- Cuarteto Caramuxo – Reviravoltas (Nakra)
- Bareto – El Amor No Es Para Los Debile (Agogo)
- Jembaa Groove – Susuma (Agogo)
- Le Vent du Nord – 20 Printemps (Le Vent du Nord)
- Rokia Kone & Jacknife Lee – Bamanan (Real World)
- Al Jawala – I Way to Al (Jawa)
- Anouar Kaddour Cherif – Djalula (Riverboat)
- David Krakauer – Mazel Tov Cocktail Party (Label Bleu)
- Imarhan – Aboogi (City Slang)
- The Bongo Hop – La Napa (SabroSounds)
- Pipo Romero – Ikigai (BMG Spain)
- Dawda Jobarteh – Soaring Wild Lands (Sterns)
- Yungchen Lhamo – Awakening (Tibet Arts)
- Giuseppe Paradiso & Meridian 71 – Parallel Dimensions (Ubuntu Music)
- Baba Sissoko – Griot Jazz (Caligola)
- Pere Romani – Harmonic (Segell Microscopi)
- Mirla Riomar – Afrobrasileira (Mirla Riomar)
- Diego Figueirado – Follow the Signs (Arbors)
- Coloma Bertran – Principis (Segell Microscopi)
- Manran – Urar (Manran)
- Canelita Sabrosa – Canelita Sabrosa (Canelita Sabrosa)
- Africa Negra – Antologia Vol. 1 (Bongo Joe)
- Various – Saturno 2000 (Analog Africa)
- Bube Dame Konig – Von Der Quelle Bis Zur See (CPL Music)
- Batila – Tatamana (Galileo)
- Miguel Espinoza Flamenco Fusion – Veneta (Mountain River Music)
- Marvara – High on Life (Go’ Danish Folk)
- Christos D.C. – Crisis 2.0 (Honest Music)
- Dayramir Gonzalez – Tributo A Juan Formell & Los Van Van (Unicornio)
- Heart of the Dragon Ensemble – The Art of the Chinese Xiao and Hulusi (Naxos World)
- Somi – Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba (Salon Africana)
- Juan Carlos Quintero – Table for Five (Moondo)
- Nuru Kane – Mayam (Tchekchouka)
- Bonga – Kintal Da Banda (LusAfrica)
- Black Flower – Magma (Sdban)
- Cristina Clara – Lua Adversa (Antena)
- Dlu – Moch (ARC Music)
- Ay Say – Su Akar (Nordic Notes)
- Various Artists – Essiebons Special (Analog Africa)
- Timba MM – Outstanding (Naxos World)
Global Village Top 40 for May 2022
