Learn more about Oumou Sangare, her life in Mali, and her album, Oumou

Learn about the bandmembers of Orchestra Baobab, their lives in Dakar, and their 2002 album. Specialist in All Styles

Orchestra Baobab performs "On Verra Ca" from their album Specialist in All Styles

Malian musician Afel Bocoum toured with Ali Farka Toure for 30 years. Learn about his own career and his album, Alkibar

Malian singer and guitarist Ali Farka Toure's final album, Savane.

Distinto, Diferente is the second album by Cuban group Afro-Cuban All Stars. Learn about the bandleader, Juan de Marcos Gonzalez, and the group's second album.

Afel Bocoum: Radio Mali

Omara Portuondo, the only female member of the Buena Vista Social Club, makes her own album in Cuba.

Learn about Buena Vista Social Club singer Ibrahim Ferrer's second solo album, Buenos Hermanos.

This worldwide cultural phenomenon, a 1997 Grammy winner, co-produced by Ry Cooder, resurrected the forgotten stars of pre-revolutionary Cuba, including Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, and Compay Segundo. Learn about the bandmembers and the making of the album.