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Hour One
Set One:
Ga'anda Flute Band/ untitled/ Music from the Villages of Northeastern Nigeria/ USA: Smithsonian-Folkways, 1971.Adele Sebastian/ Man From Tanganyika/ Desert Fairy Princess/ USA: Nimbus West, 1981.
Set Two:
Sathima Bea Benjamin/ Music/ African Songbird/ UK: Matsuli Music, 2013.
Saadoun Al-Bayati/ Gyspy 1/ Songs of Iraq/ Iraq: Samer Enterprises, 1983.
Elmo Hope/ Abdullah/ Trio and Quintet/ USA: Blue Note, 2005.
Muhal Richard Abrams/ Tribute to Julius Hemphill and Don Pullen/ One Line, Two Views/ USA: New World Records, 1995.
New Jungle Orchestra & Pierre Dørge/ Monk in Africa/ Brikama/ The Netherlands: Steeplechase, 1984.
Set Three:
Simaro w. Le T.P. OK Jazz & Franco/ Testament ya bowule/ Francophonic Volume 2/ UK: Stern's, 2009.
Orchestra Baobab/ Fayinkounko/ Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng/ UK: World Circuit, 2017.
Hour Two
Set Four:
Raphé Malik 5Tet/ AB- Dedicated to A.B. Spellman/ 21st Century Texts/ Germany: FMP, 1992.
A. B. Spellman/ When Black People Are/ no album/ USA: https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/when-black-people-are-audio-only.
Nathaniel Mackey w. Hafez Modirzadeh & Royal Hartigan/ Song of the Andoumboulou 22/ Strick (Song Of The Andoumboulou 16–25)/ USA: Spoken Engine, 1995.
Set Five:
Sara Tavares/ Lisboa Kuya/ Balancê/ USA: TImes Square, 2006.
Mônica Passos, Marcello Né & Jean-Philippe Crespin/ Fado tropical/ Banzo: Monica Passos/ France: Arion, 2003.
Carlos do Carmo & Cristina Branco/ Calçada À Portuguesa/ Fado É Amor/ Portugal: Universal, 2013.
Rosalia de Souza/ O Que é Amar/ Brasil Precisa Balançar/ Brazil: Schema, 2006.
Femmes de Rincon/ Bu Tomam Nha Marido/ Cap-Vert: Batuco de l'île de Santiago (Batucadeiras de Rincon Cape-Verde/Batuco from Santiago Island)/ France: Inedit, 2006.
Set Six:
Abdullah Razig Saad and his group, Fagwaji clan, Ganis Village, Berta Tribe/ Aferi, Bulhu-Ensemble/ Sudan: Music of the Blue Nile Province - The Ingessana and Berta Tribes/ Germany: Barenreiter Musicaphon, no date.
Angelika Niescier/ The Surge/ New York Trio/ Switzerland: Intakt, 2019.
Hour Three
Steve Coleman & Five Elements/ Attila 02 (Dawning Ritual)/ Harvesting Semblances and Affinities/ USA: Pi Recordings, 2010.
Set Seven:
Kine Lam/ Wadiou/ Praise/ USA: Shanachie, 1996.
Alemu Aga & Asnakech Worku/ Wogene/ Ende Jerusalem: Traditional Music From Ethiopia/ Germany: Acoustic Music, 1996.
Malouma/ Yemma/ Nour/ France: Marabi, 2007.
Warsi Brothers/ Phool Rahen Sarson Sakalban/ Warsi Brohters: Qawwali: Volume 2/ India: Living Media, 1992.