- Gyedu-Blay Ambolley - 11th Street, Sekondi (Agogo)
- Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band – Obiaa! (Strut)
- Third World – More Work to Do (Ghetto Youths International)
- Los Wembler’s de Iquitos – Vision del Ayahuasca (Barbes)
- 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)
- 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)
- Various Artists – Send I A Lion (Omnivore/Nighthawk)
- Mamadou Kelly – Les Bateaux (Clermont Music)
- Invisible System – Dance to the Full Moon (Arc Music)
- Otava Yo – Do You Love (ARC Music)
- Various Artists – Pour Me a Grog (Ostinato)
- Roberto Lopez – Kaleido Stropico (Curura Musique)
- Angelique Kidjo – Celia (Verve)
- Black String – Karma (ACT Music)
- The Bongo Hop - Satingarona Part 2 (Underdog)
- Rafiki Jazz - Saraba Sufiyana (Koni Music)
- Roberto Fonseca – Yesun (Mack Avenue)
- Kokoko! – Fongola (Transgressive)
- Baba Zula – Derin Derin (Glitterbeat)
- UDU – UDU (CPL Music)
- Ombra - Posidonian Poetry (Ombra)
- Lakou Mizik – Haitianola (Cumbancha)
- 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)
- Nawaris – Bach A Bagdad (Home)
- Tinariwen – Amadjar (Anti-)
- Vitto Meirelles – Da Hora (Cooking Vinyl)
- Lajko Felix & Volosi – Lajko Felix & Volosi (Fono)
- Parno Grost – Rolling Back (Fono)
- Tristan Driessens – A Folk Dancer’s Journey (Seyir)
- Oumar Konate – I Love You Inna (Clermont)
Global Village Top 40 For January 2020
