Various Artists: Alan Lomax Haiti Recordings (Harte Recordings)
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V.I.P/Authority Stealing

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Seed

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Sankofa

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Red and Green

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Rough Guide to Ali Hassan Kuban

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Vuyani

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Logozo

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Who is This America

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Precious Commodity

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Salt

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Garifuna Soul

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Television

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Rhythm Tree

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Afriki

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Bebel Gilberto

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Uma Batida Diferente

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Jah is Real

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São Vicente

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La Kahena

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Nouar

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Rebel Woman

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Downhome Sophisticate

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Boomerang

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Moorish Music from Mauritania

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Sigui

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Ancients Speak

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Immortal Franco

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Thank You Very Quickly

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Mul Sheshe

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Music From the Hearts of the Masters

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Fula Flute

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Maidei

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Kudumba

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Gigi

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Quanta

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Voice of the Jeli

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Fôly! Live Around the World

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When I Start to Play

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Live at the Market Theatre

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Assembly

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Da Rua Dos Ossos

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Desert Road

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Kinavana

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Dununya

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Katchume

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Ya-Rayi

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King Onyina's Guitar Highlife

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Congotronics

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Merengue Típico from the Dominican Republic

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Randana

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Lessons of Life

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La Corona

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Love Letter from King Tut-Ank-Amen

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Soleil de Minuit

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Alatoumi

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Fado em Mim

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Su

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North Africa's Destiny (Tarwa N'Tamazgha)

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Sabou

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L'Age D'Or De La Chanson Populaire Marocaine

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Kweli

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Coba Coba

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Odo Sanbra

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Ao Vivo em Montreaux

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Made in Dakar

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Ujumbe

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Bel Ami

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Rústico

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Ritmo de Negros

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Sunken Forest

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Shoki Remixed

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Djerelon

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Blue Flame

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Fiebre

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Sofera

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Stories

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Tchamantché

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Chavez Ravine

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We Want You to Say...

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M'Bemba

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Testimony from Rwanda

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Guitar Fo

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Introducing - Shiyani Ngcobo

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Unknown

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Honeysuckle (Mesk Elil)

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Blessed

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Double Check

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Kongo Sigui

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Vestida da Vida

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Del Fuego y Del Agua

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At the Bassline

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The Voice of Lightness

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Costa Negra

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Zabalaza

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Rise Up

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Wátina

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Segura o Cordão

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The Radio Tisdas Sessions

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Tanzanian Classics

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The Mande Variations

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Ishumar

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El Alb Yeshak Kol Gamil

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Zambush Vol. 2

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Dirty Laundry

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Éthiopiques 3: Golden Years

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Soul of Angola

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Vieux Farka Touré

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Guiding Star

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