African Music
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
- Available for over a year
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
African Ear. African Music Highlights. Audio, 29 minutes
The highlights of Lucy Duran's African musical journey. With Ochieng Kabaselleh
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
African Perspective. Ghanaian Music. Audio, 30 minutes
Take a tour of The Gramophone Records Museum and Research Centre with Kwame Sarpong
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
African Perspective. Dr Ephraim Amu. Audio, 30 minutes
Interview with the Ghanaian musician, who composed songs in African languages
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Arts and Africa. Electronic music. Audio, 30 minutes
The technological approach to making music in Africa
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Arts and Africa. Gabian Traditional Music. Audio, 30 minutes
A visit to The Gambia to meet traditional music players
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year