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  • Chalaban (Morocco/Hungary)
  • Dilon Djindji (Mozambique)
  • Thomas Mapfumo (Zimbabwe)
  • Modern Africa
    Youssou N'Dour (Senegal)
    Salif Keita (Mali)
  • Tinariwen (Mali)
  • Nass Marrakech (Morocco)
  • Siramori Diabat� (Mali)
  • Anouar Brahem (Tunisia)
  • Pierre Akendengue (Gabon)
  • Orchestra Baobab (Senegal)
  • Projecto Africa (Mozambique)
  • Fania (Senegal)
  • Salif Keita (Mali / France)
  • Maniacs vs. Sharkiat
  • Ali Hassan Kuban
  • Mamar Kassey
  • Ferro Gaita (Cape Verde)
  • Fantcha (Cape Verde)
  • Lokua Kanza (Congo)
  • Franco (Congo)
  • Kékélé (Congo)*
  • Gigi (Ethiopia)
  • Book Review: Abyssinie Swing (Ethiopian Music)
  • Maciré Sylla (Guinea) *
  • Rajery (Madagascar)
  • Salif Keita (Mali / France)
  • Siramori Diabat� (Mali)
  • Issa Bagayogo (Mali)
  • Habib Koite & Bamada (Mali)
  • Mama Sissoko (Mali)
  • Projecto Africa (Mozambique)
  • Mabulu (Mozambique)
  • Eyuphuro (Mozambique)
  • René Lacaille & Bob Brozman (Reunion /US)
  • Africando (Senegal to NYC)
  • Orchestra Baobab (Senegal)
  • Fania (Senegal)
  • Orchestra Baobab (Senegal)
  • El Hadj N'Diaye (Senegal) *
  • Dou Dou N'Diaye M'Bengue (Senegal)*
  • Naguila (Sephardic /Europe-North Africa)
  • Ringo (South Africa)
  • Dorothy Masuka (South Africa)
  • Anouar Brahem (Tunisia)
  • Maiuko (UK / Mozambique)
  • Oliver Mtukudzi (Zimbabwe)
  • Island Blues
  • Lydia Mendoza
  • Orlando Cachaíto López
  • Rhythms and Songs for the Orishas
    Afro-Cuban Sacred Music from the Countryside
  • Orquesta América
  • Concert review: Youssou N'Dour
  • Italian Treasury
    Emilia-Romagna
    Abruzzo
  • Giuseppe Cusumano
  • Book/CD Review: Narcocorrido
  • Uyghur Musicians From Xinjiang
  • Morricone & Murtas
  • Orchestre Andalou D'Israel Wazimbo & Orchestra Marrabenta Star de Mocambique
  • Haarla & Paivinen
  • Puntin & Gunnarsdottir
  • Archipelago
  • Nigeria 70: 1970's Funky Lagos
  • The Rough Guide to Marrabenta Mozambique
  • Music from Mozambique
  • Lomax World Library: Romania
  • Folk Ensembles From The Aginsk-Buryat Region Of Siberia
  • Under the Moroccan Sky: Fes Festival *
  • Gino Sitson
  • Youssou N'Dour
    Femi Kuti
    Miriam Makeba
    Saaba
    Mamadou Diabate
  • Sam Mangwana (Congo) *
    Thomas Mapfumo (Zimbabwe) *
    Ismael Isaac (Ivory Coast) *
    Cheza (Canada)
  • Habib and Hassina Guerroumi (Algeria)
  • Moh Alileche (Algeria/US)*
  • Bonga (Angola)
  • Habib and Hassina Guerroumi (Algeria)
  • Amadou et Mariam (Mali)
  • Bonga (Angola)
  • Tarika (Madagascar) *
  • Africando (NY, Senegal and beyond)
  • Ferro Gaita (CapeVerde)
  • Fantcha (CapeVerde)
  • Lokua Kanza (Congo)
  • Franco (Congo)
  • Papa Noel (Congo)
  • Kékélé (Congo)*
  • Samba Mapangala (Congo-Kenya)
  • Ali Hassan Kuban (Egypt)
  • Hussein Al Masry (Egypt)
  • Maniacs vs. Sharkiat (Egypt and the world)
  • Pierre Akendengue (Gabon)
  • Rocky Dawuni (Ghana)
  • King Bruce and the Black Beats (Ghana)
  • Macir� Sylla (Guinea)*
  • Boni Gnahor� and the Attungblan Chorus (Ivory Coast)
  • Rajery (Madagascar)
  • Tarika (Madagascar)*
  • Issa Bagayogo (Mali)
  • Habib Koite & Bamada (Mali)
  • Mama Sissoko (Mali)
  • Amadou et Mariam (Mali)
  • Tartit (Mali)
  • NeBa Solo (Mali)
  • Ensemble El-Moukhadrami (Mauritania)
  • Dangaa (Mongolia)
  • Mabulu (Mozambique)
  • Eyuphuro (Mozambique)
  • Orchestra Baobab (Senegal)
  • Vieux Diop (Senegal)
  • Dou Dou N'Diaye M'Bengue (Senegal)*
  • El Hadj N'Diaye (Senegal)*
  • Africando (Senegal / NYC)
  • Rasha (Sudan-Spain)
  • Anouar Brahem Trio (Tunisia)
  • Leo Smith / Thomas Mapfumo (US / Zimbabwe)
  • Wazimbo & Orchestra Marrabenta Star de Mocambique
  • Nigeria 70: 1970's Funky Lagos
  • Peter Finger, US
  • The Rough Guide to Marrabenta Mozambique
  • Music from Mozambique
  • Brave Combo (US)

  • AfroDisc
    Sam Mangwana (Congo) *
    Thomas Mapfumo (Zimbabwe) *
    Ismael Isaac (Ivory Coast) *
    Cheza (Canada)
    Manu Dibango
    Akom: The Art Of Possession (Ghana)
    Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca *
    Super Biton (Mali)
    Seydu (Sierra Leone) Djanbutu Thiossane (Senegal) *
    Georges Kazazian (Egypt)
    Hijas del Sol (Equatorial Guinea)
    Mah Damba (Mali)
    Harouna Goge (Niger)
    Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate
    Rokia Traoré (Mali)
    Amar El Achab (Algeria)
    Nahawa Doumbia
      Boubacar "Kar Kar" Traore
    (Mali)
    Simentera (Cape Verde)
    Discotheque 70 - 76 series (Guinea)
    Akom: The Art Of Possession (Ghana)
    Les A�ssawa of F�s
      Abdeslam Mouahid El Hadj Abdeslam
    (Morocco)
    Mamou Sidib� (Mali)
    Khaled (Algeria)
    Mamadou Diabate (Mali) *
    Karamba Dioubat� (Guinea) *
    Dominic Kakolobango (Congo/Zambia) *
    Lobi Country: Funeral xylophone (Burkina Faso)
    Mbayah (Equatorial Guinea)
    La Chadhiliyya: Sufi Chants from Cairo (Egypt)
    Nass Marrakech (Morocco)
    Moroccan Sufis and Berbers *
    El Hadj Houcine Toulali (Morocco)
    Bau (Cape Verde)

  • Afrodisc, May 2000:
    Youssou N'Dour (Senegal)
    Femi Kuti (Nigeria)
    Miriam Makeba (South Africa)
    Saaba (Guinea Bissau) *
    Mamadou Diabate (Mali) *
  • AfroDisc, March 2000
    Bernard Kabanda
    Mamar Kassey (Niger) *
    East Of Africa (Congo)
    Ricardo Lemvo (Congo-US)

    Alioune Kassé , Senegal
    Bidinte *
    Cape Verde: An Archipelago of Music and Raiz di Djarfogo

    Gamana
    Gastafaray
    Touré-Touré, Senegal
    Baaba Maal Jombaajo, Senegal
    Lobi Traoré
    Lucky Dube
    Samite, Uganda
    Sonia M'Barek
    Thandi
    Institut Du Monde Arabe
    Lightning Over the River
    Hamza El Din


    Algeria
    Music from Institut Du Monde Arabe
    Bellemou Messaoud
    Rachid Taha Diwan
    ABDELLI New Moon
    CHEB HASNI Lover's Rai (OO)
    CHEB KHALED/SAFY BOUTELLA Kutché
    KHALEDN'ssi N'ssi
    KHALED Sahra
    RIMITTI Sidi Mansour


    Angola
    Bonga Angola 72(OO)
    Waldemar Bastos Pretaluz

    Atlantic Islands: Cape Verde, Bioko, etc
    Ntoni Denti D'Oro Batuque & Finaçon
    Fantcha Criolinha
    Antoninho Travadinha The Violin Of Cape Verde
    Maria Alice D'zemcontre
    Kode di Dona Cap Vert
    Cesaria Evora Miss Perfumado
    Cesaria Evora - a retrospective by John Cho
    Cesaria Evora Cesaria Evora
    Cesaria Evora Cabo Verde (CF)
    Cesaria Evora Cabo Verde (W.T.D.)
    Hijas del Sol Sibèba
    Hijas Del Sol Kotto
    Various Artists The Soul of Cape Verde (OO)
    Various Artists Telling Stories To The Sea


    Benin
    Angélique Kidjo Fifa
    Angélique Kidjo Oriemi


    Burkina Faso
    Gabin Dabiré Kontome


    Cameroon
  • Gino Sitson Sally Nyolo Multiculti
    Manu Dibango CubAfrica
    Henri Dikongué C'est La Vie
    Fancis Bebey Nandolo
    Brice Wassy N'ga Funk
    Les Tetes Brulees Hot Heads

    Congo / Zaire
    Classic Swede Swede
    So Kalmery Rasmi (CF)
    So Kalmery Rasmi (OO)
    Loketo Extra Ball
    Kanda Bongo Man Zing Zong
    Mose Se Fan Fan and Somo Somo Hello Hello
    Madilu System San Commentaire
    Sam Mangwana Galo Negro (OO)
    Sam Mangwana Galo Negro (CF)
    Sam Mangwana Maria Tebbo
    Wenge Musica Bouger Bouger
    Papa WembaEmotion
    Papa Wemba Le Voyaguer
    Papa Wemba Molakai
    Koffi Olomide and Papa Wemba Wake-Up
    Tabu Ley Rochereau Africa Worldwide (OO)
    Tabu Ley Rochereau Africa Worldwide(ML)
    Mbila Bel and Rigo Star Yalowa (OO)
    Ballou Canta Rencontre (OO)
    On The Edge of The Ituri Forest, 1952


    Egypt
    Ensemble al-Tanburah
    Mahmoud Fadl with Samy El Bably Love Letter from King Tut-Ank-Amen
    SALAMAT Mambo El Soudani
    HAMZA EL DIN Lily Of The Nile Warda Warda

    Ethiopia
    Ethiopian Urban and Tribal Music
    Ethiopiques: Vol. 4 Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale 1969 - 1974 (compilation)
    Netsanet Mellesse and Alemayehu Eshete
    ASTER AWEKE Live In London (OO)
    MAMOUD AHMED Soul of Addis
    ALI HASSAN KUBAN From Nubia To Cairo
    Compilation: The Music Of Ethiopia (Caprice/Sweden)
    Gabon
    Pierre Akendengue and Hughes de Courson Lambarena (CR)
    Pierre Akendengue and Hughes de Courson Lambarena (OO)
    Pierre Akendengue Maladalite (CF)

    Gambia
    Amadu Bansang Jobarteh Tabara (born: Mali)
    Dembo Konte and Kausu Kuyateh Simbomba
    Yan Kuba Kora Music From Gambia

    Ghana
    Kwaku Kwaaye Obeng Awakening
    Eric Agyeman Highlife Safari
    Obo Addy The Rhythm Of Which The Chief Walks Gracefully
    IGNACE DE SOUZA
    JOSEPH KOBOM Xylophone Music From Ghana
    SUPER SWEET TALKS INTERNATIONAL The Lord's Prayer
    SUPER SWEET TALKS INTERNATIONAL The Lord's Prayer (OO)

    Guinea
    Kante Manfila
    Guinée 40ème Anniversaire - 40 years of Syliphone
    Sekouba Bambino (Diabate) Kassa (OO)
    Sekouba Bambino (Diabate) Kassa (CF)
    DjeliI Moussa Diawara Sobindo (includes sound sample)
    Alpha Yaya Diallo Aduna (The World)
    Kaba Baba Djan Sabari
    Sekou Bembeya Diabate Diamond Fingers
    Indian Ocean (see also Madagascar)
    ZISKANKAN (Reunion)
    VARIOUS ARTISTS Ile Maurice: Séga Ravanne Mauricien/ Séga Tambour de l'Ile Rodrigues

    Ivory Coast
    Isma�l Isaac Treich Feeling Alpha Blondy Apartheid is Nazism
    A�cha Kon� And The Alloco Band Mandingo Live From C�te d'Ivorie

    Kenya

    ABANA BA NASERY Nursery Boys Go Ahead!
    MALIKA Tarabu (OO)
    AYUB OGADA An interview from Helsinki WOMAD, 1993
    VIRUNGA Feet On Fire (Samba Mapangala)
    SAMBA MAPANGALA AND VIRUNGA Vunja Mifupa (also Congo/Zaire) (OO)
    Madagascar
    Gamana
    Gastafaray
    Regis Gizavo Mikea
    D'GARY Malagasy Guitar
    DAMA AND D'GARY The Long Way Home
    FEO-GASY Tsofy Rano (features Rakoto Frah)
    MAMA SANA Music From Madagascar
    MAMA SANA Music From Madagascar
    ROSSY One Eye On The Future, One Eye On The Past
    TARIKA SAMMY Balance
    TARIKA Bibiango
    TARIKA SAMMY Beneath Southern Skies
    TARIKA Son Egal
    TARIKA Son Egal
    Tarika D
    THE JUSTIN VALI TRIO The Truth (Ny Marina)

    Compilations
    The Moon and The Banana Tree (guitarists)
    Resting Place Of The Mists (valiha and marovany music)
    A World Out Of Time: Henry Kaiser and David Lindley In Madagascar
    Madagasikara One and Two
    Madigasikar Three
    Madagaskar Four
    Madagascar: Pays Mikea


    Mali
    Oumou Sangare Moussolou (reissue)
    Amadou and Mariam
    Issa Bagayogo / Ramata Diakite
    Oumou Sangare
    Afel Bocoum
    Sekou Kouyate Koulikoro
    Various Artists Musiques du Mali
    Habib Koite And Bamada
    Ali Farka Toure Niafunke (CR)
    Ali Farka Toure Niafunke (OO)
    Kandia Kouyate Kita Kan
    Toumani Diabate and Ballake Sissoko New Ancient Strings
    Nainy Diabate Nafa
    Neba Solo Kenedougou Foly
    Les Ambassadueurs Internationales (see also: Salif Keita, below)
    Bajourou Big String Theory
    Kaira Ben (also Senegal)
    ABDOULAYE DIABATE Djiriyo
    ADAMA DIABATE Jako Baye
    Adama Diabate Jako Baye (OO)
    SEKOU BEMBEYA DIABATE Diamond Fingers
    Toumani Diabate Djelika (also see Songhai)
    Nahawa Doumbia Mangoni
    Amadu Bansang Jobarteh Tabara
    Aminata Kamisokko Malamine
    Mory Kante Tatebola (OO)

    SALIF KEITA

  • Papa
  • Amen
  • Ko-yan
  • Folon

    Ketama, Toumani Diabate, Danny Thompson Songhai
    Ketama, Toumani Diabate, Jos&ecute; Soto Songhai 2
    Habib Koité and Bamada
    Ami Koita Songs of Praise
    BASSI KOUYATÉ Songs of the Bambara Griot
    DJELI FODE KOUYATE Djelika (OO)
    Oumou Sangare Moussolou
    Super Rail Band de Bamako
    Oumou Sangare Ko Sira
    Oumou Sangare Woroton
    Sali Sidib� From Timbuktu To Gao
    Sali Sidib� Wassoulou Foli
    Mama Sissoko Jarabi/Amours
    Fantani Toure N'tin Naari
    BOUBACAR TRAOR� Kar Kar
    Various Artists: The Wassoulou Sound: Women of Mali Volume 1


    Mauritania
    Aicha Mint Chighaly Griote de Mauritanie


    Morrocco
    El Houssaine Kili Safran
    Omar El Maghribi Blaadi
    NAJAT ATABOU The Voice Of The Atlas
    THE MASTER MUSICIANS OF JAJOUKA Apocalypse Across The Sky
    HASSAN HAKMOUN AND ADAM RUDOLPH Gift Of The Gnawa
    HASSAN HAKMOUN The Fire Within
    Bachir Attar The Next Dream

    Mozambique
    ORCESTRA MARRABENTA STAR DE MOÇAMBIQUE Independance
    MIL-QUINHENTO '1500' & CONJUNTO POPOMBO DE NAMPULA and CONJUNTO NIMALA DE LALAUAH ¡Saba Saba!
    VARIOUS ARTISTS Mozambique 1
    VARIOUS ARTISTS Kerestina: Guitar Songs Of Southern Mozambique 1955-1957

    Niger
    SAADOU BORI AND MOUSSA POUSSY Niamey Twice


    Nigeria
    Chief Ebenezer Obey Ju Ju Jubilation
    King Sunny AdeLive At The Hollywood Palace
    KING SUNNY ADE E Dide (OO)
    CHIEF STEPHEN OSITA OSADEBE Kedu America
    MADAM MUJIDAT OGUNFALU AND MADAM COMFORT OMOGE Yoruba Women Of The Drum
    Fela Kuti: A remembrance
    Fela Kuti Underground System
    FEMI KUTI Wonder Wonder
    VARIOUS ARTISTS Lucky Stars & Rosy Mornings: The 60s Ibadan Juju Scene
    VARIOUS ARTISTS Yoruba Street Percussion... Five Takes on 60's Lagos

    Rwanda
    CÉcile Kayirebwa Rwanda
    At The Court of the Mwami, Rwanda 1952

    Senegal

    Kauding Cissoko Kora Revolution
    Various Artists: Streets of Dakar: Generation Boul Fale
    Etoile de Dakar, w/ Youssou N'Dour, Mar Seck and El Hadji Faye Volume 4: Khaley Etoile Wasis Diop Toxu (OO)
    Berg, Cissokho, Sereba, Straume, Fra Senegal til Setesdal (Norway and Senegal)
    MUSA DIENG KALA Shakawtu-Faith
    KAIRA BEN (also Mali)
    Lemzo Diamono Marimbalax (OO)
    VIEUX DIOP Deeso
    ABY NAGANA DIOP Liital
    PASCAL DIATTA AND SONE MANE Simnade
    Coumba Gawlo Yo Male
    KINE LAM Praise (CR)
    Ismael Lô Ismael Lô
    Ismael Lô Iso
    Ismael Lô Jammu Africa (CF)
    Ismael Lô Jammu Africa (OO)
    Baaba Maal Live at The Royal festival Hall
    Baaba Maal Nomad Soul
    BAABA MAAL & MANSOUR SECK Djam Leelli
    BAABA MAAL Firin' In Founta
    BAABA MAAL Lam Toro
    BAABA MAAL Sunugal
    MAMADOU LY Mandinka Drum Master
    MALANG MANÉ Balanta Balo: The Talking Wood Of Casamance
    Morikeba Kouyate Music of Senegal (OO)
    YOUSSOU N'DOUR Lay Summa Lay - Older recordings with Etoile De Dakar
    YOUSSOU N'DOUR Lay Summa Lay (OO)
    Youssou N'Dour Set
    YOUSSOU N'DOUR The Guide (Wommat)
    YOUSSOU N'DOUR & YANDE CODOU SENE Gainde: Voices From the Heart Of Africa
    ORCHESTRA BAOBAB On Verra �a
    YANDÉ CODOU SÈNE Night Sky In Sine Saloum
    DOUDOU N'DIAYE ROSE Djabote
    MANSOUR SECK N'der Fouta Tooro; Volume 1
    MANSOUR SECK N'der Fouta Tooro Vol 2
    MANSOUR SECK Yelayo (OO)
    MANSOUR SECK Yelayo (CF) (includes sound sample)
    Pape Seck A rememberance of the singer by Christina Roden. See also Africando.
    THIONE SECK Daaly (OO)
    Sedhiou Band Africa Kambeng
    YANDE COUDOU SENE Night Sky in Sine Saloum (OO)
    Touré Kunda Dance Of The Leaves: The Celluloid Recordings, 1983-1987
    TOURÉ KUNDA The Touré Kunda Collection
    Various Artists Tabala Wolof: Sufi Drumming of Senegal
    Various Artists Jali Kunda - A collection of work from Senegal, Guinee-Bissaund Gambia collected by Fode Musa Suso. Excellent look at the music of the griot.


    Sierra Leone
    VARIOUS ARTISTS AFRICAN ELEGANT Sierra Leone's Kru/Krio Calypso Connection


    Somalia
    Waaberi Waaberi (OO)

    South Africa
    Moses Molelekwa Genes And Spirits
    Busi Mhlongo Urban Zulu
    Amampondo Drums for Tomorrow (OO)
    BLACK UMFOLOSI Festival-Umdlalo
    Basil "Manenberg" Coetzee (obit)
    LUCKY DUBE Taxman (OO)
    ABDULLAH IBRAHIM AND JOHNNY DYANI Echoes From Africa
    JULUKA Ubuhle Bemvelo and African Litany
    KALAHARI SURFERS
    Ladysmith Black Mambazo Heavenly
    MAHLATHINI AND THE MAHOTELLA QUEENS Mbaqanga
    Lizzy Mahashe Africa Belongs To Me
    Vusi Mahlasela When You Come Back and Wisdom of Forgiveness (OO)
  • Hugh Masakela Black to the Future HUGH MASEKELA Hope
    DOROTHY MASUKA Pata Pata
    MZWAKHE MBULI Resistance Is Defence
    Pops Mohamed Ancestral Healings: From New York to Jo'burg (OO)
    Pops Mohamed How Far Have We Come? (OO)
    LESEGO RAMPOLOKENG with THE KALAHARI SURFERS End Beginnings
    The Soul Brothers Soul Mbaqanga
    Soul Brothers Born to Jive
    Mabi Thobejane Madiba
    VARIOUS ARTISTS Siya Hamba!: 1950s South African Country And Small Town Sounds
    VARIOUS ARTISTS The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
    Various Artists Jive Soweto - The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto, Volume 4
    VARIOUS ARTISTS Only The Poorman Feel It (CF)(DD)
    VARIOUS ARTISTS Jive Nation - The Indestructable Beat Of Soweto
    VARIOUS ARTISTS Squashbox: Zulu and Sotho Concertina Music from South Africa
    VARIOUS ARTISTS The Rough Guide to the Music of South Africa (ML)

    Sudan
    Rasha Sundaniyat
    ABDEL GADIR SALIM, ABDEL AZIZ EL MUBARAK, and MOHAMED GUBARA. Sounds Of Sudan
    Various Artists: Rhythms of Sudan

    Tanzania
    REMMY ONGALA AND ORCHESTRE SUPER MATIMILA Mambo
    HUKWE ZAWOSE Chibite
    MLIMANI PARK ORCHESTRA Sikinde
    Various Artists Songs The Swahili Sing (and Zanzibar)
    VARIOUS ARTISTS Dada Kidawa/ Sister Kidawa
    VARIOUS ARTISTS Musiki Wa Dansi (Tanzania)
    VARIOUS ARTISTS Music from Tanzania and Zanzibar Vol 1-3 (OO)


    Tunesia
    Sonia M'Barek Tunesia: Takht


    Uganda
    Samite Stars to Share
    SAMITE Silina Musango (OO)
    SAMITE Silina Musango (CF)
    Geoffrey Oryema Beat The Border
    Geoffrey Oryema : an interview with Opiyo Oloyo
    Compilations:
    The Kampala Sound: 1960s Ugandan Dance Music
    Royal Court Music Of Uganda, 1950 & 1952
    Ngoma


    Zimbabwe
    Thomas Mapfumo Chimurenga '98
    BHUNDU BOYS Muchiyedza
    Stella Chiweshe The Healing Tree: The Best of...
    THOMAS MAPFUMO AND THE BLACKS UNLIMITED Corruption
    THOMAS MAPFUMO AND THE BLACKS UNLIMITED Chamunorwa (What Are We Fighting For?)
    Thomas Mapfumo Vanhu Vatema
    THOMAS MAPFUMO AND THE BLACKS UNLIMITED Chimurenga: African Spirit Music
    Dumisani Maraire Chaminuka
    DUMISANI MARAIRE AND EPHAT MUJURU Shona Spirit (CF)
    DUMISANI MARAIRE AND EPHAT MUJURU Shona Spirit (OO)
    Patience Mudeka and The African Rhythms Tafadzwa (CF)
    Patience Mudeka and The African Rhythms Tafadzwa (OO)
    Virginia Mukwesha Matare (OO)
    Kalimba and Kalimbu Songs, Northern Rhodesia, 1952 & 1957
    General Compilations, World Fusions, Reggae, North America or Europe Based Bands and Unclassifiable Places or Styles

    Wayne Whitwam's overview of African Reggae

    Music In My Head (West Africa, 1970s)
    Orchestra National De Barbes ONB En Concert Ernest Ranglin In Search Of The Lost Riddim (Jamaican guitarist in Senegal!)
    Tarig Abubakar and the AfroNubians The Great Africans (OO)
    Africando Trovador
    Africando Baloba
    Africando Tierra Tradicional
    Africando Gombo Salsa
    Pierre Akendengue and Hughes de Courson Lambarena (CR)
    Pierre Akendengue and Hughes de Courson Lambarena (OO)
    Pierre Akendengue Maladalite (CF)
    AL TALL AND MULUK EL-HWA Xarq al-Andalus
    Chris "Murewa" Berry Marimba ava Murewa (OO)
    ALPHA BLONDY AND THE SOLAR SYTEM Dieu
    Alpha Blondy Jerusalem
    MANU DIBANGO Wakafrika
    BU-BACA DIOP Stand
    BU-BACA DIOP Stand (OO)
    Lucky Dube Taxman
    DUNYABÉLÉ Tchon Tirmi/Trembling Earth
    Hassan Erraji And Arabesque Marhaba
    Majek Fashek Rainmaker
    MAJEK FASHEK AND THE PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE Spirit of Love
    Ismaël Isaac Treich Feeling
    HASSAN HAKMOUN AND ADAM RUDOLPH Gift Of The Gnawa
    HANK JONES, CHEIK-TIDIANE SECK AND THE MANDINKAS Sarala (OO)
    HANK JONES, CHEIK-TIDIANE SECK AND THE MANDINKAS Sarala (CF)
    KETAMA, TOUMANI DIABATE, JOSÉ SOTO Songhai 2
    RAY LEMA, PROFESSOR STEFANOV AND L'ENSEMBLE PIRIN
    Ricardo Lemvo And Makina Loca
    Makonde Ba-Makonde
    Mandinka Independence
    Mandinka Yafa
    Askia Modibo Wass Reggae Sally Nyolo Tribu
    Babatunde Olatunji Love Drum Talk
    OSIBISA Mystic Energy
    THE PAN AFRICAN ORCHESTRA Opus 1
    Tarig Abubakar and the AfroNubians Hobey Laik
    Zekhul Amon (Canada/Cameroun) (CF)
    Zekhul Amon (OO)
    Mikata Break The Chain
    Zap Mama Adventures in Afropea


    All-Africa Compilations
    VARIOUS ARTISTS Africa Never Stand Still
    VARIOUS ARTISTS DESERT BLUES AMBIANCES DUB SAHARA (North African various artists)
    VARIOUS WOMEN ARTISTS Holding Up Half The Sky
    Various Artists Mozart In Egypt



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