ARTIST Rara Machine
ALBUM Vou Nou
SONG Bade
COUNTRY Haiti
Emeline Michel
Rasin Kreyol
Beni Yo
Haiti
Ayub Ogada
Songs Of Life
Ondiek
Kenya
Ismael Lo
Diawar
Xamul Dara
Senegal
Samite
Songs Of Life
Ekibobo
Uganda
The Special Five
Soweto Street Music
Nangu Lostosti
South Africa
Kevin Nathaniel
Songs Of Life
Woza Azania
U.S.A.
Youssou Ndour
Joko from village to town
Birima
Senegal
Break…………….9:45PM
Conversation with Zé Manel 
Singer and multi-instrumentalist, Zé Manel is the most famous and influential contemporary musician to emerge from the West African country of Guinea-Bissau. By the age of seven, Zé, playing drums and acoustic guitar, had become the main attraction of Super Mama Djombo band. During the 1970s, this seminal orchestra played a major role in the liberation struggle of this former Portuguese colony.
Songs featured during the interview
From the album Super Mama Djombo
Faibe Guine
Guine-Cabral
Pamparida
From the album Ar Puro
Alma
No Festa
Muntrus Na Claro
Break…………………….10:30PM
My top tens are presented in no particular order of preference.
These are the new releases that best kept my cd player spinning. They also had the most requests from listeners. Thanks for your contributions to listener supported public radio.
Cesaria Evora (Nha Sentimento)Cape Verde (track played; Zinha)
Rokia Traore (Tchamantche)Mali (track played; Tounka
Omara Portunondo (Gracias)Cuba (track played; O que sera)
Oumou Sangare (Seya) Mali (track played; Sounsoumba)
Franco & Le TPOK Jazz (Francophonic)D.R.Congo(track played; Sandoka)
Balla et ses Balladins (The Syliphone Years) Guinée (track played; N’na Soba)
Maria de Barros (Morabeza) Cape Verde (track played: Funana Ca Tem Frontera)
Chiwoniso (Rebel Woman) Zimbabwe (track played; Only One World)
Vieux Farka Toure (Fondo) Mali (track played; Ai Haira)
Puerto Plata (Casita de Campo) Colombia (track played; Los Perross)
