Production of 26 original radio programs that focus on the culture and music of Africa and the African Diaspora.

Production of 26 original programs for a weekly radio program that explores the music cultures of Africa and the African Diaspora throughout the Americas, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.

Production of radio programming exploring contemporary music cultures of Africa and the African diaspora, including nine new episodes focusing on Nigeria and the Caribbean, substantive updates of six existing programs, and twelve podcasts.

Since 1988, the Peabody Award-Winning public radio program Afropop Worldwide has introduced listeners to the contemporary music cultures of Africa & the African Diaspora. Distributed by PRI to 95 U.S. stations, it is also available as a podcast, & streamed from our website, www.afropop.org, & soundcloud.com. Over the past 14 years, Afropop has collaborated with leading scholars to produce our acclaimed, NEH-funded Hip Deep series, which introduces humanities themes to general audiences. The NEH grant previously funded the integration of a Hip Deep-specific site section which organized Hip Deep's multi-media content for easier access. World Music Productions now requests a 1-year grant of $200,000 (55% of total cost) from the NEH to continue this work by 1) producing 9 new episodes based on original field work, 6 encore programs & 12 Hip Deep podcasts, 2) build new audience by rebuilding our website to support “responsive design,” making it adaptable to the full range of mobile devices.

Production of 18 one-hour radio episodes, re-editing of 12 encore episodes, and development of new website components about African music and culture.

Since 1988, the public radio program Afropop Worldwide has introduced listeners to the contemporary music cultures of Africa and the African Diaspora. Distributed by PRI to 103 U.S. stations, it is also available via on-demand streaming from our website, www.afropop.org. Over the past six years, Afropop has collaborated with leading scholars to produce our acclaimed, NEH-funded Hip Deep series, which introduces humanities themes to general audiences. Our 2009-2010 NEH grant also funded the re-development of www.afropop.org and the addition of a Hip Deep-specific site section which organized Hip Deep's multi-media content for easier access. World Music Productions now requests a 2-year grant of $350,000 (1/3 share of total cost)from the NEH to continue this work by 1) producing 18 new and 12 encore programs 2) creating video, blogging and new audio player components into the new Hip Deep site and 3) initiating a comprehensive, ongoing interactive media outreach campaign.

Production of ten new radio episodes, substantive updates of five existing Afropop Worldwide "Hip Deep" programs exploring contemporary African music, education materials, and an outreach and evaluation campaign.

Since 1988, our award-winning public radio program "Afropop Worldwide" has introduced listeners to contemporary music cultures of Africa and the African diaspora. Hosted by broadcast personality Georges Collinet and distributed by PRI to 104 U.S. stations, it is also available streaming from our website, afropop.org. Over 9 years, Afropop has collaborated with leading scholars to produce our acclaimed, NEH-funded "Hip Deep" series introducing humanities themes to general audiences. Our 2009-2012 grants funded re-development of afropop.org and the creation of a Hip Deep-specific section organizing all Hip Deep content for easy access. World Music Productions requests a 1-year grant of $200,000 to 1) produce 10 new and encore 5 programs, 2) begin to develop Hip Deep education materials targeting informal education settings, 3) launch a 2-part evaluation strategy, optimizing user experience of Hip Deep content online and improving brand syndication/outreach techniques to expand audiences.

Production and distribution of 10 original programs and 14 re-edited "Hip Deep" programs for the 2007-08 season and a prototype of new knowledge distribution models.

Afropop Worldwide is a weekly public radio program that since 1988 has introduced American listeners to the music and cultures of Africa and the African Diaspora. Hosted by Georges Collinet from Cameroon, the series is distributed by PRI to 99 stations in the U.S. and by XM satellite radio. Over the past four years, with support from the NEH, Afropop Worldwide has collaborated with leading humanities scholars and authors to add depth and authority to our programs. In particular, we have developed the Hip Deep series within Afropop Worldwide, a distinct set of programs that introduce humanities themes to the general public through comprehensive musical narratives. World Music Productions requests a grant of $150,000 from the NEH ton continue this work by researching, producing, and distributing 10 original programs and encoring 14 re-edited Hip Deep programs for the 2007-2008 season. This grant will also allow us to reach new audiences through new technology.