World Music : Acoustic Africa

Putumayo music CD

Some of Africa`s premier singer-songwriters are featured on this truly unique and unplugged collection. You will discover gentle folk songs from Senegal, a protest song from South Africa, blues-tinged ballads from Mali and much more. 

Please click on the tracks below to hear a sample of music

1. Diogal - Sore - (Senegal)
2. Eneida Marta - Mindjer Doce Mel - (Guinea-Bissau)
3. Rajery - Misahotaka Ny Akama - (Madagascar)
4. Angélique Kidjo - Sedjedo - (Benin)
5. Vusi Mahlasela - Basimanyana - (South Africa)
6. Faya Tess & Lokua Kanza - Bana - (Congo)
7. Laye Sow - Mauritania - (Senegal)
8. Gabriela Mendes - Tradição - (Cape Verde)
9. Habib Koité - Baro - (Mali)
10. Dobet Gnahoré - Palea - (Ivory Coast)
11. Manecas Costa - Antonia - (Guinea-Bissau)
12. Djélimady Tounkara - Fanta Bourama - (Mali)

A portion of Putumayo’s proceeds from the sale of this music CD will be donated to the charity Mercy Corps in support of their efforts to help aids victims and victims of the civil war in Darfur and to Oxfam America and Oxfam Novib`s  "Make Trade Fair" campaign to improve trade conditions for African countries.