Beautiful Africa

by Rokia Traor茅

Beautiful Africa cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: April 2013
  • Label: Nonesuch
  • Country: Mali
  • Length: 45:01
  • Community rating: 3.36/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Enlisting legendary rock producer John Parish, the renowned Malian vocalist deeply integrated driving, distorted electric guitars into her traditional West African instrumentation. The record serves as an incredibly powerful, highly impassioned tribute to her homeland, directly addressing the severe political turmoil and extremist violence tearing through Mali.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Lalla (3:29)
  2. Kouma (4:00)
  3. Sikey (3:28)
  4. Ka moun k猫 (6:26)
  5. M茅lancolie (4:08)
  6. N't茅ri (9:27)
  7. Tuit Tuit (5:23)
  8. Beautiful Africa (3:34)
  9. Sarama (5:01)

Credits

  • Rokia Traor茅 - primary artist, written-by, composed by, vocals, guitar
  • Bintou Soumbounou - backing vocals
  • Fatim Kouyat茅 - backing vocals
  • Nicolai Munch-Hansen - bass
  • Sebastian Rochford - drums
  • Jason Singh - human beatbox
  • Mamah Diabat茅 - ngoni

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