Hello Africa

Hello Africa has a problem: it makes other world music stations sound lazy. Broadcasting from Sweden in English, this world radio station digs deeper than most. To listen to Hello Africa online is to discover connections between Malian blues, Congolese rumba, and Brazilian samba. The curation is ambitious and never predictable. One set might feature Tinariwen, the next a 1970s Ghanaian highlife deep cut or a track by Orchestra Baobab. DJs offer context without pretense. It's educational, never dull. The station calls itself 'Hello Africa live', but its programming spans the entire globe. Genui…