AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange
AfroPop’s stories are beautifully and poignantly told, and remind us that not enough has changed for people of African descent globally. Black Public Media is committed to continuing to bring to the American public these stories and others that celebrate the art, culture and creativity people of African descent for another 10 years.
Season 12
The twelfth season of AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange has been rebranded and no longer features a host. This season our anthology continues as AfroPoP presents new and fresh perspectives on the complex social and political realities of countries throughout the African Diaspora by examining the stories of individuals challenging systems of oppression and inequality.
It opens with a portrait of iconic Pan-African musician Fela Kuti. We will meet individuals imbued with the spirit of activism like Gilda Brasilerio who discovered an illegal slave post in the rainforest of Brazil. And dance to the melodic drum sounds of Tony Allen who originated the Afrobeat. Afropop continues with a cunning journalist’s mission to discover the truth about former Liberian president Charles Taylor. The season wraps with a surrealist short about a clandestine women’s organization from the 1840’s and a BPM Classic Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela.

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