- Kobo Town – Carnival of the Ghosts – Stonetree Records
- Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita – Echo – bendigedig
- New Asia – Chorchok – CPL-Music
- Maga Bo – Amor (É Revolução) – Kaxambu Records
- Oumou Sangare – Timbuktu – World Circuit
- Julian Belbachir – Babdoukkala – Julian Belbachir
- Yungchen Lhamo – Awakening – Six Degrees Records
- Horzines Stara – Bords de Terre-Dubhe – Vlad Productions
- Somi – Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba – Salon Africana
- Congotronics International – Where’s The One – Crammed Discs
- Collectif Medz Bazar – Insanistan – Collectif Medz Bazar
- Les Fils Canouche – Nagori – Vlad Productions
- Lily Henley – Oras Dezaoradas – Lior éditions
- Eccodek – Recalibrate – Six Degrees
- Maija Kauhanen – Menneet – Nordic Notes
Top 15 World Music Albums, May 2022
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