Neneh Cherry [6 Music Artist Collection]

As part of the Black Power season, Neneh Cherry and 1Xtra's Jamz Supernova present their Revolutionary Black Power playlist. Neneh focuses on female empowerment within the black community with music from some of the biggest female artists in black music.

This programme is part of the Black Power Season on 6 Music, 1Xtra and 5Live, marking 50 years since Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in the Black Power salute at the 1968 Mexico Olympics.

Neneh presents her female empowerment playlist.

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Neneh Cherry reveals her story through archive interviews at 6 Music, including a conversation with Radcliffe and Maconie in 2014 around her album Blank Project and a chat with Lauren Laverne in 2019 following the release of her Broken Politics LP. This is part of Neneh Cherry's Artist Collection; head to the BBC Sounds App to find more interviews, live music and documentaries featuring Neneh from across the BBC Archives.

Neneh Cherry reveals her story through interviews from the BBC archives.

Neneh Cherry reveals her story through archive interviews at 6 Music, including a conversation with Radcliffe and Maconie in 2014 and a chat with Lauren Laverne in 2019.

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Neneh Cherry takes us to Los Angeles, a place that played a huge part in her upbringing.

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Live highlights from the BBC Archive, including Neneh's 1997 Glastonbury debut, a 2014 session for Lauren Laverne, tracks from her set at the 6 Music Festival in Tyneside in 2015 and her appearance at The Biggest Weekend in Belfast in 2018.

Part of Neneh Cherry's Archive Collection on 6 Music. Head to the BBC Sounds app for more playlists, music and interviews recorded by Neneh at the BBC.

Some live highlights from the BBC Archive, including Neneh's 1997 Glastonbury debut.

Live highlights from the BBC Archive, including Neneh's 1997 Glastonbury debut, a 2014 session for Lauren Laverne, and her appearance at The Biggest Weekend in Belfast in 2018.

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Neneh Cherry shares the musical milestones of her life with Matt Everitt in an episode of The First Time first broadcast in 2014.

Neneh recalls her remarkable musical journey from her birth in Sweden (into a family that included Sierra Leonean drummer Ahmadu Jah and legendary US jazz trumpeter Don Cherry) to a childhood in New York, where she was bounced on the knee Ornette Coleman.

She discusses her move to the UK to catch the tail end of punk rock, Poly Styrene from X-Ray Spex and her first bands including the Slits, the New Age Steppers and Rip Rig & Panic. She also talks about the success of her 1989 debut album Raw Like Sushi, that famous appearance on Top of the Pops while seven months pregnant, her 2014 solo album Blank Project and collaborations with the likes of Youssou N'Dour, experimental jazz group the Thing and Damon Albarn's Gorillaz.

Neneh Cherry shares the musical milestones of her life programme first broadcast in 2014.

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