Top 15 World Music Albums, April 2022

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Kobo Town – Carnival of the Ghosts – Stonetree Records
Oumou Sangare – Timbuktu – World Circuit
David Krakauer Feat. The Mazel Tov Cocktail Party Orchestra – Mazel Tov Coctail Party – Label Bleu/Table Pounding Records
Al Jawala – I Way To Äl – Jawa Records
Somi – Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba – Salon Africana
Africa Negra – Antologia Vol.1 – Bongo Joe Records
Yungchen Lhamo – Awakening – Six Degrees Records
Pape Nziengui – Kadi Yombo – Awesome Tapes from Africa
Jason Tamba – Don’t Give Up – Playing for Change Records
Seiva – Murmúrios e outros rumores – Repasseado
Mirla Riomar – Afrobrasileira – Mirla Riomar
Marcela – O’Roma – Jamalafak / Music Box Publishing / Socadisc
Ti’Kaniki – Douz – Ti’Kaniki
Soadan – Pieds nus – Tinker Label / Foudrage
Bonga – Kintal da Banda – Lusafrica

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(Rank – artist – album – label)

CROSSING (Diabaté/ Martella/ Schiavone) – The Path Before Us – Circular Music Records
Hami Hamoo – Siya – Accords Croisés / Pias
Adir Jan – Al Mast – Trikont – Unsere Stimme – Verlags GmbH
Tuuletar – Maammo – Nordic Notes
Nusantara Beat – Nusantara Beat – Glitterbeat Records
Yeko – Miwe – Back2Bam Production
Gangbé Brass Band – From Ouidah To Another World – Salt’n Ginger
Ragna – Ragna – GO Danish Folk Music
Lakhdar Nahou Ensemble – L’Odyssée de Noūr – Lakhdar Nahou Ensemble
Kunbe – Fanga – Adjololo Records
David Walters – Ti Love – Heavenly Sweetness
Cumali Bulduk – Bana Seni Gerek Seni – Saz Ground Music
Mariama & Vieux – Ntèry – Korafola production
Lamia Yared & Efrén Lopez – From Minho to Euphrates – Worlds Within Worlds
V.A. – Caribbean Cruise – Putumayo

(Artist – Album – Label)

Al-Qasar – Who Are We – Glitterbeat
Solju – Uvjamuohta / Powder Snow – Bafe’s Factory
Lass – Bumayé – Chapter Two / Wagram Music
Fungistanbul – Trash Oriental – ONErpm
Ibrahim Maalouf & Angélique Kidjo – Queen of Sheba – Mister Ibé
Maya Youssef – Finding Home – Seven Gates
Marmoucha Orchestra – Sahara Koyo – Marmoucha Orchestra
Cumbiamuffin – Cumbiamuffin – Hyperopia
Okaidja Afroso – Jaku Mumor – Chechekule Records
Livia Mattos – Apneia – YB Music
Antonis Antoniou – Throisma – ajabu!
Ruken Yilmaz – Sê Çiya – Ruken Yilmaz
MAI (Mariana Baraj, Anna Sato, Irma Osno) – Bris con Tres Aromas – Beans Records
Lidiop – Another Version – Soulbeats Music
Optur – Nordic Free Folk – GO ́ Danish Folk Music

Galeet Dardashti – Manajat – Galeet Dardashti
Mokoomba – Tusona (Tracings in the Sand) – Outhere Records
Idrissa Soumaoro – Diré – Mieruba
Faso Kan – Tungaladen – Global Music Centre
TRAM des Balkans & Melissa Zantman – En Cavale – Les Entêtés
Daisam Jalo – Cycles – Daisam Jalo
Miranda – Uma Mulher na Cicade – JARO Medien
Lame da Barba – Qafiz – Radici MusicRecords
Bholoja – Imphilo – One World Records
Valeria Matzner – Tamborilero – Valeria Matzner
Matjé – Sur Mon Dos – Label d’À côté
Yungchen Lhamo – One Drop of Kindness – Real World Records
Dimitris Papageorgiou – Greek Bouzouki Classics – ARC Music
Verónica Codesal, Didier Laloy & Damien Chierici – 100 Voltas – asbl SceneOff vzw
Tarek Ghriri – Refugee in the Sea – Tarek Ghriri

(artist – album – label)