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Africa - The Rough Guides to Africa [Enhanced] [4 CD Box set]
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Various Artists
Music is an integral part of African life, society and culture. This collection of Rough Guide albums covers a range of styles from the continent, displaying the variety and innovation of many artists who are now firmly established in the international musical community. From the vibrant, complex, vocal-based music of South Africa, and the globally acclaimed superstars from Senegal and Gambia, to the irresistible dance music of Congolese soukous, this is an essential African collection.

Spirit of Africa [Real World]
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by Various Artists
On this album, the Mercury Phoenix Trust and Real World Records join together to put out a formidable unified musical front, featuring groups or artists from 11 different African countries contributing songs that celebrate the resilience of the African people.

The Best of Africa
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Various Artists
Produced to raise funds for the World Development Movement, this compilation offers a fine-tuned mix of new grooves, classic tracks, and rarities from the African continent. It sets off in style with the infectious lilting guitar of Zaire, calls in on the Bhundu Boys in Zaire, the guitars and koras of Senegal and stops off for some cool jazz in South Africa, before launching into a percussion and marimba work-out.

Rough Guide: The Music of Africa
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by Various Artists
Africa is a musical world unto itself, characterized roughly by an accentuated tradition of rhythm and community. And while this anthology makes no argument for the essence of African music, it's extremely entertaining nonetheless.

Rough Guide To African Rap
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Some tracks are by world-renowned start, while others have never been heard in the West. Diplaying the kid of grooves that are rocking 21st centures urbank African adn the Diaspora.

Cheapsound project
A very "Beatles" sounding album with a home-made flavor. 100% of the profits made by this recording will go to help schools buy some much needed learning material in Niger, Africa.

African Ambient Instrumentals
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Various Artists

New African Composers 1
Various Artists
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Unwired: Africa
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by Various Artists
Uncluttered by technology and overproduction, this is an essential collection of acoustic music from one of the world's richest musical landscapes. Released in association with Amnesty International.

Oxfam Africa: Dance Rhythms From Algeria to Zimbabwe
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Various Artists
World Music Network's second album made in association with the major international charity Oxfam delves into the enduring and diverse musical landscape of Africa with contemporary and classic tracks from across the continent. For each CD sold, World Music Network will contribute 28p to Oxfam.

African Blues
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Various Artists - International - Africa - Audio CD
This collection of songs from Africa was compiled in association with VSO (Voluntary Services Overseas).The roots of the blues? Find out for yourself on this exquisite album and know that the blues is alive and well in Africa. From the first subtle chords of Ismael Lo to the aching vocals of Oumou Sangare, this compilation is music at its most pure.

Africa
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by Various Artists
a nice sampler across african music from Geoffrey Oryema to Wrasse Man

African Odyssey
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by Various Artists
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Muso Ko
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by Habib Koite & Bamada

Drums of Passion [IMPORT]
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by Babatunde Olatunji

African Percussion for Trance
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by Guem

African Percussion for Dance
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by Guem

Voyager Series: African Rhythms
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by Various Artists

African Drums
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by Various Artists

Voyager Series: Jungle Drums
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by Various Artists

The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music [BOX SET]
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by Various Artists
this five-disc set amounts to so much more than a musical history; it is, instead, a detailed sociopolitical history of the people who created this music and a journey following the evolution of black culture from the time that the diaspora left Africa for the New World.

African Rhythms - Traditional Voices and Music From The Heart of Africa
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by Duvelkle, Tracey - Audio CD
Released (February, 2001)

African Tribal Music & Dances
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Various Artists - Audio CD

African Lullaby
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Various Artists - Audio CD

African Voices (Songs Of Life)
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Ayub Ogada, et al - Audio CD

Best Of Today's African Folk Music, Vol. 2
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Various Artists - Audio CD

African Drums
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Central African Music

Central African Republic: Aka Pygmy Music
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Various Artists - Audio CD

Music of the Rain Forest Pygmies
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by Various Artists
Pygmy Music is perhaps best described as bursts of harmonic yoldeling, intertwining in a dynamic, rhythmic fashion. It could be quite hypnotising and the enviromental forest setting makes the overall effect fascinating.

The Rough Guide to Franco: Africa's Legendary Guitar Maestro
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Franco
an introduction to the finest tracks from Franco, arguably the greatest African musician of the twentieth century. This album is a great introduction to this African legend for the uninitiated and a handy collection for established fans

The Very Best of the Rumba Giant of Zaire by Franco
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by Franco - Audio CD
An outstanding sampler of Franco's entire career, starting off with early 'Fifties hits such as "On Entre O.K., On Sort K.O.", and cruising through to his late '80s soukous material. It's all hella good. This collection also has very good liner notes, informative about the artist as well as the songs. Recommended! ( A listener from Berkeley, CA United States )

Africa Worldwide: 35th Anniversary Album
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by Tabu Ley Rochereau - Audio CD
The Congolese peoples (of the former Zaire) have for decades been universally admired for their sweet voices, tantalizing dance moves, and creative rhythmic music. Tabu Ley and group display all this in this astounding collection primarily sung in the Lingala language. ( a listener from Los Angeles, California )

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by Franco & L'o.K. Jazz - Audio CD
Franco and the OK Jazz are an institution in Central African popular dance music. I was amazed to find that this music is available on CD. These are important recordings, documenting a seminal period in the development of modern African popular music. If you want to learn the story of modern African popular music, this is a great place to start. ( a listener from Washington DC )

The Rough Guide to Congolese Soukous
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Various Artists
Congolese music - rumba or soukous - has been at the core of African dance music for almost half a century, surpassing just about every other African pop style in existence. The Rough Guide To Congolese Soukous profiles the sweet guitar sound and hip-swinging rhythms of this superb dance rhythm, featuring tracks from some of Africa's greatest stars.

East African Music

Uganda & Other African Nations Music - Feasts of the Savanna
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Various Artists - Audio CD

Guitar Paradise of East Africa
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Audio CD

Rough Guide...Music Of Kenya & Tanzania
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by Various Artists - Audio CD
an invigorating sample of East African sounds, both traditional and modern, from Kenya and Tanzania. Taking in the acoustic roots of the music, the selection features the marimba (traditional wooden xylophone), mbira (thumb piano) and a Tanzanian drumming work-out, as well as the strong influence of Zairean dance beats and guitar styles in the region, winding up with the Arabic 'tarab' sounds of the coast

Kenya & Tanzania: Witchcraft & Ritual Music
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by Various Artists - Audio CD
This is the best authentic tribal music collection that I have ever heard! ( a listener from Charleston, West Virginia, USA )

Mambo
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by Remmy Ongala & Orchestre Super - Audio CD
The CD has the smooth taste of Swahili music. I recommend the CD to all East Africans abroad. As usual Remmy is at his best again. ( A music fan from New York USA )

Northern African Music

Rough Guide To North African Music
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Various Artists - Audio CD
From Algeria's youth music of dissent - Rai, to the hypnotic sounds of Egyptian Raks Shaki (belly-dance) this Rough Guide introduces the music of North Africa, encompassing its rich diversity of dance and classical styles.

Desert Blues, Vol. 3 Various Artists
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This third volume brings together all the griots who have become synonymous with the music, plus the best-loved musicians on the international circuit, as well as less familiar names. Thus Djelimady Tounkara, Ali Farka Toure, Oumou Sangare, Toumani Diabate and Habib Koite sit alongside the experimental Algerian songstress Souad Massi, the blind duo Amadou & Mariam, and those ubiquitous Touaregs, Tinariwen. Rokia Traore duets with the Kronos Quartet, while Khaled takes another bow.

Rough Guide to the Music of Ethiopia
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Various Artists
carefully compiled to provide an overview of the wealth of sounds of this musically rich country

RAI - North African Essentials
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- by Various Artists
A collection of North African vibes from Rachid Taha, Cheb Bilal, Khaled, Souad Massi, Faudel, & more.

Sudan: Music of the Blue Nile Province (An Anthology of African Music)
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Berta & Ingessana Tribes

Rai - The Best of the Original North African Grooves
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Various Artists - Audio CD

Ia Dounia - Morocco
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Hassan Erraji & Arabesque, Sabra
sharp and purposeful with state of the art production maximising the urgency and dynamism of the music. It confirms Hassan Erraji's leading role bridging the gap between sounds Arabic and European, Eastern & Western.

Rough Guide To Music of Morocco
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The North African nation of Morocco possesses a diverse music scene, where traditional and popular styles collide and collude. Sacred and secular concerns are omnipresent. Gutty strings and nasal, resonant singers wend their way through sweet-sour scales, hypnotic rhythms, and knife-sharp harmonies

Rough Guide To Music of Egypt
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This album surverys the Egyptian Music scene, the spiritual home of Arabic music, from Cairo and Alexandria in the North, to Nubia on the southern borders with Sudan

Southern African Music

Rough Guide to the Music of South Africa
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From the lilting violins of the Soweto String Quartet to the African reggae of Lucky Dube, this all-new second edition of The Rough Guide To The Music of South Africa is a perfect introduction to the sounds of the rainbow nation.The Rough Guide to the Soul Brothers
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Various Artists - International - Africa
brings us the work of South Africa's irrepressible legends, The Soul Brothers. From their early hits of the 1970s to their most recent releases, this Rough Guide introduces listeners to their sweet honeyed vocals and the swinging dance rhythms straight from the heart and soul of South Africa's townships.

Homeland - A Collection Of South African Music
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Dilika, et al - Audio CD

Homeland 2: A Collection Of South African Music
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Molahlehi, et al - Audio CD

Rough Guide to South African Jazz
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Various Artists - International - Africa
explores the jazz scene of one of the world's greatest musical powerhouses. From the progressive 1960s, when many of South Africa's finest musicians were forced into exile by the constraints of apartheid, to the modern era and the sound of the new 'rainbow nation', it also takes in the great jazz era of the 1950s.

No Boundaries ~~ Ladysmith Black Mambazo
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The rich vocal sound literally fuses with the classical musicians in much the same way as a classical choral group does. To its credit, the orchestra (and arranger Isak Roux) loosens up to fit the more oral/aural traditions of the singers--the music is less precise and reliant on virtuosity.
A Croak and a Grunt in the Night ~~ Rabbitt
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Rabbitt were Seen as Being South Africa's Equivalent of the Beatles in the Seventies and in Fact the Band Actually Outsold the Beatles, which in this Day and Age Seems Incredible. A Long Sought after and Highly Collectable Recording, Remastered on CD for the First Time.

South African Choral
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Alexandra Youth Choir
A masterfully recorded CD showcasing one of the finest singing groups in the world. Listeners will find themselves caught up in the unusual rhythms, truly beautiful voices, and wonderfully melodic songs showcasing the African singing of a choir (created in 1988) comprised of children of all ages who sing in a multitude of South African languages including Zulu, Sotho, Xhosa, and English. Twenty different and memorable pieces comprise this outstanding collection which is enthusiastically and confidently recommended for personal and community library multicultural music collections.

Rough Guide To South African Gospel
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bringer together twenty-two brillant performances recorded of the last 40 yers, to cover the entire range of local styles, from apostiolic choirs to pop influenced gospel divas, and features the most famous artists in the field.

Explorer: Zimbabwe - The African Mbira
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Various Artists

Ndebele & Sotho 5: African Renaissance
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Various Artists

The Rough Guide to Lucky Dube
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this collection of the hits of South African reggae star, Lucky Dube. Lucky Dube is the master of African reggae and one of the continent's most popular and successful artists. This compilation brings together his greatest tracks and is essential listening for established fans and newcomers alike.

The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto;
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Various Artists - Audio CD

Mbaqanga 9: African Renaissance
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Various Artists

South African Legends
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Soul Brothers, et al - Audio CD

Best Of Ladysmith Black Mambazo
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Audio CD

Rough Guide To South African Jazz
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Mcgregor, et al - Audio CD

Soul Marrabenta - Mozambique
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Mabulu
The Grand Old Men of marrabenta (Mozambican rhythm) Lisboa Matavel and Dilon Djindji join forces with young stars including Chiquito of Mozambican hip-hop group Mad Level to create this wonderful album. This album distils the vibrancy and dynamism of Mabulu's live performances and takes it to new heights with consistently breathtaking tracks.

Yellela - Mozambique
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Eyuphuro
Zena Bacar, the 'golden voice of Mozambique', is back with the return of Eyuphuro. After years of silence the original band members have reformed with other talented artists. Together with songwriter and singer Issufo Manuel, Bacar has written new songs full of melancholy and powerfull rhythm to create the long-awaited comeback album, Yellela.

Rough Guide to Marrabenta Mozambique
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Various Artists
This unusual Rough Guide presents the most popular but under represented rhythm of the vast, ethically diverse land of Mozambique. The album brings together the 'grand old men' of the style with the new marrabenta movement with many prevoiusly unreleased tracks especially recorded for this album.

Karimbo - Mozambique
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Mabulu
Recorded in Mozambique during the catastrophic floods earlier in 2000, this debut release from Mabulu is a lilting and uplifting testament to hope. From Lisboa Matavel, the Grand Old man of marrabenta who started singing in the 1960s, to 22 year-old Chiquito, representing the new Mozambican rap movement, the band are an inspirational mix of tradition and modernity

The Rough Guide to the Music of Zimbabwe
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Various Artists
Zimbabwe is a hotbed of vibrant, infectious music, reflected in this compilation of some of the country's foremost artists, including Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited, the dance grooves of the Bhundu Boys and the great female vocalist Stella Chiwese. The album also highlights the key musical traditions of dance guitar bands, mbira (thumb piano) and the beautiful vocals of Black Umfolosi.

West African Music

Rough Guide To West African Music
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Various Artists - Audio CD
West Africa is a hotbed of musical activity, which is rooted in the traditions history of the region. This Rough Guide introduces the key styles such as the kora and talking drums of Mali, the Islamic sounds of Mauritania and Ghanaian highlife, as well as exploring important crossovers with the blues and Cuban dance beats.

Rough Guide to Nigeria & Ghana
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charm is the key element, with a multitude of variations on local rhythms and instrumental combinations. Check out the two-string gourd molo, as played with brilliant panache by Captain Yaba; or revel in some of West Africa's best-loved party tracks, including those by C.K. Mann and Eric Agyeman

The Rough Guide to the Music of Senegal and Gambia
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Various Artists
Neighbouring countries, Senegal & Gambia, are undoubtedly home to one of Africa's most dynamic music scenes. Enjoy contributions from all the leading stars from the Wolof rhythm mbalax, at the heart of Senegalese music to the 'Afro-Manding blues' of Gambia.

Rough Guide to the Music of Mali
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From Wasulu songstress Oumou Sangare and the rocking desert blues of Tinariwen, to the acoustic blues of BBC Award winner Bassekou Koyate and the international stars Amadou & Mariam The Rough Guide To The Music Of Mali explores this thriving and evolving musical dynasty.
Rough Guide To Highlife
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Upfront & Upbeat: West African guitars dance - The heyday of highlife was in the 1960s and 1970s, and the name describes and defines the popular guitar-led dance music of West Africa, primarily from Ghana and Nigeria. The Rough Guide to Highlife surveys this vibrant scene, featuring classic tracks of the era and the biggest artists in the genre.

The Rough Guide to Manu Dibango
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- Audio CD
A sax player, composer, singer, pianist and arranger, Manu Dibango is Cameroon's best known musician. This CD shows off his extraordingary talents, displaying the full spctrum of his work over more than forty years in the groove.

Best of Fela Kuti/Music Is a Weapon ~ Fela Kuti (Nigeria)
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This set comes with a great documentary which perfectly presents Fela the entertainer, the campaigner and the smoker! It makes this set pretty essential for ANY world music fan and even those who like any kind of rhythm in their music, that is hip hop, jazz, funk whatever. Fela's polyrhythmics and the message he brought not only ousts James Brown as the funkiest music ever but also predates hip hop's vital tool as providing a message

African Rhythms & Instruments, Vol. 1 [Maliniger/Ghana/Nigeria] [LIVE]
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Various Artists - Audio CD

Elohim ~ Alpha Blondy (Ivory Coast)
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Alpha Blondy’s eighth recording on Shanachie, features his sinuous, reedy vocals on a compelling set of originals that deal with the struggles and sobering realities of life and themes of love. Such songs as "Journalists En Danger (Democratie)," "Take No Prisoner" (which deals with the slaughter in Sudan, "Dictature (Dictator)" and "Les Voleurs De La Republique (Thieves Of The Republic)" pull no punches.

Sunshine Day - by Osibisa (Ghana)
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Afro-rock combo Osibisa helped shape the world music sound of the 1970s with funky summer hits like 'Sunshine Day' and 'Dance The Body Music'. Both appear here on this all-encompassing compilation of their three albums form Bronze and Pye, plus non-album tracks. Castle Music. 2005.

Roots & Fruit
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Orchestre Baobab - Audio CD

Frederic Galliano & African Divas
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Frederic Galliano & African Divas
Frederic Galliano and the African Divas is the result of four years of travels throughout West Africa, wherein Galliano met and recorded with over 50 singers and musicians from areas such as Senegal, Niger, the Ivory Coast and Mali. F Communications. 2002.

Sufi Drumming Of Senegal - Tabala Wolof
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Recorded live in a ceremony in Dakar, Senegal, the music on this CD reveals the rhythmic Wolof roots of superstars like Baaba Maal. With roots in both West Africa and the Arab world, this music evokes a very different feeling from much of its musical milieu.

Baobab N'Wolof
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by Orchestre Baobab - Audio CD
These recordings from 1970 and 1971 are revealing. They were born in the early days of Africanisation in Dakar, Senegal, when French still ruled the language and the culture.

Kora Melodies From The Gambia - Alhaji Bai Konte
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by Alhaji Bai Konte

Rough Guide to Youssou N'Dour & Etoile De Dakar
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Youssou N'Dour, Etoile De Dakar
This album charts the success of Youssou N’Dour in his early years with the various incarnations of Étoile De Dakar. Youssou is one of the brightest African stars in the world music firmament, earning global exposure in the late 1980s by touring and collaborating with numerous well-known artists.

The Rough Guide to the Music of Mali & Guinea
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Various Artists
United culturally and linguistically since the days of the historic Mande Empire, the neighbouring West African countries of Mali and Guinea share the rich traditions of the jeli (or griot) minstrels, kora (African harp) and balafon (xylophone). This Rough Guide is a celebration of supreme Mande talent, featuring legendary dance bands, kora maestros, Mali's desert blues and wassoulou praise singers.

Cape Verde - The Rough Guide to the Music of Cape Verde  (amazon.com) - USA  (amazon.co.uk) - UK
Audio CD - by Alice, Gardenia, Bana, Hermina, Rough Guide
Although small its diverse musical heritage has become internationally acclaimed. This album features the sweet melancholy of morna through to the dance rhythm of funana and batuco, with influences from the waltz and contre-dances of Europe and the rythms of Africa, Brazil and the Caribbean.

INDIAN OCEAN

The Rough Guide to the Music of the Indian Ocean
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by Orchestre Baobab - Audio CD
The cultural blends of the Indian Ocean islands are so unique and multifaceted. From the segá of Mauritius, the salegy of Madagascar, La Réunion’s maloya and the Arab influenced Zanzibar, to the hip-hop and reggae sounds that have penetrated the region, this album provides an exposé of the variety and depth of culture of the islands.

Akata Meso
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by D'Gary - From Madagascar
To me this is a brilliant piece of music!! If anything shows the link between African music through Blues to Zep then this does. ( Music fan from Coatbridge, Scotland)

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