Artist	Song
Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck	Daane Lenol
from Djam Leelii - The Adventurers (1998)
Ladysmith Black Mambazo	Homeless
from No Boundaries (2005)
Césaria Évora	Sodade
from Miss Perfumado (1992)
Hugh Masekela	Grazin' in the Grass
from Hope (1994)
Manu Dibango	Soul Makossa
from Manu Dibango: Anthology (2006)
Miriam Makeba	Pata Pata
from Pata Pata (2005)
Johnny Clegg & Juluka	Scatterlings of Africa
from Scatterlings (1982)
Fela Kuti	O.D.O.O
from Best of the Black President (2009)
Angélique Kidjo	Tumba
from Black Ivory Soul (2002)
Amadou & Mariam	Sénégal fast-food
from Dimanche à Bamako (Bonus Track Version) (2005)
Youssou N'Dour	Tijaniyya
from Egypt (2004)
Mahlathini Nezintombi Zomgqashiyo	Emthonjeni Womculo
from The Indestructible Beat of Soweto - Volume One (1985)
Salif Keita	Waraya
from Amen (1991)
Orchestra Baobab	Soldadi
from Pirates Choice (2005)
Thomas Mapfumo	Pidigori
from Spirits to Bite Our Ears - The Singles Collection 1977-1986 (2006)
Kanda Bongo Man	Lela-Lela
from Kwassa Kwassa (2006)
Oumou Sangare	Diaraby Nene
from Moussolou (2005)
Rail Band	Mariba Yassa (feat. Mory Kanté)
from Belle Epoque, Vol. 3: Dioba (2009)
Issa Bagayogo	Touba
from Tassoumakan (2007)
Cheb Mami	Ana Oualache
from Petrol Presents - Greatest Songs Ever: Middle East (2006)
Toumani Diabaté	Kandjoura
from Djelika (2006)

Comment:

Many folks' initial encounter with Afropop came via David Byrne or Paul Simon (or, for an earlier generation, via The Tokens' adaptation of "Wimoweh"). Not bad for a start, but it spurs the question, in Kanda Bongo Man's words, "Kwassa Kwassa?" (translation: "What's that? What's that?") Find out here.

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