Black History Month 2025 program

Check out our program for BHM 2025.

On Wednesday February 26th, we will host an evening in collaboration with Clouds of Color, an internal diversity and inclusion team at SoundCloud. Taking place from 6PM-10PM at SoundCloud's Berlin HQ, we will present a visual and musical exhibition of vital albums from the history of Black Music. Our DJs Senu and Kallaloo will be playing music from all the albums on show and there will be food and snacks on the house. Through selling t-shirts produced by Irene Fernandez Arcas and D'Aro Mambu, the event will also be fundraising for Focus Congo, an organisation which "invests in young people and leaders in Congo, builds partnerships with local grassroots organizations and creates access to resources necessary for survival." RSVP here.

Radio-wise, as part of our ongoing 100% series, which invites residents of the station to do deep dives into topics close to their hearts, we’re hosting a month of Black History Month 100% specials. Starting with an hour of African liberation songs on Feb 3rd, the rest of the month’s deep dives include episodes on US record producer Jimmy Douglass, 100% Frankie Beverly, an hour of 10s Southern Hip-Hop, the evolution of Afro House, female pioneers of African music, Angolan Semba and the Surinamese genre Kaseko. The shows will be hosted by mokeyanju, Zengxrl, Jackie Queens, Eiliyas, Maryisonacid & Astan KA, Kwame, MINQ and DJ Westfa.

In addition to the 100% shows, we will broadcast a live recording of Lakuti and New York house music icon Yvonne Turner’s conversation at Bring Down The Walls, hosted at our Niemetzstrasse location last summer. Bring Down The Walls is an anti-racist and multi cultural platform with music at its core. It has been hosted by Lakuti and Tama Sumo since 2018. It aims to unearth and highlight stories and contribution to culture by marginalised communities. See the full 100% show schedule below.

03 Feb: 12-13:00 mokeyanju - 100% African Liberation Songs

07 Feb: 14-15:00 Eiliyas - 100% Frankie Beverly 10 Feb: 15-16:00 Zengxrl - 100% Angolan Semba 13 Feb: 16-17:00 DJ Westfa - 100% Surinamese Kaseko

19 Feb: 16-17:00 MINQ - 100% 10s Southern Hip-Hop

20 Feb: 12-14:00 Maryisonacid & Astan KA - 100% African Women Pioneers

24 Feb: 13-14:00 Jackie Queens - 100% Afro House History

24 Feb: 14-15:00 Kwame - 100% Jimmy Douglass