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Hour One
Chemutoi Katienya et al./ Chemirocha/ Kenyan Songs & Strings: 1952 & 1954 (Hugh Tracy Collection)/ The Netherlands: SWP, 2006.
Etienne Ngozo et al./ Ndio/ Centafrique - Musique Gbáyá Chants à Penser/ France: Ocora, 1977.
Set Two:
Tabu Ley Rocheareau/ Hafi Deo/ Mangase - Hafi Deo/ UK: Soundway, 2014.
Mbongwana Star w. Konomo º1/ Mulukayi/ From Kinshasha/ UKL Wordl Circuit, 2015.
Steve Lacy Five/ Clichés/ Blinks... Zürich (Live 1983)/ Switzerland: Hat Art, 2011.
Hour Two
Set Three:
Ivo Perelman, Matthew Shipp, Gerald Cleaver/ Art of the Improv Trio: Part Three/ Art of the Improv Trio: Volume 3/ UK: Leo, 2016.
Mariza/ Rio de Mágoa/ Mundo/ USA: Nonesuch, 2015.
Loredana Berté/ Kabul/ Ufficialmente Dispersi/ Italy: Columbia, 1993.
unknown/ Amilcar Cabral (Version 2)/ Evocaçao Amilcar Cabral: No Folclore Cabo Verdiano (Cape Verde)/ France: Sons d'Africa-FLP, 2012.
Rip, Rig, & Panic/ Eip Epi Arp Woosh!./ I Am Cold/ Australia: Progressive-Virgin, 1982.
Set Four:
Molahlehi Matima / /Mampampa/ Lesotho Calling- Lesiba & Sekhankula Music/ The Netherlands: SWP, 2007.
Gangbé´Brass Band/ Johodo/ Whendo: Roots (Racines)/ UK: World Village, 2005.
Rip, Rig, & Panic/ Storm the Reality Asylum./ I Am Cold/ Australia: Progressive-Virgin, 2005.
Ali Hassan Kuban/ Bettitogor Agil/ Walk Like a Nubian/ Germany: Piranha, 1991.
Helm/ F'il Waha/ F'il Waha - At the Oasis/ unknown: Helmuseeka, 2001.
Hour Three
Set Four:
Willie Dixon/ Strong Brain- Broad Mind/ Lost Blues Tapes - More American Folk Blues Festival 1963-65/ Germany: ACT, 2004.
Set Five:
Skip James/ Hard Time Killing Floor Blues/ King of the Delta Blues Singers/ USA: Biograph, no date.
Pharaoh Sanders/ Village of the Pharaohs/ Village of the Pharaohs/ USA: Impulse!, 1973.
Ramazan na Subeit bin Ambar/ Taksim Nahwandi - Wimbo Wa Vinanda Viwili/ Poetry and Languid Charm - Swahili Music from Tanzania and Kenya/ UK: Topic, 2006.
Sathima Bea Benjamin/ Africa/ Memories and Dreams/ USA: Ekapa, no date.
Youssou n'Dour/ Miss/ Spécial Fin D'Année/ Senegal: Jololi, 1998.
Set Six:
Curtis Clark Quintet/ What Price Freedom/ Letter to South Africa/ USA: Nimbus West, 1986.
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Hour One
Set One:
Nairobi Matata Jazz/ Tamba Tamba/ Kenya Special (Selected East African Recordings From the 1970s & '80s)/ UK: Soundway, 2013.
Thomas Mapfumo/ Nave Kuenda/ Zimbabwe Mozambique/ Zimbabwe: Chimurenga, 1988.
Set Two:
Tabu Ley Rocheareau/ Hafi Deo/ Mangase - Hafi Deo/ UK: Soundway, 2014.
Mbongwana Star w. Konomo º1/ Mulukayi/ From Kinshasha/ UKL Wordl Circuit, 2015.
Steve Lacy Five/ Clichés/ Blinks... Zürich (Live 1983)/ Switzerland: Hat Art, 2011.
Hour Two
Set Three:
Ivo Perelman, Matthew Shipp, Gerald Cleaver/ Art of the Improv Trio: Part Three/ Art of the Improv Trio: Volume 3/ UK: Leo, 2016.
Mariza/ Rio de Mágoa/ Mundo/ USA: Nonesuch, 2015.
Loredana Berté/ Kabul/ Ufficialmente Dispersi/ Italy: Columbia, 1993.
unknown/ Amilcar Cabral (Version 2)/ Evocaçao Amilcar Cabral: No Folclore Cabo Verdiano (Cape Verde)/ France: Sons d'Africa-FLP, 2012.
Rip, Rig, & Panic/ Eip Epi Arp Woosh!./ I Am Cold/ Australia: Progressive-Virgin, 1982.
Set Four:
Molahlehi Matima / /Mampampa/ Lesotho Calling- Lesiba & Sekhankula Music/ The Netherlands: SWP, 2007.
Gangbé´Brass Band/ Johodo/ Whendo: Roots (Racines)/ UK: World Village, 2005.
Rip, Rig, & Panic/ Storm the Reality Asylum./ I Am Cold/ Australia: Progressive-Virgin, 2005.
Ali Hassan Kuban/ Bettitogor Agil/ Walk Like a Nubian/ Germany: Piranha, 1991.
Helm/ F'il Waha/ F'il Waha - At the Oasis/ unknown: Helmuseeka, 2001.
Hour Three
Set Four:
Willie Dixon/ Strong Brain- Broad Mind/ Lost Blues Tapes - More American Folk Blues Festival 1963-65/ Germany: ACT, 2004.
Set Five:
Skip James/ Hard Time Killing Floor Blues/ King of the Delta Blues Singers/ USA: Biograph, no date.
Pharaoh Sanders/ Village of the Pharaohs/ Village of the Pharaohs/ USA: Impulse!, 1973.
Ramazan na Subeit bin Ambar/ Taksim Nahwandi - Wimbo Wa Vinanda Viwili/ Poetry and Languid Charm - Swahili Music from Tanzania and Kenya/ UK: Topic, 2006.
Sathima Bea Benjamin/ Africa/ Memories and Dreams/ USA: Ekapa, no date.
Youssou n'Dour/ Miss/ Spécial Fin D'Année/ Senegal: Jololi, 1998.
Set Six:
Curtis Clark Quintet/ What Price Freedom/ Letter to South Africa/ USA: Nimbus West, 1986.