo Man nabanye.

Kwenziwe kwaba khona ngokubambisana ne-PRX