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Gold from Wax: Ethiopian Urban & Tribal Music...

Ghana: Rhythms of the People...

Rwanda is a word that is almost always prefaced by "war-torn" in modern America, but this recording puts a voice on the name. Part of the essential UNESCO anthology that is slowly being reissued on Rounder, this collection of field recordings made in Rwanda in the mid-'50s shows the music of the Tut...

This collection of modern African music is a true testament to the resilient spirit of art. From the ashes of imperialism, drought, famine, plagues, and apartheid have risen the souls of some of the best and brightest musicians - artists with unique abilities not found anywhere else in the world. Th...

Golden Afrique, Vol. 3...

This double CD draws upon the collection at the Smithsonian Folkways archive to create a history of African American life and culture in sound- an aural history. Encompassing both the African American oral and literary traditions, these 59 tracks feature an unparalleled assembly of voices in music, ...

The Super Sawale Collection...

The Mighty Kings of Benga...

The Rough Guide To West African Gold features music produced in sub-Saharan West Africa from the late 1950s up to the early 1980s - a golden era in African music. Highlife guitars and horns from Ghana and Nigeria, Guinean big band music from the state run Syliphone label, early Senegalese mbalax...

For many Americans, The Last Poets constituted their first exposure to topical poetry recited against an urban soundscape. But in Africa, there are many spoken traditions and these are being reinvented via vamps lifted from local styles and/or augmented by imported grooves. The verbal content depend...