Hip Deep In Madagascar: 21st Century Tana
On this Hip Deep edition, we visit nightclubs, cultural centers, radio stations, and the homes of prominent musicians to take the pulse of Madagascar\u2019s lively highland capital, Antananarivo (Tana). Long the seat of power on the island, Tana is now home to spectacular artists from all the country\u2019s ethnic regions. We\u2019ll hear from rappers, traditional musicians, guitar innovators, veterans like Sammy, Hanitra, and Rossy, and lots of newcomers--also a dance band playing the latest club craze\u2014a footloose dance style known as kilalaky. The program is rich with live recordings and acoustic performances created especially for Afropop Worldwide. With insights from Johns Hopkins historian Pier Larson and Duke University anthropologist Margaret Lou Brown, we also reflect on Madagascar\u2019s complex history, politics and troubled governance in recent years.