Media About Africa
These media have helped me learn about Africa.
Books - Recommended
Also see my books on
LibraryThing.
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Achebe, Chinua - Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease
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Amah, Ayi Kwei - The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
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Bass, Thomas - Camping with the Prince
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Chilson, Peter - Riding the Demon: On the Road in West Africa
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Davidson, Basil - The Search for Africa
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Delors, Jacques - Learning: The Treasure
Within: Report to UNESCO of the International Commission on Education for
the Twenty-first Century
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Greider, William - One World, Ready or
Not: The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism
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Harden, Blaine - Africa
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Harding, Jeremy - The Fate of Africa
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Harrison, Paul - Inside the Third World
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Hochschild, Adam - The Mirror at Midnight
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Hochschild, Adam - King Leopold's Ghost
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La Guma, Alex - A Walk in the Night
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Lessing, Doris - African Laughter
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Lowther and Lucas - Keeping Kennedy's Promise
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Maier, Karl - Into the House of the Ancestors
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M'Baye, Mariétou - The Abandoned Baobab
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Schumacher, Ernst - Small is Beautiful
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Some, Malidoma Patrice - Of Water and the Spirit
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Taylor, Stephen - Livingston's Tribe
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Thiong'o, Ngugi wa - A Grain of Wheat
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Thiong'o, Ngugi wa - Decolonising the Mind
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Thiong'o, Ngugi wa - Petals of Blood
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Tidwell, Mike - The Ponds of Kalambayi: An African Soujourn
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Tutuola, Amos - The Palm Wine Drinkard
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Vassanji, M. G. - The Book of Secrets
Books - Interesting
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Aebi, Ernst - Seasons of Sand
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Alexander, Caroline - One Dry Season
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Aman: the story of a Somali girl
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Dostert, Pierre Etienne - Africa 1997
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Elechi, Amadi - The Concubine
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Herrera, Susana - Mango Elephants in the Sun : How Life in an African Village
Let Me Be in My Skin
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In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the brink of disaster in Mobutu's Congo
- Michela Wrong
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Lamb, David - The Africans
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Maraire, J. Nozipo - Zenzele : A Letter for My Daughter
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Mukiwa: a white boy in Africa
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Nine hills to Nambonkaha: Two years in the heart of an African village - Sarah
Erdman
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Nisa: the life and words of a !Kung woman
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Nthunya, Mpho -
Singing away the hunger: the autobiography of an African woman
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Paton, Alan - Cry the Beloved Country
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Samkange, Stanlake - The Mourned One
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The New Africa: Dispatches from a changing continent - Robert M Press
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Thomsen, Moritz - Living Poor: A Peace Corps Chronicle
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The worlds of a Maasai warrior: an autobiography
Magazines
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New African
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Africa Today
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BBC Focus on Africa
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Jeune Afrique
Radio Stations (Short Wave)
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BBC - British Broadcast Corporation
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RFI - Radio France International
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VOA - Voice of America - heavy propaganda but a few tolerable shows
Films
Most of these are described on the California
Newsreel Library of African Cinema web page.
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Africa Dreaming (Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, Tunisia) ***
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Africa: A History Denied (USA)
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Africa: Its People and Promise (USA)
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Africa: National Geographic (USA)
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Africa on the move
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African and African-American religions
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African Queen (USA)
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Africans (series, including Bible and Gun, Magnificent Cake, Rise of Nationalism,
Legacy) (Basil Davidson) ***
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Africans (9-video series) (Ali Mazrui)
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Afrique je te plumerai (Cameroon)
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Allah Tantou (Guinea, South Africa)
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Angano (tales from Madagascar) ***
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A Walk in the Night (South Africa) ***
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Baka: Peole of the forest
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La bataille d'Algiers (Algeria)
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Ca twiste a Poponguine (Senegal)
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Chef! and La tete dans les nuages (Cameroon) ***
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Chocolat (Cameroon)
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Clando (Cameroon)
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Cobra Verde
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Cry the Beloved Country (South Africa)
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Dakan (Guinea)
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Divine carcasse (Benin)
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Education: A Basic Human Right (South Africa) ***
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Everyone's Child (Zimbabwe)
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Femmes aux yeux ouverts (Togo)
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Flame (Zimbabwe) ***
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Fintar o Destinho (Cape Verde) ***
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The flame trees of Thika
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Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
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La gènese (Mali) ***
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Gito l'Ingrat (Burundi)
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The Gods Must Be Crazy (Botswana)
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Gorillas in the mist (USA)
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Le grand blanc de Lambarene (Gabon)
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Guimba (Mali)
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Guelwaar (Senegal)
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Hyenas (Senegal) ****
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In and Out of Africa (art merchants of West Africa)
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In a Time of Violence (South Africa) ***
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Jit (Zimbabwe)
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Journey back to Africa (USA)
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Keita l'heritage du griot (Burkina Faso)
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The Language You Cry In (US/Ghana)
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Liberia: America's stepchild
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Lumumba: mort d'un prophete (DR Congo) ***
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Mandela (South Africa)
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Mandela and de Klerk (South Africa, USA)
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Mapantsula (South Africa) ***
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Mortu Nega (Guinea-Bissau) ***
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Namibia: Africa's Last Colony ***
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The Nile - Jacques Cousteau
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Nirgendwo in Africa (Nowhere in Africa)
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Out of Africa (USA)
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An outpost of progress
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La petite vendeuse de soleil (Senegal) ****
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Pièces d'identités (Belgium/DRC) ***
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Prime Time South Africa
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Quartier Mozart (Cameroon) ***
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The Roof of Africa
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Rostov-Luanda (Angola) ***
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Saaraba (Senegal)
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Sango Malo (Cameroon) ***
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Sarafina (South Africa, USA) ***
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Shaka Zulu
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The Silent Killer: AIDS in South Africa
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The snows of Kilimanjaro (USA)
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South Africa: The greatest journeys on earth
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South Africa
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South Africa & Lesotho - The Rough Guide
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Taafe Fanga (Mali) ***
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Tableau Feraille (Senegal)
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O Testamento do Senhor Napumoceno (Cape Verde) ***
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Three Tales from Senegal (Le Franc, Fary L'Anesse, Picc Mi) ***
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Toivo Child of Hope (Namibia)
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Touki Bouki (Senegal) ****
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Udju Azul di Yonta (Guinea Bissau)
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La vie est belle (DR Congo) ***
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La vie sur terre (Mali) ****
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Voices of Sarafina (South Africa, USA)
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Wend Kuuni (Burkina Faso)
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When the stars meet the sea (Madagascar) ***
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Yeelen (Mali)
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You Africa (Senegal)
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Zan Boko (Burkina Faso)
Musicians and Music Groups
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Also see the Putumayo World Music home page.
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Ali Farka Touré - Mali
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Alpha Blondy - Côte d'Ivoire
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Amampondo - South Africa
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Angelique Kidjo - Benin
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Aster Aweke - Ethiopia
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Baaba Maal - Senegal
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Badar Ali Khan - Algeria?
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Bachir Attar - Algeria?
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Cesaria Evora - Cape Verde
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Cheikh Lô - Senegal
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D'Gary - Madagascar
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Dalom Kids - South Africa
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Djur Djura - Algeria
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Ebenezer Obey - Nigeria
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Eyuphuro - Mozambique
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Fela Anakulapo Kuti - Nigeria
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Franco - DR Congo
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Geoffrey Oryema - Tanzania?
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Gigi Gregory - Namibia
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Habib Koité and Bamada - Mali
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Hamza el Din - Egypt
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Henri Dikongué - Cameroon
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Hugh Masekela - South Africa
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Idir - Algeria
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Ismael Lô - Mali
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Jackson Kaujeua - Namibia
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Johnny Clegg and Juluka - South Africa
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Kagera Stars - Tanzania
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Kanda Bongo Man - DR Congo
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Kassav - DR Congo
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Khaled - Algeria
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King Sunny Adé - Nigeria
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Kukia Ahmadi Kagera Stars - Tanzania
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo - South Africa
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Loketo - Tanzania
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Lucky Dube - South Africa
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Majek Fashek - Nigeria
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Malathini and the Mahotella Queens - South Africa
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Mamadou Diabate - Mali
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Manu Dibango - Cameroon
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Maryam Mursal - Somalia
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Maua - Tanzania
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Miriam Makeba - South Africa
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Mwazakhe Mbuli - South Africa
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Mwinjuma Mumini - Tanzania
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Nabilophone - Morocco
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Najat Aatabu - Morocco
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Night Spirit Masters - Morocco
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Ntate Modise - South Africa
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Oliver Mtukudzi - Zimbabwe
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Om Kolthoum - Egypt
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Oumou Sangaré - Mali
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O'Yaba - South Africa
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Papa Wemba - DR Congo
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Pépé Kallé - DR Congo
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Phili Tabane - South Africa
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Pieter Augab - Namibia
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Ras Sheehama - Namibia
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Red Star Kagera - Tanzania
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Reho Combo - Namibia
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Remmy Ongala - Tanzania
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Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca - DR Congo
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Rossy - Madagascar
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Saida - Tanzania
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Salif Keita - Mali
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Samite - Uganda
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Sam Mangwana - DR Congo
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Sammy Massamba - DR Congo
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Sarafina soundtrack - South Africa/USA
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Sawt al Haouz - Morocco
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Selaelo Selota - South Africa
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Seleshe Demassae - Ethiopia
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Splash - South Africa
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Skylarks - South Africa
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Soul Brothers - South Africa
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Splash - South Africa
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Tabu Rey (Rochereau) - Congo
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Têtes Brulées - Cameroon
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Thomas Mapfumo - Zimbabwe
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Toure Kunda - Senegal
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Wasis Diop - Senegal
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Youssou N'Dour - Senegal
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Yvonne Chaka Chaka - South Africa
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Zap Mama - DR Congo
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Zulu Spear - South Africa