Not an old-fashioned retro-compilation, this 2CD set presents a cross section of the whole music cosmos of exemplary African grooves. Next to the classics by Baba Maal, Boubacar Traore, Mory Kante, Tiken Jah Fakoly & Rachid Taha, it presents many other singers, some who are only famous in their homeland, like Kumba Sira Koita, Nathalie Makoma, Mariem Hassan or Coumba Gawlo. While the 1st CD (Black Pearls) is quite contemplative with Abdullah Ibrahim or Tinariwen, the 2nd CD (Crazy Afrocholics) presents the young and wild with Emmanuel Jal, the hiphop-star from Sudan, Magic System from the Ivory Coast, Pee Froiss, one of the first rap formations in Senegal or Shaluza Max ...

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