 | The Best of the Black President by Fela Kuti
Buy new: £9.48 / Used from: £8.00 Pretty good place to start with the king of Afrobeat, Fela "I carry death in my pouch' Kuti
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 | 1969-1980 by Salif Keita
Included especially for the song 'Mandjou'. There is an album by that title but it is rare as hen's teeeth and this has many of the same tracks
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 | Missing You (Mi Yeewnii) by Baaba Maal
Buy used from: £4.96 After some very mixed records a return to a traditonal sound and one classic after another
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 | In the Heart of the Moon by Ali Farka Toure
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £8.49 Let time stop. North and south Mali meet, incomparably beautiful. A record that actually deserves its Grammy.
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 | The Guinea Years by Miriam Makeba
Buy used from: £12.77 Just read the notes for the tale of this amazing woman
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 | Tiken Jah Fakoly by Tiken Jah Fakoly
Buy used from: £9.00 The best reggae west of Trenchtown
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 | Pirates Choice by Orchestra Baobab
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £5.88 Cool is not the word to describe this collection of effortless latin classics from Senegal's heyday
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 | The Rough Guide to Youssou N'dour and Etoile De Dakar by Youssou N'Dour
Buy new: £7.28 / Used from: £6.99 The originals are all hard to find now but this is a great collection of early Youssou
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