• Boima Tucker

Chief Boima and Francesca Harding on race and cultural difference in Latin America through the lens of trap music.

• Hakeem Adam

More than a decade after his first hit, Wanlov the Kubolor remains a fiercely creative, independent and critical deconstructor of all things commercial.

• Boima Tucker

Francesca Harding joins Chief Boima for the fourth episode recorded in Los Angeles, California. Our guest is Angolan activist Mel Gamboa.

• Thembi Mutch

The Sauti za Busara festival in Zanzibar aims to show that music is much more than a collection of tunes.

• Abraham T. Zere

Eritrean-American rapper Nipsey Hussle mix of immigrant and street hustle.

• Sean Henry Jacobs
• Dylan Valley
• Haythem Guesmi
• Boima Tucker

The plot of Drake's music video for "God's Plan" is him giving him out money to the poor. What was he trying to say?

• Lesedi Ntsane

Lesedi Tshane's grandfather played with Hugh Masekela. He would later study with Masekela and replace Masekela on a bill with Abdullah Ibrahim.

• Boima Tucker

A deep dive into the African-influenced music scene of the Colombian Caribbean coast.

• Boima Tucker

A deeper look at the contemporary Cuban Hip Hop scene with Luna Olavarria Gallegos, one of the producers of the Afro Razones project.

• Jacqueline Traoré

Nigerien band Anewal eschews explicit politics and sings mostly of harmony and brotherhood.

• Sean Henry Jacobs
• Wendy Willems

Ten post-independence, pre-coup struggle songs that critiqued ZANU-PF under Mugabe and imagined a leadership change and different political culture.

• Hisham Aïdi

• Boima Tucker

This weekend's music break is dedicated to the isla del encancto.

• Boima Tucker

• Natalia Linares
• Francisco Perez

The hit song and its production reflect everything that is wrong with the music industry and how it exploits the cultural production of communities of color.

• Boima Tucker

Contrary to the utopian dreams of the early internet, the idea of a more democratic communications space has given way to a system of capitalist exploitation, including how we consume music.

• Samuel Argyle

For Abdullah Ibrahim, who converted to Islam in 1968, the "most beautiful, potent aspect" of his faith is "the unity of things."

• Boima Tucker

• Boima Tucker

• Boima Tucker