African Music
Nigerian pop star Nneka on joining African Amazons. Weekend. Audio, 00:04:41
Nneka explains why she joined Les Amazones D'Afrique, all female group of African singers
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Posted27 February 2017
Global Beats. Sauti za Busara. Audio, 50 minutes
The pick from one of Africa’s best music festivals - Sauti za Busara, in Zanzibar
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. Boulez and His Rumble in the Jungle. Audio, 45 minutes
The story of how three trips to South America in the 1950s changed Pierre Boulez's life.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. David Attenborough - World Music Collector. Audio, 45 minutes
David Attenborough recalls collecting music from around the world, and listens once again.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Global Beats. An Audience with Richard Bona. Audio, 50 minutes
“Simply one of the most talented dudes on this planet”, meet musician Richard Bona
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Global Beats. Ghana. Audio, 50 minutes
Seven up-and-coming Ghanaian musicians perform for the BBC.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Global Beats. Sauti Za Busara. Audio, 55 minutes
February’s edition of Global Beats comes from Zanzibar's music festival
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Global Beats. The Best Nightclub in Africa. Audio, 55 minutes
DJ Edu speaks to DJs across Africa to find the biggest club tunes across the continent
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Global Beats. Africa. Audio, 55 minutes
Music from Ghanaian rapper M.Anifest, Nigerian pop diva Omawumi, Aziza Brahim and more
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Music of the Forest. Audio, 30 minutes
Horatio Clare tells the story of the unconventional anthropologist Colin Turnbull.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Global Beats. Ghana. Audio, 55 minutes
Ghanaian artists Efya, Kyekyeku, Yaa Pono, Ayisoba and Cwesi Oteng perform for us
- AttributionBBC World Service
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Great Lives. Gabriel Gbadamosi on Fela Kuti. Audio, 30 minutes
Gabriel Gbadamosi chooses as his Great Life the inventor of Afrobeat, musician Fela Kuti
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Digital Human. Series 2, Diaspora. Audio, 30 minutes
Aleks looks at how different cultures combat the homogenising effects of technology.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Modern Day Griot. Audio, 30 minutes
Gaylene Gould meets modern musicians who are adapting traditional West African music.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
Musical Migrants. Series 3, Zanzibar. Audio, 15 minutes
Yusuf Mahmoud swapped Cheltenham for Zanzibar because of his love of African music.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Music Planet. Cities. Audio, 60 minutes
Andy Kershaw and Lucy Duran explore music of three African cities.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Artbeat. Sauti Za Busara Festival. Audio, 27 minutes
A report from the Sauti Za Busara Swahili Music Festival in Zanzibar
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Artbeat. Rhythms of the Body: Part Four. Audio, 29 minutes
'If you take away the music and the dance the village is going to disintegrate'
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Artbeat. Rhythms of the Body: Part Two. Audio, 29 minutes
A Look at rhythm and beat in African music and dance
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Artbeat. Rhythms of the Body: Part One. Audio, 31 minutes
A close look at dancing and what it means to African life
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Artbeat. Four African Composers. Audio, 30 minutes
African composers exploring African musicology with new forms of music
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Artbeat. Kora All African Music Awards. Audio, 29 minutes
Controversy at the Kora All African Music Awards 2000
- AttributionBBC World Service
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Artbeat. Womex World Music Trade Fair. Audio, 29 minutes
A report from the Womex world music trade fair in Berlin, Germany
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Artbeat. John Collins - African Music Expert. Audio, 29 minutes
An interview with the man described as 'an encyclopedia of African music' - John Collins
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year