African Music Recordings
General
- Adam coly / 4 Etoiles. CD 06919
- Africa / Miriam Makeba. CD 10597
- Africa east and west. LAfro-Cuba : a musical anthology. CD 01919
- Africa - praise I. M2143 .A37 1996 disc
- Azucar / Juan Formell and Los Van Van. CD 05806P 363
- Africa worldwide :35th anniversary album /Tabu Ley Rochereau et L'Orchestra Afrisa International. CD 05879
- African music / recording in Africa by Laura Boulton. LP 1797
- The African Music Society's choice - Osborn Award, part II. LP 13374
- The African roots of jazz / by Fredrick Kaufman and John P. Guckin. LP 5919
- Animals of Africa : sounds of the jungle, plain & bush. CD 10381
- Afrika Moyo : African heartbeat. CD 06921
- An anthology of African music. LP 570 v.2
- Black ivory soul / Angelique Kidjo. CD 09943
- Desert blues: ambiances du Sahara. CD 06582 OVERSIZE
- Feet on fire / Samba Mapangala and Virunga. CD 06927
- "Folon"...the past / Salif Keita. CD 05829
- Franco et Le Tout Puissant O.K. Jazz. CD 06934
- Gyedu-Blay Ambolley : the warrior of Afrikan music. CD 06929
- Liberation afro beat. vol. 1 / Antibalas' Afrobeat Orchestra. CD 10309
- Maria Tebbo / Sam Mangwana. CD 06933
- Mbuti pygmies of the Ituri rainforest / recorded by Colin Turnbull and Francis S. Chapman. CD 06437
- Missa luba. CD 03182
- Music from the roadside, no. 1. LP 14488
- Music of Mali. LP 8400
- Musical instruments 1 : Strings / [recorded] by Hugh Tracey. LP 14480
- Musical instruments 2 : Reeds (Mbira) / [recorded] by Hugh Tracey. LP 14479
- Musical instruments 3 : Drums / [recorded] by Hugh Tracey. LP 14478
- Musiques du pays Lobi. LP 3749
- Osborn awards 1958. LP 14471
- Putumayo Presents: An Afro-Portugese Odyssey. CD 10750
- Reggae Africa. CD 10944
- Safarini : music of African immigrants in transit. CD 08315
- Sangonini / 4 Etoiles. CD 05683
- Songs of the Watutsi. LP 15196
- Soukous in Central Park / Kanda Bongo Man. CD 05814
- Spirit of African Sanctus. CD 03601
- Stand / Bu-Baca Diop. CD 06939
- Tanganyika I. LP 14482
- The Toure Kunda collection. CD 9197
- The very best of Manu Dibango : Afrosouljazz. CD 10592
Central Africa
- Anthologie de la musique des Pygmees Aka (Empire Centrafricain). LP 3731
- Central African Republic . CD 05453
- Echoes of the forest : music of the Central African Pygmies. CD 05507 [MBUTI PEOPLE]
- Music of Equatorial Africa. LP 1896
- Musique centrafricaine. LP 3751
- On the edge of the Ituri forest : northeastern Belgian Cong, 1952. CD 08191
- Primitive Music of Africa / recorded on location by the Denis-Roosevelt Expedition. LP 8403 [MBUTI PEOPLE]
- Pygmées Aka : Centrafique. CD 07485
- Rondes et jeux chantés banda-linda (centrafrique). LP 4445 [BANDA PEOPLE]
Eastern Africa
- East Africa : ceremonial& folk music. CD 10376
- East Africa [sound recording] : witchcraft & ritual music. CD 10375
- Escalay : the water wheel; oud music from Nubia. LP 5401
North Africa
- Absolute Rai. CD 10555
- Berbères di Maroc : ahwach. / Lortat-Jacob, Bernard. LP 4438
- Essence Ordinaire / Zebda. CD 10711
- Music of Islam. CD 10821 v.1, 3-15
- N'ssi n'ssi / Khaled Hadj Brahim. CD 05698
- Rai : music rough guide. CD 10570
West Africa
- Africa: drum, chant & instrumental music. LP 5380
- African rhythms and instruments. Vol. 1. CD 06880.
- Dance suites from West Africa. CalArts African Ensemble. LP 12219
- Gabon: musique des Pygmées Bibayak. LP 3739 [BAKA PEOPLE]
- Gabon: musique des Pygmées Bibayak : chantres de l'apopee. CD 00139 [BAKA PEOPLE]
- Jali Kunda : Griots of West Africa & beyond. CD 06993
- Mandinka kora, Gambie. LP 3746 [MANDINGO PEOPLE]
- Music and dances of Occidental Africa. LP 11965
- Musiques du monde : les instruments traditionnels / réalisation, G. Dournon et J. Schwarz. LP. 4437
- Musiques du pays Lobi. LP 3749
- Primitive music of the world.[1962] / Henry Cowell. LP 3327
- Roots of Black music in America. LP 819
- Savannah rythms : music of Upper Volta. LP 5089
- Songs of the griots. II / Sunjui Cissoko and Marhawa Kouyate. CD 05560 [MANDINGO PEOPLE]
- Sounds of West Africa : the kora and the xylophone. CD 05781
- Watto sitta / [performed by] Mandingo. CD 10581
- West Africa : drum, chant & instrumental music. CD 10374
Afrikaans
- Missa luba : an African mass, 10 Kenyan folk melodies. CD 03182
Africa: Alphabetical by Country
Algeria
- Best of the Early Years / Khaled. CD 10794
- Kenza / Khaled. CD 10573
- Meli meli / Cheb Mami. CD 10575
- Moroccan & Algerian Rai : the gold collection. CD 10572
- Music of Islam, 1 [-3]. LP 6961 v.1 Sahara. LP 4443 v.3
- Pop Rai and Rachid style. CD 10464
Angola
- Adventures in Afropea 3 : Afro-Portugal telling stories to the sea. CD 05926
Benin
- Yoruba drums from Benin, West Africa. CD 05679
Burkina Faso
- Burkina Faso : rhythms of the grasslands. CD 10370
- Burkina Faso : Savannah rhythms. CD 10371
- Bolomakote / Farafina. CD 10598
Burundi
- Burundi; music from the heart of Africa. LP 5419
- Burundi : music from the heart of Africa. CD 10377
- Burundi: musiques traditionnelles. L P 3736
Cameroon
- Afrijazzy / Manu Dibango. CD 10834
- Bikutsi rock / Les Tetes Brulees. CD 05756
- Danses et chants Bamoun. LP 15203
- Heart of the forest : Baka forest people of southeast Cameroon. CD 05694
- Music of the Cameroons. LP 3323
- Music of the Cameroons. : the Fulani of the North / recorded by Veit Erlmann. LP 15192
- Musiques du Cameroun. LP 3744
- Spirit of the forest: Baka beyond / [Martin Cradick]. CD 06511
Canary Islands
- "Guanche"/ los Sabandeños. LP 3769
Cape Verde
- Cap-Vert : un archipel de musiques. CD 08183 OVERSIZE
- Cesaria Evora / Cesaria Evora. CD 05818
- Adventures in Afropea : Afro-Portugal telling stories to the sea. CD 05926
- Le violon deu Cap Vert / Antoninho Travadinha. CD 05769
Central African Republic
- Anthologie de la musique des Pygmees Aka (Empire Centrafricain). LP 3731
- Banda polyphony. CD 05775
- Central African Republic : music of the Dendi, Nzakara, Banda Linda, Gbaya, Banda-dakpa, Ngbaka, Aka Pygmies =Republique centraficaine. CD 05453
- Empire Centrafricain : Musique Gbaya : Chants à penser . LP 3732
- Pygmées. LP 4443 v.2
Chad
- One Step Forward / Les Nubians. CD 10663
Congo
- African concert. LP 2040
- Music of the rainforest pygmies. CD 10601
- Sam Mangwana sings Dino Vangu. CD 09934
Egypt
- Oum Kalthoum = El sett = (La dame = The lady). CD 10571
Ethiopia
- Ethiopia : the harp of Apollo : songs accompanied by the kirar. CD 05612
- Musiques ethiopiennes. LP 3752
Gabon
- Gabon : musique des Pygmées Bibayak. LP 3739
- Gabon: chantres du quotidien. LP 3733
- Musiques des Mitsogho et des Batéké. LP 4080
Gambia
- Kora Manding : Mandinka music of the Gambia. LP 18278
- Tabara / Amadu Bansang Jobarteh. CD 05825
- Senegal & Gambia. CD 10568
- Traditional kora music from Gambia / Papa Susso. CD 10441
- Watto sitta / [performed by] Mandingo. CD 10581
Ghana
- Africa east and west. LP 363
- Drum gahu : good-time drumming from the Ewe people of Ghana and Togo. CD 05777
- Folk music of Ghana. LP 8401
- Ghana : ancient ceremonies : dance music & songs. CD 10372
- Ghana : voices of Africa : high-life, popular music / Saka Acquaye and his African ensemble. CD 10380
- Let me play my drums / Obo Addy & Kukrudu. CD 06399
- Let your voice be heard! : songs from Ghana and Zimbabwe. M 1830 .L47 1986 cass.
- Master fiddlers of Dagbon. CD 9372
- Mustapha Tettey Addy : master drummer from Ghana / Mustapha Tettey Addy. CD 05456
- Okropong: traditional music of Ghana / Obo Addy. CD 06442
- Rhythms of life, songs of wisdom : Akan music from Ghana, West Africa. CD 05783
- The rhythm of which a chief walks gracefully / Obo Addy. CD 06400
- Safarini : the music of African immigrants in transit. CD 08315
- Xylophone music from Ghana. CD 04906
Guinea
- Ballet africains / Papa Ladji Camara. CD 05788
- Bembeya Jazz National. CD 06924
- Diamond fingers / Sekou Bembeya Diabate. CD 06925
- Girls of Guinea / Sona Diabate. CD 05782
- Music and dances of Occidental Africa. LP 11965
- Recits et epopees. CD 05833
Ivory Coast
- Adama Drame : djembe drum / Adama Drame. CD 05838
- The Best of Alpha Blondy. CD 10937
- Black System / Ismael Isaac. CD 10938
- Cape of Good Dope. CD 10852
- Cocody Rock!!! / Alpha Blondy. CD 10829
- Jerusalem / Alpha Blondy. CD 10939
- Ivoire Parade / Hamed Farras. CD 10853
- Le proces / Zo Gang International. CD 10849
- Le roi de Ziglibithy / Ernesto Djedje. CD 10826
- Music and dances of Occidental Africa. LP 11965
- Musique Baoulé-Kodè. LP 3743 [BAOULE PEOPLE]
- Musique gouro de Cote d'Ivoire. LP 3750
- Masques dan. LP 3748
- Zouglou Feeling. CD 10851
Kenya
- Africa: ceremonial & folk music. LP 5376
- Africa: Witchcraft & ritual music. LP 5349
- Safarini : the music of African immigrants in transit. CD 08315
- Spirit of African Sanctus. CD 03601
Madagascar
- The long way home / Dama & D'Gary. CD 06942
- Madagascar : awakening the spirits : music in tromba and bilo trance rituals. CD 06272
- Tibet, Cambodia, Madagascar, Laos, Bali 1-2, Tahiti. LP 16085
Mali
- Africa: drum, chant & instrumental music. LP 5380
- Baro / Habib Koitâe & Bamada. CD 10425
- Duga / Lobi Traore. CD 10582
- Djelika / Toumani Diabate, Keletigui Diabate, and Basekou Kouyate. CD 05831
- Les Dogon : musique des masques et des funerailles. CD 8099
- Kar kar / Boubacar Traore. CD 10583
- Mali lolo! / Stars of Mali. CD 10831
- Ma ya / Habib Koitâe & Bamada.CD 10426
- Mississippi to Mali / Corey Harris. CD 10860.
- Moffou / Salíf Keita. CD 10528
- Moussolou / Omare Sangare. CD 10827
- Niafunkâe / Ali Farka Toure. CD 10590
- The river [sound recording] / Ali Farka Toure. CD 10560
- Moussolou / Oumou Sangare. CD 10827
- Soro / Salif Keita. CD 10530
- The source / Ali Farka Toure. CD 05765
- Talking Timbuktu . CD 05052
- Wass Reggae / Askia Modibo. CD 10943
- The Wassoulou Sound: Women of Mali. CD 10843
- Worotan / Oumou Sangare. CD 10830
Mauritania
- Musique traditionnelle des Griots Maures (Mauritanie). LP 4433
Morocco
- La daqqa : tambours sacres de marrakech = sacred drums from Marrakesh. CD 8075
- Moroccan & Algerian Rai : the gold collection. CD 10572
- Moroccan Sufi music : Islamic mystical brotherhoods. LP 16101
- Morocco: crossroads of time. CD 05815
- The music of Islam. CD 8112
- Music of Morocco. LP 8467
- Sacred music of the Moroccan Jews. CD 08346
- Sahara. LP 4443 v.3
- Trance 2 : Naqshbandi Sufis, healing and trance in Morocco, Balines trance ritual. CD06200
Mozambique
- Marrabenta Mozambique. CD 10195
Nigeria
- Army arrangement / Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt '80. CD 06879
- Atide / JJC & 419 Squad. CD 10820
- Beasts of no nation / Fela. CD 05096
- The best best of Fela Kuta / Fela Kuta. CD 8178
- Black man's cry / Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. CD 05461
- Coffin for the head of state/Unknown soldier / Fela. CD 8172
- Confusion/ Gentlemen / Fela Ransome Kuti & the Afrika 70. CD 8176
- E dide = get up / King Sunny Ade. CD 05837
- Expensive shit/He miss road / Fela Ransome-Kuti & the Africa 70. CD 8171
- Homecooking / Tony Allen. CD 10832
- Juju master / I.K. Dairo. CD 5823
- Juju roots : 1930s-1950s CD 6422
- Music is the weapon of the future / Fela Anikulapo Kuti. CD 0169
- Music is the weapon of the future vol. 2 / Fela. CD 08170
- Music of many colours / Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Roy Ayers. CD 06363
- Musiques du Nigeria central. LP 3740
- Musiques du plateau, Nigéria. / Enregistrements réalisés par Benoit Quersin. LP 3741
- Red hot + riot / Fela. CD 10590
- ODOO / Fela Anikulapo Kuti. CD 05095
- Opposite people/Sorrow tears and blood / Fela and Afrika 70. CD 08175
- Original sufferhead / Fela. CD 05094
- Shakara/London scene / Fela Kuti. CD 8180
- Shuffering and shmiling : No agreement / Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Afrika 70. CD 08177
- Sound time / Osita Osadebe and his Nigerian soundmakers. CD 9669
- Stalemate : Fear not for man. Fela Anikulapo Kuti and the Afrika 70
- Underground system / Fela Anikulapo Kuti. CD 05721
- Up side down / Fela Anikulapo Kuti & the Africa 70. CD 06232
- V.I.P./Authority stealing / Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Afrika 70. CD 8174
- Yellow fever/Na poi / Fela Ransome-Kuti and the Africa '70. CD 8179
- Yusef Lateef in Nigeria . LP 10445
- Zombie / Fela and Afrika 70. CD 06448
Rhodesia
- Africa: Shona mbira music. LP 2534 [MASHONA]
- Halimba & Halumbu songs, Northern Rhodesia, 1952 & 1957; Zambia, historical recordings. CD 08551
- Rhodesia. LP 436
- The soul of mbira [traditions of the Shona people of Rhodesia.] LP 5418 [MASHONA]
- Southern Rhodesia (1). LP 14481
Rwanda
- At the court of the Mwami, Ruanda, 1952. CD 08189
- Primitive Music of Africa. LP 8403
Senegal
- Baayo [sound recording] / Baaba Maal. CD 10557
- Gainde: music from the heart of Africa / Yande Codou Sene and Youssou N. Dour. CD 05826
- The guide / Wommat. CD 6433
- Joko / Youssou N'Dour. CD 09326
- Missing you [sound recording] = (mi yeewnii) / Baaba Maal. CD 10556
- Nomad soul [sound recording] / Baaba Maal. CD 10558
- Nothing's in Vain / Youssou N'Dour. CD 10756
- The music of the Diola-Fogny of the Casamance, Senegal. LP 8402
- Pirates choice / Orchestra Baobab. CD 10310
- The Rough Guide to Youssou N'Dour & Étoile de Dakar / Youssou N'Dour & Étoile de Dakar. CD 10666
- Sabar: the soul of Senegal / Jam Bugum, Omar Thiam, [musical director]. CD 06458
- Senegal & Gambia. CD 10568
- Set [sound recording] / Youssou N'Dour. CD 10559
- Songs of the griots. II. CD 05560 [MANDINGO]
- Specialist in All Styles / Orchestra Baobab. CD 10665
- Tabala Wolof: Sufi drumming of Senegal. CD 05822
- The Toure Kunda collection. CD 9197
- Village djembe drumming with Mamadou Sidibe. CD 08186
South Africa
- African litany / Juluka. CD 06415
- Back in town / Boyoyo Boys. CD 10602
- Bantu high life. LP 3016 [BANTU]
- Beasts of no nation. CD 05096
- The best of Johnny Clegg & Savuka : in my African dream. CD 05929
- Eyes on tomorrow / Miriam Makeba. CD 05012
- FOSATU worker choirs. LP 12010
- Gift of the tortoise : a musical journey through Southern Africa / Ladysmith Black Mambazo. CD 10595
- Homeland 2 : a collection of black South African music. CD 06021
- Inala / Ladysmith Black Mambazo. CD 10596
- A Johnny Clegg and Juluka collection. CD 9204
- Jump & jive / Soul Brothers. CD 06932
- Mbube roots :Zulu choral music from South Africa. CD 06016
- Rhythm of resistance : music of Black South Africa. CD 01789
- Sangoma. / Miriam Makeba. CD 05011
- Scatterlings / Juluka CD 06421
- Serious Reggae Business / Lucky Dube. CD 10936
- South African legends. CD 08210
- Township jive / Soul brothers. CD 09741
- Two worlds one heart / Ladysmith Black Mambazo. CD 06413
- Universal men / Juluka. CD 06420
- Vuyani / amampondo. CD 9188
- Welcome to the USA / Zulu Spear CD 06426
- Women of the world / Mahotella Queens. CD 10593
- Zulu jive: Zulu beats from South Africa. CD 05824
Sudan
- Escalay = The water wheel : oud music. CD 10379
- Spirit of African Sanctus. CD 03601
Tanganyika
- Tanganyika I. LP 14482
Tanzania
- Ayé. CD 05013
- Logozo. CD 05051
- Tanzania : music of the farmer composers of Sukumaland : we never sleep, we dream of farming. CD 06273
Togo
- Drum gahu : good-time drumming from the Ewe people of Ghana and Togo. CD 05777
- Musique kabiyè, Togo / enregistrements réalisés par Raymond Verdier. LP 3745 [KABRE]
Tunisia
- Music of Islam, 1 [-3]. LP 6961 v.1
- The music of Islam. CD 8112
- Sahara. LP 4443 v.3
- Tunisia. LP 258 v.1
Uganda
- Abayudaya: Music from the Jewish People of Uganda. CD 10713
- Royal court music from Uganda, 1950 & 1952. CD 08190
- Spirit of African Sanctus. CD 03601
- Uganda I. LP 14483
Zaire
- Africa worldwide: 35th anniversary album / Tabu Ley Rochereau et L'Orchestra
- Afrisa International. CD 05879
- Emotion / Papa Wemba. CD 05210
- Hello hello / Mose Fan Fan. CD 06931
- Musiques de l'ancien royaume Kuba. LP 3747 [KUBA]
- Northern congo I (Sudanic). LP 14485
- Northern Congo II (Bantu). LP 14484
- Papa Wemba. CD 07321
- Papa Wemba et Viva la Musica. CD 06928
- Primitive Music of Africa . LP 8403
- Safarini : the music of African immigrants in transit. CD 08315
- Sassa la graisse / Nouvelle Generation. CD 06938
- Viva la Musica & Papa Wemba. CD 06999
- Zaire : Polyphony of the deep rain forest : Music of the Ituri pygmies. CD 05832
- Zap mama. CD 05928
Zimbabwe
- Chaminuka / Dumisani Maraire. CD 05845
- Mbira : healing music of Zimbabwe. CD 8102
- Safarini : the music of African immigrants in transit. CD 08315
- Songs from the roadside no. 2. LP 14486
- Talking Mbira / Stella Chiweshe. CD 10828
- Unity / Black Umfolosi. CD 06558
- Vanhu vatema / Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited. CD 06519
- Zimbabwe : Shona mbira music. CD 10373
- Zimbabwe : the African mbira : music of the Shona people. CD 10378
- Zimbabwe : the souls of Mbira : traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe. CD 07704
More African music can be found by searching the library catalog (VIRGO) or listen online using Smithsonian Global Sound.