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Toumani Diabaté
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Sidiki Diabaté
Toumani & Sidiki
Abana Ba Nasery
Classic Acoustic Recordings from Western Kenya
Miriam Makeba
Africa
Hukwe Zawose
Chibite
Ayub Ogada
En Mana Kuoyo
Ali Farka Touré
Ali Farka Touré
Ali Hassan Kuban
From Nubia to Cairo
Various Artists
Central African Republic: Aka Pygmy Music
Babatunde Olatunji
Drums of Passion
Babatunde Olatunji
Drums of Passion: The Invocation
Ali Farka Touré
The River
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Ulwandle Oluncgwele
Ivory's
La Bala
Henri Dikongué
Mot'a Bobe
Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou
Ethiopiques, Vol. 21: Ethiopia Song
Toumani Diabaté
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Ballaké Sissoko
New Ancient Strings
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
The Best of Ladysmith Black Mambazo [Shanachie]
Vieux Farka Touré
The Secret
Sooliman E. Rogie
Dead Men Don't Smoke Marijuana
Kanyok & Luba
Kanyok and Luba
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Shaka Zulu
Various Artists
The Yoruba/Dahomean Collection: Orishas Across the Ocean
Sona Diabate
Girls of Guinea
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
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Paul Simon
The Warner Brothers Collection
D'Gary
Malagasy Guitar/Music from Madagascar
Adama Drame
30 Years of Jembé: San Bissaba Foli
Various Artists
Ivory Coast: A Funeral Vigil - The Music of the Ba-Benzele Pygmies
Abdullah Ibrahim
The Best of Abdullah Ibrahim
Various Artists
At the Court of the Mwami, Rwanda 1952
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
The Ultimate Collection [2001]
The Fulani
The Fulani
Toumani Diabaté
Djelika
Jali Musa Jawara
Yasimika
Various Artists
Burkina Faso/Savannah Rhythms
Various Artists
Rwanda: Polyphonie Des Twa
Farafina
Bolomakote
Various Artists
From the Copperbelt: Zambian Miners Songs
Mandingo Griot Society
Mandingo Griot Society
Foday Musa Suso
Hand Power
Ali Farka Touré
Radio Mali
Béla Fleck
Throw Down Your Heart, Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3: Africa Sessions
Baaba Maal
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Mansour Seck
Djam Leelii
Miriam Makeba
Her Essential Recordings: The Empress of African Song
Harry Belafonte
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Miriam Makeba
An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba
Oumou Sangaré
Oumou
Maurice Jarre
I Dreamed of Africa
Youssou N'Dour
Egypt
Toumani Diabaté
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Béla Fleck
The Ripple Effect
Béla Fleck
Throw Down Your Heart: The Complete Africa Sessions
Ali Farka Touré
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Toumani Diabaté
In the Heart of the Moon
Dollar Brand
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Abdullah Ibrahim
Good News from Africa
Ali Farka Touré
The Source
Randy Weston
Spirit! The Power of Music
Bill Laswell
Deconstruction: Celluloid Recordings
Taj Mahal
Hanapepe Dream
Angélique Kidjo
Eve
Miriam Makeba
The Voice of Africa
Miriam Makeba
All About Miriam
Miriam Makeba
The Magnificent Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
Sangoma
Miriam Makeba
Pata Pata
Miriam Makeba
Hits & Highlights
Miriam Makeba
The Click Song
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
The Chillout Sessions
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Gospel Songs
Baaba Maal
Palm World Voices: Baaba Maal
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
The Best of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Vol. 2
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Spirit of South Africa: The Very Best of Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Heavenly
Bombino
Azel
Dollar Brand
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Abdullah Ibrahim
Duke's Memories
Dollar Brand
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Abdullah Ibrahim
The Banyana: Children of Africa
Ali Farka Touré
African Blues
Ali Farka Touré
Niafunké
Abdullah Ibrahim
The Very Best of Abdullah Ibrahim
Abdullah Ibrahim
The Song Is My Story
Toumani Diabaté
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Ali Farka Touré
Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté
Abdullah Ibrahim
3
Geoffrey Oryema
Beat the Border
Babatunde Olatunji
Drums of Passion: The Beat
Corey Harris
Daily Bread
Oumou Sangaré
Worotan
Oumou Sangaré
Seya
Oumou Sangaré
Moussolou
Toumani Diabaté
The Mande Variations
Oumou Sangaré
Ko Sira
Miriam Makeba
Mama Africa: The Very Best of Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
Vieux Farka Touré
Live
Konono No. 1
Congotronics
Corey Harris
Zion Crossroads
Stella Chiweshe
Healing Tree: Best of Stella Chiweshe
Sidi Touré
Alafia
Francis Bebey
Akwaaba
Bombino
Nomad
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