1 (3↗)
Orchestra Baobab
Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng
World Circuit Records
2. Bargou 08 – Targ – Glitterbeat Records (1↘)
3. Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita – Transparent Water – Otá Records / World Village (2↘)
4. Mokoomba – Luyando – Outhere Records (13↗)
5. Tamikrest – Kidal – Glitterbeat Records (5=)
6. Daymé Arocena – Cubafonía – Brownswood Recordings (15↗)
7. Mara Aranda – Sefarad en el Corazón de Marruecos – Mara Aranda (6↘)
8. Amine & Hamza, The Band Beyond Borders – Fertile Paradoxes – ARC Music (7↘)
9. Les Amazones d’Afrique – République Amazone – Real World Records (10↗)
10. Yasmine Hamdan – Al Jamilat – Crammed Discs (16↗)
11. Danyèl Waro – Monmon – Cobalt / Buda Musique (-↗)
12. Tinariwen – Elwan – Wedge (4↘)
13. Dhafer Youssef – Diwan of Beauty and Odd – Okeh Records (29↗)
14. Elida Almeida – Djunta Kudjer – Lusafrica (35↗)
15. Serendou – Zinder – Hirustica (29↗)
16. Kazut de Tyr – Jorjuna – Hirustica (36↗)
17. Black Flower – Artifacts – Sdban Ultra (32↗)
18. Aurelio – Darandi – Real World Records (17↘)
19. Ethio Stars | Tukul Band featuring Mulatu Astatke – Addis 1988 – Piranha Records (20↗)
20. King Ayisoba – 1000 Can Die – Glitterbeat Records (-↗)
21. The Nile Project – Jinja – Zambaleta (14↘)
22. L’Orchestre Afrisa International – Melanie – Colomotion Records (8↘)
23. Rhiannon Giddens – Freedom Highway – Nonesuch Records (23=)
24. Girma Bèyènè & Akalé Wubé – Éthiopiques 30: Mistakes on Purpose – Buda Musique (18↘)
25. Jupiter & Okwess – Kin Sonic – Zamora Label (-↗)
26. Carmen Souza – Creology – Galileo Music (-↗)
27. Vieux Farka Touré – Samba – Six Degrees Records (-↗)
28. V.A. – Lost in China – Riverboat Records (25↘)
29. Cemîl Qoçgîrî – Zalâl – Ahenk Müzik (11↘)
30. Young Iranian Female Voices – Songs in the Mist – Kirkelig Kulturverksted (34↗)
31. Lula Pena – Archivo Pittoresco – Crammed Discs (21↘)
32. Kanazoé Orkestra – Miriya – Buda Musique (22↘)
33. Oumou Sangaré – Mogoya – Nø Førmat! (-↗)
34. Ulaş Özdemir – Traces of Âşik – Buda Musique (-↗)
35. Afrikän Protoköl – Beyond the Grid – Abozamé Records (-↗)
36. Red Baraat – Bhangra Pirates – Rhyme & Reason Records (-↗)
37. Mamadou Kelly – Politiki – Clermont Music (-↗)
38. Maria Kalaniemi & Eero Grundström – Svalan – Åkerö (-↗)
39. Maës, Martin, Gruel – Feule Caracal – Buda Musique (33↘)
40. Zefiro Torna, Ghalia Benali, Vocalconsort Berlin – The Allegory of Desire: The Song of Songs in Western and Oriental Traditions – Warner Classics (39↘)
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