Mondays at 5 p.m.

Jan 20- My Friend Fela/Birth of Afrobeat
Jan 27- Amina

A new season of AFROPOP: THE ULTIMATE CULTURAL EXCHANGE opens with profiles of the Nigerian musicians Fela Kuti and Tony Allen, the father of Afrobeat. MY FRIEND FELA presents Fela through the eyes of his close friend and official biographer, the African-Cuban Carlos Moore. BIRTH OF AFROBEAT mixes live action with animation to reveal how Tony Allen influenced Brian Eno, Questlove, Erykah Badu, Damon Albarn, Fela Kuti, J Dilla, Jeff Mills, and Flea.