• 1. n/a – Xylophone-Bapende of Zaire
      • 2. n/a – Marimba from Columbia
      • 3. Pete Johnson – Let Em Jump
      • 4. n/a – Akonoday
      • 5. n/a – Call to Prayer - Muslim
      • 6. n/a – Mende Muslim Song - Sierra Leone
      • 7. n/a – Song from Malaga - Spain
      • 8. Vera Hall – Black Woman
      • 9. n/a – Kpelle Brush - cutters - Liberia
      • 10. n/a – Imo Gal
      • 11. n/a – Let Your Hammer Ring
      • 12. n/a – Los Congos de Villa Mella - criollo
      • 13. n/a – Palomita Nueva
      • 14. n/a – Drum and Fife Quadrille - West Indies
      • 15. Wheel and Turn
      • 16. De La Suarez - Carribean
      • 17. Atilla the Hun, Sir Lancelot, Executor. Caresser, Lion – War (Sir Lancelot, Executor. Caresser, Atilla, Lion)
      • 18. Attila The Hun – Fire Brigade
      • 19. Le Jazz Condo – Ezulie
      • 20. Fabre Duroseau – Rour des Cayes
      • 21. Mazurca
      • 22. The Septeto Nacional – Sutileza
      • 23. Jimmy Yancey – How Long Blues
      • 24. n/a – Revival Zion- How Sweet the Name
      • 25. n/a – Revival Zion- I Got a Lighthouse
      • 26. The Fisk Jubilee Singers – Roll Jordan Roll
      • 27. The Spirit of Memphis – He's A Friend Of Mine
      • 28. Mississippi John Hurt – Frankie and Johnny
      • 29. Robert Johnson – Dust My Broom
      • 30. Coleman Hawkins – Leave My Love Alone
      • 31. John Mwale – Kenyatta Aliteswa Sana
      • 32. Bholen, Orchestra – Maboke Nde Temoin

      Compiled and annotated by John Storm Roberts - who wrote 'The Latin Tinge' and 'Black Music Of Two Worlds' - two excellent books. 33 tracks ranging from African chants to ragtime as well as music from the Middle East, West Indies and South America. Follow the music of the African Diaspora around the world. This is the business! Double CD.

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