swap_horiz Daby Touré - Daby Alternatives

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Amadou & Mariam - Dimanche à Bamako

Amadou & Mariam’s *Dimanche à Bamako* is a celebrated world-music album featuring the blind Malian duo's distinctive sou...

Pop 2000S Electric Blues Mali

8.8 Great

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Rokia Traoré - Tchamantché

Tchamantché is a 2008 studio album by Malian singer, songwriter, and guitarist Rokia Traoré. Its sparse arrangements pla...

Female Vocal 2000S Acoustic Mali

8.6 Great

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Rokia Traoré - Bowmboï

Bowmboï is a 2003 album by Malian singer, songwriter, and guitarist Rokia Traoré. Its largely acoustic arrangements draw...

Female Vocal 2000S Acoustic Mali

8.6 Great

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Angélique Kidjo - Logozo

Released in 1991, Logozo is the major-label international debut album by Beninese singer Angélique Kidjo. The album is c...

Dance 1990S West African Benin

8.5 Great

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Cheikh Lô - Né La Thiass

Released in 1995, Né La Thiass is the major-label debut album by Senegalese singer, guitarist, and percussionist Cheikh...

1990S Senegal West African Mbalax

8.5 Great

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Orchestra Baobab - Specialist in All Styles

"Specialist in All Styles" is a 2002 studio album by the Senegalese band Orchestra Baobab, marking their return to recor...

Dance 2000S Senegal West African

8.4 Great

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Rokia Traoré - Wanita

Wanita is a 2000 album by Malian singer-songwriter Rokia Traoré. The album blends traditional Bambara and Mande musical...

Contemporary 2000S Mali West African

8.3 Great

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Bembeya Jazz National - Bembeya Jazz

Bembeya Jazz National is a landmark album by Guinea's most prominent state-sponsored orchestra, active from the 1960s th...

1960S Brass West African Afropop

8.3 Great

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Salif Keita - Moffou

"Moffou" is a 2002 studio album by Malian singer-songwriter Salif Keita, notable for its departure from the dense, synth...

2000S Acoustic Mali West African

8.3 Great

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Oumou Sangaré - Seya

Seya is a 2009 album by Malian singer Oumou Sangaré, an artist closely associated with the Wassoulou musical tradition o...

Female Vocal 2000S Mali West African

8.2 Great

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Baaba Maal - Missing You (Mi Yeewnii)

Missing You (Mi Yeewnii) is a studio album by Senegalese singer and guitarist Baaba Maal, released in 2001. The album st...

2000S Acoustic Senegal West African

8.1 Great

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Noura Mint Seymali - Tzenni

Tzenni is an album by Mauritanian singer Noura Mint Seymali, a prominent figure in modern Moorish music who blends tradi...

Electric Female Vocal 2010S Mauritania

8.0 Great

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Habib Koité & Bamada - Muso Ko

Muso Ko is the debut album by Malian singer and guitarist Habib Koité, released in 1995. The record is notable for its a...

Guitar 1990S Acoustic Mali

7.8 Good

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Oliver Mtukudzi - Tuku Music

"Tuku Music" is a 1999 studio album by Zimbabwean guitarist and vocalist Oliver Mtukudzi. The record is significant for...

Guitar 1990S Zimbabwe Afropop

7.7 Good

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Angélique Kidjo - Oremi

"Oremi" is a 1998 album by Beninese singer Angélique Kidjo that explores the African roots of music in the Americas, spe...

Dance 1990S West African Benin

7.7 Good

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Richard Bona - Munia: The Tale

Munia: The Tale is a studio album by Cameroonian bassist and vocalist Richard Bona, released in 2003. The record is a sh...

Bass 2000S Jazz Fusion Cameroon

7.7 Good

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Vieux Farka Touré - Vieux Farka Touré

Vieux Farka Touré is the 2007 self-titled debut album by Malian singer and guitarist Vieux Farka Touré. The record blend...

Guitar 2000S Mali West African

7.7 Good

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Habib Koité & Bamada - Baro

Baro is an album by Malian singer and guitarist Habib Koite with his band Bamada. The music draws on several regional tr...

Guitar 1990S Acoustic Mali

7.6 Good

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Salif Keita - La Différence

Released in 2009, "La Différence" is a studio album by Malian Afro-pop singer Salif Keita. The album is notable for its...

Pop 2000S Mali West African

7.5 Good

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Baloji - Kinshasa Succursale

Kinshasa Succursale is an album by Belgian-Congolese musician and rapper Baloji. Recorded in Kinshasa, it combines hip-h...

2000S Hip Hop Congo Afropop

7.4 Good