Novalima: Coba Coba (Cumbancha)
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Mandali

Africa 70:
V.I.P/Authority Stealing

Akli D.:
Anefas Trankil

Ali Boulo Santo, Hadja Kouyate:
Manding-Ko

Ali Farka Touré, Toumani Diabaté:
In the Heart of the Moon

Alèmayèhu Eshèté, Mahmoud Ahmed, Various Artists, :
Éthiopiques 8: Swinging Addis (1969-74)

Amadou et Mariam:
Tje Ni Mousso

Angelique Kidjo:
Djin Djin

Antibalas:
Liberation Afro Beat, Vol. 1

Apala Group:
Apala Messenger

Arto Lindsay:
Salt

Aurelio Martinez:
Garifuna Soul

Baaba Maal:
Missing You (Mi Yeewnii)

Ballaké Sissoko:
Tomora

Bamada:
Afriki

Bebel Gilberto:
Bebel Gilberto

Bonga:
Mulemba Xangola

Bruce Cockburn:
Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws (Deluxe Edition)

Caetano Veloso:
Cê

Cesaria Évora:
São Vicente

Cheb I Sabbah:
La Kahena

Cheikh Lô:
Bambay Gueej

Chicago Classical Oriental Ensemble:
The Songs of Sheikh Sayyed Darweesh

Corey Harris:
Mississippi to Mali

Culture Musical Club:
Waridi

Dilon Djindji:
Dilon

Djelimady Tounkara:
Solon Kôno

Dub Gabriel:
Bass Jihad

Elevated Entity:
Ancients Speak

Ephat Mujuru:
Journey of the Spirit

Eva Ayllon:
Eva! Leyenda Peruana

Eyuphuru:
Yellela

Femi Kuti:
Day by Day

Francis Bebey:
Nandolo/ With Love: Francis Bebey, Works: 1963-199

Fula Flute:
Fula Flute

George Sibanda:
The Legendary George Sibanda

Ghorwane:
Vana Va Ndota

Gilberto Gil:
Personalidade

Gilberto Gil:
Quanta

Gotan Project:
Lunatico

Hakim:
The Lion Roars: Live in America

Houssaine Kili:
Mountain to Mohamed

Hugh Masekela:
The Chisa Years 1965-1976 (rare and unreleased)

Ingeli:
Voices From Rwanda

Jaojoby:
Aza Arianao

Julia Sarr, Patrice Larose:
Set Luna

Justin Adams, Juldeh Camara:
Soul Science

Kékélé:
Kinavana

Kandia Kouyaté:
Kita Kan

Kasai Allstars:
Congotronics 3: In the 7th moon

Khaled:
Kenza

Kinky:
Atlas

Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng:
Awakening

Le Setsima:
Takussaan a Dakar

Lily Tembo:
Lily Tembo

Lura:
M'bem di Fora

Maciré Sylla:
Maya Irafama

Mahmoud Ahmed:
Éthiopiques 19: Mahmoud Ahmed-Alèmeyé

Makina Loca:
Isabela

Mamadou Diabaté:
Behmanka

Mariana Montalvo:
Piel de Accituna

Markus James:
Snakeskin Violin

Miles Davis:
Miles Davis' Greatest Hits

Mory Kanté:
Sabou

Nass el Ghiwan:
[First release, 1070]

Nawal:
Kweli

Nelson Gonzalez:
pa' los treseros

Novalima:
Coba Coba Remixed

Occidental Brothers Dance Band International:
Odo Sanbra

Omar Sosa:
Mulatos

Orchestra Baobab:
Made in Dakar

Orishas:
Emigrante

Papa Wemba:
Bakala Dia Kuba

Pedro Luis Ferrer:
Rústico

Peru Negro:
Sangre de un Don: Herencia Afro Peruana

Pistolera:
Pistolera Live

Positive Force:
Fight to Win

Puerto Plata:
Mujer de Cabaret

Raam Daan:
Live: XV Anniversary

Rachid Taha:
Made In Medina

Rajery:
Fanamby

Regis Gizavo, Louis Mhlanga, David Mirandon:
Stories

Rokia Traoré:
Tchamantché

Ry Cooder:
Chavez Ravine

Salif Keita:
Remixes from Moffou

Salsa Celtica:
The Great Scottish Latin Adventure

Sara Tavares:
Balancê

Seprewa Kasa:
Seprewa Kasa

Siba:
Fuloresta do Samba

Son de Madre:
Rumberos

Source w/ Abdoulaye Diabate:
Tonight's African Jazz Band

Staff Benda Bilili:
Très Très Fort

Super Mazembe:
Giants of East Africa

Susana Baca:
Del Fuego y Del Agua

Susana Baca:
Susana Baca

Symmetric Orchestra:
Boulevard de L'Independence

TPOK Jazz:
FRANCOphonic. Vol 1 (1953-1980)

Takfarinas:
Yal

Tarika:
Soul Makassar

The Blacks Unlimited:
Chimurenga Rebel/ Manhungetunge

The Blacks Unlimited:
Rise Up

Thione Seck:
Daaly

Tinariwen:
The Radio Tisdas Sessions

Tlahoun Gèssèssè:
Éthiopiques 17: Tlahoun Gèssèssè

Tony Allen:
Lagos No Shaking

Toumani Diabaté, Roswell Rudd:
MALIcool

Tumi and the Volume:
Live at the Bassline

Uncle Rex:
Fingerspeech

Various Artists:
Zambush Vol. 2

Various Artists:
Zambia Roadside

Various Artists:
World Psychedelic Classics 3, Love's A Real Thing

Various Artists:
African Underground Vol. 1: Hip Hop Senegal

Various Artists:
Ancient Strings

Various Artists:
Music from Pernambuco Brazil vol. 2

Various Artists:
Bossa4Two

Various Artists:
Dirty Laundry

Various Artists:
Document Zimbabwe

Various Artists:
Éthiopiques 5: Tigrigna Music, Tigray/Eritriya (1

Various Artists:
Éthiopiques 2: Tèchawèt! Urban Azmaris of the 90s

Various Artists:
Congotronics 2

Various Artists:
Éthiopiques 18: Asguèbba!

Various Artists:
Stop Excision!!

Various Artists:
Soul of Angola

Various Artists:
The Music in My Head - Volume 2

Various Artists:
Tea in Marrakech

Various Artists:
Rough Guide to African Rap

Various Artists:
Rai Superstars

Various Artists:
Sahara Lounge

Various Artists:
Éthiopiques 1: Golden Years

Vinicus Cantuãria:
Horse and Fish

Waldemar Bastos:
Pretaluz (Black Light)

Youssou N'Dour:
Nothing's In Vain (Coono du Réér)

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Les Genies Vous Parlent

Afro Celts:
Further in Time

Alex Konadu's International Band:
Sankofa

Ali Farka Touré:
Savane

Ali Hassan Kuban:
Rough Guide to Ali Hassan Kuban

Alèmu Aga:
Éthiopiques 11: Alèmu Aga: The Harp of King David

Amampondo:
Vuyani

Angelique Kidjo:
Logozo

Antibalas:
Who is This America

Aphrodesia:
Lagos by Bus

Asnaqètch Wèrqu:
Éthiopiques 16: Asnaqètch Wèrqu

Azzddine:
Massafat

Baaba Maal:
Firin' In Fouta

Ballaké Sissoko:
Deli

Bana OK:
Bana ba Nzambi

Bhundu Boys:
The Shed Sessions

Bossacucanova:
Uma Batida Diferente

Burning Spear:
Jah is Real

Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil:
Tropicália 2

Charles Zawose, Hukwe Zawose:
Mkuki Wa Roho/A Spear to the Soul

Cheb Mami:
Dellali

Cheikh Lô:
Ne La Thiass

Chiwoniso:
Rebel Woman

Corey Harris:
Downhome Sophisticate

Daara J:
Boomerang

Dimi Mint Abba:
Moorish Music from Mauritania

Djelimady Tounkara:
Sigui

Egypt 80:
Seun Kuti + Fela's Egypt 80

Emmanuel Jal:
WARchild

Erol Josué:
Régléman

Ex-Centric Sound System:
West Nile Funk

Fandango, Duende y Taraf:
Las Tres Orillas del Atlantico

Flames of Araby Orchestra:
Belly Dance!

Fula Band:
Mbaaranaabe/Nomad

Gétatchèw Mèkurya:
Éthiopiques 14: Gétatchèw Mèkurya, Negus of

Ghorwane:
Majurugenta

Gidigidi Majimaji:
Ismarwa

Gilberto Gil:
Music From the Film: "Me, You, Them"

Gilberto Gil, Milton Nascimento:
Gilberto Gil and Milton Nascimento

Habib Koité:
Fôly! Live Around the World

Hasna El Becharia:
Djazäir Johara

Hugh Masekela:
Time

Hukwe Zawose:
Chibite

Issa Bagayogo:
Timbuktu

John Williams:
El Diablo Suelto

Julio deCaro:
Tangos de Rompen y Raja

Kékélé:
Rumba Congo

K.Naan:
Troubadour

Kandia Kouyaté:
Biriko

Kasse Mady:
Kassi Kasse

King Onyina:
King Onyina's Guitar Highlife

Konono No 1:
Congotronics

La India Canela:
Merengue Típico from the Dominican Republic

Le Trio Joubran:
Randana

Luciano:
Lessons of Life

Lágbájá:
WebeforeMe

Madera Limpia:
La Corona

Mahmoud Fadl:
Love Letter from King Tut-Ank-Amen

Mama Sissoko:
Soleil de Minuit

Mamar Kassey:
Alatoumi

Mariza:
Fado Curvo

Mercan Dede:
Su

Moh Alileche:
North Africa's Destiny (Tarwa N'Tamazgha)

Nainy Diabaté:
Nafa

Nation Beat:
Legends of the Preacher

Nação Zumbi:
Futura

Ngoni Ba:
Segu Blue

Nuru Kane:
Sigil

Oliver Mtukudzi:
Vhunze Moto

Omar Sosa:
Ayaguna

Orchestra Baobab:
Specialists in All Styles

Oumou Sangaré:
Seya

Peace Train:
Imbizo

Pee Froiss:
Konkerants

Peru Negro:
Jolgorio

Polo Montanez:
Guitarra Mia

Positive Force:
Shoki Remixed

Qantara:
Blue Flame

Rachid Taha:
Tékitoi?

Radio Tarifa:
Fiebre

Rajery:
Sofera

Richard Bona:
Reverence

Ruben Blades:
Mundo

Saborit:
Que Linda es mi Cuba

Salif Keita:
M'Bemba

Sam Mangwana:
Cantos De Esperanca

Seckou Keita SKQ:
The Silimbo Passage

Setsima Group:
Nder et le Setsima Group

Sila and the Afrofunk Experience:
The Funkiest Man in Africa

Souad Massi:
Honeysuckle (Mesk Elil)

Soweto Gospel Choir:
Blessed

Stella Chiweshe:
Double Check

Super Rail Band:
Kongo Sigui

Susana Baca:
Travesias

Susana Baca:
Vestida da Vida

T-Vice:
At the Bassline

Tabu Ley (Rochereau):
The Voice of Lightness

Tania Libertad:
Costa Negra

Tcheka:
Nu Monda

The Blacks Unlimited:
Chimurenga Explosion

The Blacks Unlimited:
Live at El Rey

Thione Seck:
Orientation

Tinariwen:
Amassakoul

Tom Zé:
Estudando o Pagode

Toubab Krewe:
Toubab Krewe

Toumast:
Ishumar

Umm Kulthum:
Chansons a L'Ecran (Soundtrack Cuts)

Vakoka:
Introducing - Vakoka

Various Artists:
Zambush Vol. 1

Various Artists:
Women of Latin America

Various Artists:
World Reggae

Various Artists:
The Soul of Black Peru

Various Artists:
Arabian Travels 2

Various Artists:
Bokoor Beats

Various Artists:
Electric Highlife

Various Artists:
Peru 44

Various Artists:
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

Various Artists:
Éthiopiques 4: Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale

Various Artists:
Feijoada

Various Artists:
Éthiopiques 13: Ethiopian Groove: The Golden Seven

Various Artists:
Putumayo Presents: World Hits

Various Artists:
Starry Nights in Western Sahara

Various Artists:
Desert Blues 2

Various Artists:
The Highlife Allstars: Sankofa

Various Artists:
Shona Mbira Music

Various Artists:
Desert Roses 2

Various Artists:
Rough Guide to Highlife

Various Artists:
Rough Guide to Tanzania

Vieux Farka Touré:
Vieux Farka Touré

Viva La Musica:
Mwana Molokai (1977-97)

Yelas:
Ifili

Youssou N'Dour:
Egypt

Africa 70:
Mr. Big Mouth/Low Profile

Afro Celts:
Seed

Ali Akbar Moradi, Kayhan Kalhor:
In the Mirror of the Sky

Ali Farka Touré:
Red and Green

Ali Hassan Kuban:
Real Nubian

Amadou et Mariam:
Dimanche a Bamako

Amayenge:
Zambian Legends: Amayenge (Part 1)

Angelique Kidjo:
Black Ivory Soul

Antoine Moundanda:
Likembé Géant

Arabesque Music Ensemble:
The Music of the Three Musketeers

Aster Aweke:
Aster's Ballads

Ba Cissoko:
Sabolan

Baka Beyond:
Rhythm Tree

Ballaké Sissoko, Toumani Diabaté:
New Ancient Strings

Baye Kouyate:
Danama

Bole2Harlem:
Bole2Harlem, Volume 1

Boubacar Traoré (Kar Kar):
Macire

Cachaito:
Cachaito

Celso Fonseca:
Rive Gauche Rio

Cheb I Sabbah:
Devotion

Cheb Mami:
Meli meli

Cheikha Rimitti:
Nouar

Compagnies musicales du Tafilalet:
The Call of the Oases

Cuban Masters:
Los Originales

Daby Toure:
Diam

Djavan Gasparyan, Hossein Alizadeh:
Endless Vision

Djeneba Seck:
The Truth (Tigne)

El Hadj N`Diaye:
Xel

Emmanuel Jal, Abdel Gadir Salim:
Ceasefire

Etran Finatawa:
Introducing Etran Finatawa

Extra Golden:
Thank You Very Quickly

Fantazia:
Mul Sheshe

Foday Musa Suso, Jack Dejohnette:
Music From the Hearts of the Masters

Fula Flute:
Mansa America

Garikayi Tirikoti:
Maidei

Ghorwane:
Kudumba

Gigi:
Gigi

Gilberto Gil:
Soy Loco Por Ti America

Gokh-Bi System:
Voice of the Jeli

Habib Koité:
Baro

Heritage O.P.:
When I Start to Play

Hugh Masekela:
Live at the Market Theatre

Hukwe Zawose, Michael Brook:
Assembly

James Reese Europe:
James Reese Europe's Hellfighters Band

Juju Duarte:
Da Rua Dos Ossos

Justin Adams:
Desert Road

Kékélé:
Congo Life

Kakande:
Dununya

Kapa Dech:
Katchume

Khaled:
Ya-Rayi

King Sunny Adé:
The Best of the Classic Years

Konono No 1:
Live at Couleur Cafe

Ladysmith Black Mambazo:
Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu

Les Amazones de Guinée:
Wamato

Lucky Dube:
Retrospective

Mabulu:
Soul Marrabenta

Mahmoud Ahmed:
Éthiopiques 6: Mahmoud Ahmed, Almaz (1973)

Mahotella Queens:
Sebai Bai

Mamadou Diabaté:
Douga Mansa

Marcel Khalife:
Taqasim (Marcel Khalife)

Mariza:
Fado em Mim

Miguel Angá Diaz:
Echu Mingua

Mohamed Mounir:
Earth... Peace

Nalu:
House, Money, Car

Nawal:
Aman

Ndala Kasheba:
Yellow Card

Novalima:
Coba Coba

Nyoka Long (Zaiko Langa Langa):
Empreinte

Oliver Mtukudzi:
Nhava

Orchestra Baobab:
Pirates Choice

Orchestre Virunga:
Ujumbe

Papa Noel:
Bel Ami

Pedro Luis Ferrer:
Natural

Pepe Vasquez:
Ritmo de Negros

Peter Joseph Burtt:
Sunken Forest

Positive Force:
Live at the Shrine

Prince Diabate:
Djerelon

Quetzal:
Worksongs

Rachid Taha:
Diwan 2

Rail Band:
Le Rail Band, feat. Mory Kante

Refugee All Stars:
Living Like A Refugee

Robert Plant:
Mighty Rearranger

Ry Cooder:
Mambo Sinuendo

Sakesho:
We Want You to Say...

Salif Keita:
Moffou

Samputu:
Testimony from Rwanda

Sekou "Bembeya" Diabate:
Guitar Fo

Shiyani Ngcobo:
Introducing - Shiyani Ngcobo

Smilin' Osei:
Alarm Blo

Soul Brothers:
Rough Guide to the Soul Brothers

Soweto Gospel Choir:
African Spirit

Super Etoile:
Joko

Superpowers:
Trans for Nation

Susana Baca:
Eco de Sombras

Suthukazi Arosi:
uBuntu

TPOK Jazz:
Rough Guide to Franco

Taj Mahal, Toumani Diabaté:
Kulanjan

Tarika:
Tarika: 10 Beasts, Ghosts & Dancing with History

Thandiswa:
Zabalaza

The Blacks Unlimited:
Dreams and Secrets

The Garifuna Collective:
Wátina

Tiné:
Segura o Cordão

Tinariwen:
Aman Iman: Water is Life

Tondo:
Tanzanian Classics

Toumani Diabaté:
The Mande Variations

Tsegué-Maryam Guébrou:
Éthiopiques 21: Ethiopia Song

Umm Kulthum:
El Alb Yeshak Kol Gamil

Various Artists:
The Roots of Chicha

Various Artists:
The Rough Guide to the Sahara

Various Artists:
Tulear Never Sleeps

Various Artists:
Umalali: The Garifuna Women's Project

Various Artists:
Wackopia

Various Artists:
New African Composers: Vol.1

Various Artists:
Bongo Flava: Swahili Rap from Tanzania

Various Artists:
Badenya

Various Artists:
Origins of Guitar Music

Various Artists:
Éthiopiques 10: Tezeta: Ethiopian Blues and Ballad

Various Artists:
Éthiopiques 3: Golden Years

Various Artists:
Festival in the Desert

Various Artists:
Global Hip Hop: Beats and Rhymes-The Nu World Cult

Various Artists:
Putumayo World Reggae

Various Artists:
Spirit of Africa

Various Artists:
Tangle Eye

Various Artists:
The Guitar and Gun

Various Artists:
Samba Social Club

Various Artists:
Red Hot + Riot

Various Artists:
Rough Guide to Kenya

Various Artists:
Rough Guide to Marrabenta Mozambique

Vieux Farka Touré:
Fondo

Vusi Mahlasela:
Guiding Star

Youssou N'Dour:
Rokku Mi Rokka (Give and Take)

Zuco 103:
Tales of High Fever