- Manhu – Voices of the Sani (Riverboat)
- Custodio Castelo – Amalia Classics on Portuguese Guitar (ARC Music)
- Various – Leve Leve (Bongo Joe)
- Various – Soul Sega Sa, Vol. 2 (Bongo Joe)
- Mamadou Kelly – Les Bateaux (Clermont Music)
- Gyedu-Blay Ambolley - 11th Street, Sekondi (Agogo)
- Antibalas – Fu Chronicles (Daptone)
- Petri Hakala/Markku Lepisto – Nordic Route (Hakala & Lepisto)
- Purna Loka Ensemble – Metaraga (Origin)
- Café Loti – In taberna (Materiali Sonori)
- Les Amazones d’Afrique – Amazones Power (RealWorld)
- Bantou Mentale – Bantou Mentale (Giltterbeat)
- Bossacucanova – Bossa Got the Blues (Six Degrees)
- Lakou Mizik – Haitianola (Cumbancha)
- Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band – Obia?a! (Strut)
- Third World – More Work to Do (Ghetto Youths International)
- Los Wembler’s de Iquitos – Vision del Ayahuasca (Barbes)
- Various Artists – Pour Me a Grog (Ostinato)
- Various Artists – Rough Guide to a World of Guitar (World Music Network)
- Garifuna Collective – Aban (Stone Tree)
- Clinton Fearon – History Say (Kool Yu Foot/Brown Boogie)
- Los Pirañas – Historia Natural (Glitterbeat)
- Roberto Fonseca – Yesun (Mack Avenue)
- Kiki Valera - Vivencias en Clave Cubana (Origin)
- Wuta Mayi – La Face Cachee (Wuta Mayi)
- Blato Zlato – In the Wake (Blato Zlato)
- Various Artists – Red Gold Green & Blue (Trojan Jamaica)
- Otava Yo – Do You Love (ARC Music)
- Roberto Lopez – Kaleido Stropico (Curura Musique)
- Angelique Kidjo – Celia (Verve)
- The Bongo Hop - Satingarona Part 2 (Underdog)
- Rafiki Jazz - Saraba Sufiyana (Koni Music)
- Ombra - Posidonian Poetry (Ombra)
- Mah Damba – Hakili Kele (Buda Musique)
- Habib Koite – Kharifa (Contre Jour)
- Monty Alexander – Wareika Hill Rastamonk Vibrations (MACD)
- Rasgueo – Echo (Galileo)
- Hope Masike – The Exorcism of A Spinster (Riverboat)
- Lajko Felix & Volosi – Lajko Felix & Volosi (Fono)
- Parno Grost – Rolling Back (Fono)