AfroCubism has won the Cross-Cultural Collaboration category in the 2011 Songlines World Music Awards, announced today. The awards recognize outstanding talent in world music and are voted by readers of Songlines magazine and the general public.

The results from the initial vote generate the final nominees, from which the winners are selected by the Songlines editorial team and published in the June issue of the magazine.

“The Songlines Music Awards show both the quality and variety of what’s happening on the scene," says Songlines Editor-in-Chief Simon Broughton. He describes AfroCubism as a "brilliant collaboration."

AfroCubism will be presented with its Songlines Music Award at their Royal Albert Hall concert in London on June 27. Following the acclaim of the self-titled World Circuit / Nonesuch Records debut album, the band will tour again this summer, starting with Royal Albert Hall. The line-up features Eliades Ochoa, Bassekou Kouyate, Djelimady Tounkara, Groupo Patria, Toumani Diabaté, Kasse Mady Diabaté, and Lasana Diabaté. European dates have been announced and are available at worldcircuit.co.uk. Their first North American summer date has also been announced: a July 8 performance at the Oregon Zoo in Portland. Stay tuned for North American dates to come and visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

To pick up a copy of AfroCubism, head to the Nonesuch Store, where orders include high-quality, 320 kbps MP3s of the complete album at checkout.