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. Why shouldn't the jittery pleasures of Senegalese mbalax (Cheikh Lo and Youssou N'Dour) rub shoulders with the gorgeously laid-back Afro-Cuban grooves of Guinea's Bembeya
Jazz National or Eric Agyeman's punchy Ghanaian highlife? The middle of the disc takes a
swing north to check out the pentatonic Nubian style of Ali Hassan Kuban, Ethiopian
soul singer Mahmoud Ahmed, and techno-Algerian Hamid Baroudi. There's also rebellious South African star Miriam Makeba at her jazziest and Zimbabwe protest singer Oliver Mtukudzi. There's much more: from Zaire, the quicksilver guitars of Mose "Fan Fan"; the Afro-Congo-Portuguese experience of Mozambique's Orchestra Marrabenta; Toumani Diabate's kora virtuosity... And it's all, as they say, good. --Richard Gehr
::TRACKLISTING::1. Cheikh L? – Boul Di Tagale (06:10)
2. Busi Mhlongo – We Baba Omncane (05:40)
3. Mose Fan Fan – Kwala Rumba (05:59)
4. Orchestra Marrabenta Star de Mo?ambique – Wene U N'ga Yale (04:46)
5. Oliver Mtukudzi – Ziwere (06:31)
6. Toumani Diabat? – Bi Lamban (feat. Ballak? Sissoko) (04:59)
7. Hamid Baroudi – Desert Roots (04:29)
8. Ali Hassan Kuban – Mabrouk Wo Arsna (04:12)
9. Mahmoud Ahmed – Dera (05:43)
10. Youssou N’Dour – Xarit (06:45)
11. Bembeya
Jazz National – Wouloukoro (03:50)
12. Miriam Makeba & The Skylarks – Uile Ngoan'a Batho (feat. Spokes Mashiyane) (02:20)
13. Eric Agyeman – Ao Me Wiasei Mu (05:11)
14. Bana – Tribute Final (07:01)
15. Lucky Dube – We'll Find A Way (03:35)
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