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    Time: May 25 - 5:00:38 pm

  • Mose Fan Fan & Orchestre Somo Somo, “Hello Hello (program theme song)”

    from Hello Hello

    Sterns - 1995

    RDCongo

    • Time: May 25 - 5:02:30 pm
  • Batea

    Bejuco, “Campesino”

    from Batea

    Discos Pacífico - 2021

    Colombia

    • Time: May 25 - 5:05:11 pm

  • Bejuco, “Fátima”

    from Machete

    Llorona Records - 2025

    Colombia

    • Time: May 25 - 5:08:52 pm

  • Frafina, “Nianiae Lomina”

    from Bolomakoté

    Intuition Records - 1992

    Burkina Faso

    • Time: May 25 - 5:13:50 pm

  • Orchestre Volta-Jazz, “Fitri Mawaly”

    from Bobo Yéyé: Belle Époque in Upper Volta

    Numero Group - 2016

    Burkina Faso

    • Time: May 25 - 5:20:30 pm

  • Nemours Jean-Baptiste, “Ti Carole”

    from Haiti Direct - Big Band, Mini Jazz & Twoubadou Sounds, 1960-1978

    Strut - 2014

    Haiti

    • Time: May 25 - 5:26:30 pm
  • Cyclone

    Missile 727, “Accolade”

    from Cyclone

    Geronimo Records - 1997

    Hauti

    • Time: May 25 - 5:37:34 pm

  • Tension 5, “Nzolélé (Ya Kina Kuama)”

    from single

    Tongosa Production - 2014

    RDCongo

    • Time: May 25 - 5:41:14 pm

  • Rynka, “Mokili Ebeboko”

    from single

    Tobosa Productions - 2014

    RDCongo

    • Time: May 25 - 5:44:47 pm
  • Emigrante

    Orishas, “Desaparecidos”

    from Emigrante

    Parlophone Spain - 2002

    Cuba

    • Time: May 25 - 5:49:26 pm

  • P18, “Somos el Futuro”

    from Urban Cuban

    Higher Octane World - 1999

    Cuba

    • Time: May 25 - 5:53:05 pm

  • Grupo Fera Negra, “Pra Voce Brother”

    from Balinho Bom - Tempero Brasileiro

    Discos RGE - 2018

    Brazil

    • Time: May 25 - 5:56:08 pm

  • Silvia Tapé, “Kate Love”

    from Rolê: New Sounds of Brazil

    Mais Um Discos - 2014

    Brazil

    • Time: May 25 - 6:02:09 pm
  • Tey Atmegn

    Monica Sisay, “Tey Atmegn”

    from Tey Atmegn

    Nahom Records Inc - 2004

    Ethiopia

    • Time: May 25 - 6:06:19 pm
  • You're the One (Anchin New)

    Dawit Mellesse, “Ayisemashim”

    from You're the One (Anchin New)

    AIT Records, Inc. - 1999

    Ethiopia

    • Time: May 25 - 6:11:25 pm

  • Charles Odero Ademson, “Nya Nairobi City”

    from Ohangla Man

    Music Copyright Society of Kenya - 2008

    Kenya

    • Time: May 25 - 6:17:36 pm

  • One // Moja, “Chakacha”

    from Mchanganyiko

    Sync Sound - 2001

    Kenya

    • Time: May 25 - 6:22:54 pm
  • Jk

    Jordan Katembula, “Chituleni”

    from Jk

    Mondo Music Corporation - 2001

    Zambia

    • Time: May 25 - 6:30:33 pm
  • Ave Africa: The Complete Recordings 1973-1976

    Sunburst, “Ba Motoka Na Castle”

    from Ave Africa: The Complete Recordings 1973-1976

    Strut - 2016

    Zambia

    • Time: May 25 - 6:34:05 pm

  • Femi Kuti, “Oga Doctor”

    from Journey Through Life

    Partisan Records - 2025

    Nigeria

    • Time: May 25 - 6:39:41 pm

  • Femi Koya, “Babalawo”

    from Mukambo Presents Global Afrobeat Movement Vol. 2

    NYP - 2021

    NIgeria

    • Time: May 25 - 6:45:14 pm

  • Julian Bahula's Jazz Afrika, “Woza Cindi”

    from Spirit of Malombo: Malombo Jazz Makers, Jabula and Jazz Afrika 1966-1984

    Strut - 2014

    South Africa

    • Time: May 25 - 6:53:01 pm
  • Ndlala

    Umanji, “Ndlala”

    from Ndlala

    BMG Africa - 2003

    South Africa

    • Time: May 25 - 6:58:29 pm

  • Selmor Mtukudzi, “Mhembwe Rudzi”

    from Zimbabwe Today: New Music from Africa

    Wide World Artists - 2009

    Zimbabwe