African music

The Motherland Influence: December 21, 2025 5:00-7:00 PM

Sun, Dec 21, 2025

WELCOME! All new releases from 2025 today as we close out the year and move to our new building. African. Latin & Caribbean music. New music, new reissues. All good.

Ambiance Congo / The Other Black Music

Ambiance Congo: December 14, 2025 3:00-5:00 PM

Sun, Dec 14, 2025

Nyboma, Papa Noel, Malage Vicky, Fally, Werrason WELCOME! We will hear from the artists above today….and more!

The Motherland Influence

The Motherland Influence: December 7, 2025 5:00-7:00 PM

Sun, Dec 7, 2025

Oldies are goodies WELCOME! African. Latin & Caribbean music. Every Sunday on WRIR.

Ambiance Congo / The Other Black Music

Ambiance Congo: November 30, 2025 3:00-5:00 PM

Sun, Nov 30, 2025

WELCOME! Congolese music, every other Sunday right here on WRIR. Celebrating some milestones and more.

The Motherland Influence

The Motherland Influence: November 23, 2025 5:00-7:00 PM

Sun, Nov 23, 2025

Some of the albums we will hear from this evening WELCOME! African, Latin & Caribbean music every Sunday on WRIR.

Ambiance Congo / The Other Black Music

Ambiance Congo: November 16, 2025 3:00-5:00 PM

Sun, Nov 16, 2025

WELCOME Congolese popular music every other Sunday, only on WRIR. Today I’ll feature a few songs by Orchestre Stukas at the start of the first hour and songs by Orchestre Viva la…

Outer Focus (2nd & 4th Tuesdays)

Outer Focus 13: One of many to honor Bill Lupoletti

Tue, Nov 11, 2025

Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1901-1991), a Malian writer and ethnologist, is credited for saying before UNESCO in 1960, “En Afrique, quand un vieillard meurt, c’est une bibliothèque qui brûle.” (“In Africa, when an…