Songs of freedom
This month on Africa Is a Country Radio we wrap up our seasonal theme of port cities, and make a stop in Dakar, Senegal. Listen on Worldwide FM or Mixcloud.
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Boima Tucker
Boima Tucker is a music producer, DJ, writer, and cultural activist. He is the managing editor of Africa Is a Country, co-founder of Kondi Band and the founder of the INTL BLK record label.
What is whiteness to a cyborg?
Tracing the digital contours of the settler colony helps us understand how old inequalities will shape a future with artificial intelligence.
Angola’s backyard revolution
This month on AIAC Radio we talk with Marissa Moorman and Paulo Flores to see how a music culture born in the quintals of Luanda helped birth a nation. Listen on Worldwide FM.
The cultural resilience of a creole city
On this month’s AIAC Radio we head to Cape Town to understand how this creole city’s musical culture resisted containment throughout history. Listen on Worldwide FM and follow us on Mixcloud.
A gateway to the Black Indian Ocean
On this month’s AIAC Radio we take a visit to Djibouti and explore music cultures around the Indian Ocean that resulted from a long history of Asian and African exchange. Listen on Worldwide FM and follow us on Mixcloud.
A Port of Spain Christmas
On Christmas Day, AIAC Radio heads to Trinidad and Tobago to celebrate a unique Black Atlantic tradition.
A Cuban individual
A new project from Cuban rapper El Individuo humanizes the Cuban perspective, inadvertently flying in the face of the United States Republican Party’s agenda.
Freetown’s musical soup
The first episode of the new season of Africa Is a Country Radio, our monthly music show, focuses on the port city of Freetown, Sierra Leone. Listen on Worldwide FM and follow us on Mixcloud.
Introducing ‘AIAC Talk’
Africa Is a Country is proud to announce the official launch of the AIAC Talk livestream show.
The book of his life
Father’s Day reflections for the time of COVID-19.
The Cuban Atlantic
How socialist Cuba’s foreign policy of solidarity with Africans, midwifed a new genre of music on the island.
The state of the Afropean union
A border crossing mix of Afrobeats and Zouk and an interview with Berlin-based Sierra Leonean electronic music producer, Lamin Fofana.
The Sheck Wes story
Harlem rapper Sheck Wes’s star rises in the shadow of Dapper Dan and Cheikh Amadou Bamba.
Young, Latin & Black
Chief Boima and Francesca Harding on race and cultural difference in Latin America through the lens of trap music.
Two places called Kongo
Francesca Harding joins Chief Boima for the fourth episode recorded in Los Angeles, California. Our guest is Angolan activist Mel Gamboa.
We have new clothes
For months, we have been threatening to launch a new website. Well, now it’s here!