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"What's Next for Egyptian Music?" The Rise of Rap & Electro-Sha'bi

FromAfropop Worldwide


Currently unavailable

"What's Next for Egyptian Music?" The Rise of Rap & Electro-Sha'bi

FromAfropop Worldwide

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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Apr 26, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Wrapping up Afropop's Hip Deep series on Egypt, Banning Eyre asks "What Next for Egyptian Music?" To supplement part 5, "Revolution Songs," this podcast focuses on the roots of Egyptian rap, and its surging popularity after the revolution. The future of music in Egypt may be the fusion of rap and another surging, young genre, electro-sha'bi.
Released:
Apr 26, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Afropop Worldwide is an internationally syndicated weekly radio series, online guide to African and world music, and an international music archive, that has introduced American listeners to the music cultures of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean since 1988. Our radio program is hosted by Georges Collinet from Cameroon, the radio series is distributed by Public Radio International to 110 stations in the U.S., via XM satellite radio, in Africa via and Europe via Radio Multikulti.