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| Africanspice.com - The best of Africa and the Diaspora Community |
Africanspice is a public community radio program, arts and cultural web site, an international musical archive to Africa and the Diaspora.
"African Spice Radio is the fully stocked spice rack of African music. It's a blend of Africa...contemporary, traditional, jazz, African Gospel and Swahili wedding music among others. They're bringing Africans around the globe together and educating listeners through their excellent programming. They are just plain good." Opie- IMNETWORKS.COM
VISION
• To educate and enlighten people about the African and Diaspora culture through the exposure of African music.
• To form some form of cohesiveness within the African community and Diaspora worldwide.
• To enrich the lives of Africans and the Diaspora everywhere
In present years, interest in Africa and its music has soared and is at an all-time peak. Africanspice.com was launched by Krowand Group Inc., a multi-media organization. Two years later, the program has expanded its vision to include the music and cultures that encompass the entire African Diaspora. Now known as Africanspice.com. The program is still the standard for both the curious and the connoisseur.
Hosted by several of Africa's best-loved broadcast personalities and produced by the Krowand Group Inc (A Ghanaian Company) for Africanspice.com, the show is widely distributed by Abacast.com, the StreamGuide.com, Microsoft WindowsMedia.com, Winamp.com and iM Networks, the leading providers of Internet tuning solutions for consumer electronics companies and content providers.
Their vision is to increase the establishment of Africa and African Diaspora music worldwide, and also to provide a financial backbone for talented struggling artists and industry professionals representing such countries. They are developing strategies to help emerging musicians from Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America cross over the barriers of the conventional music business and take advantage of the emerging digital marketplace for global music.
The Africanspice.com web site is a work in progress.
RADIO SERIES
AfricanSpice.com is a pilot net radio series, showcasing the contemporary musical cultures of Africa and the African Diaspora. Africanspice.com will take listeners to dynamic music capitals such as the following: Accra, Ghana; Lagos, Nigeria; Dakar, Senegal; Johannesburg, South Africa; Cairo, Egypt; Havana, Cuba; El Salvador; de Bahia, Brazil; New York; and Paris. Listeners have the opportunity to meet leading stars as well as emergent artists. Live concert recordings of world-class artists such as Papa Wemba, Omar Pene, Rex Omar, Nana Tuffour, Rocky Dawuni, Reggie Rockstone, African Rhythms Band, and others are frequently featured on the program.
Africanspice.com is produced by Krowand Group Inc, a multi-media organization based in Kanda Estates, Accra, Ghana and Woodbridge, NJ, USA - www.africanspice.com
Click on URL to listen to the Radio Stream: www.africanspice.com/radio-wmpopup.asp