- Rebolu – Mi Herencia (Smithsonian Folkways)
- Kobo Town – Carnival of Ghosts (Stone Tree)
- Clinton Fearon – Breaking News (Boogie Brown)
- Africa Negra – Antologia Vol. 1 (Bongo Joe)
- Spanish Harlem Orchestra – Imagenes Latinas (Ovation)
- Havana Meets Kingston – Part Two (Cumbancha)
- David Hillyard & the Rocksteady 7 – Plague Doctor (ORG Music)
- Oumou Sangare – Timbuktu (World Circuit)
- Vieux Farka Toure – Les Racines (World Circuit)
- Black Mango – Quicksand (Gusstaff)
- Dende & Band – Ago (Ropeadope)
- Maga Bo – Amor É Revolução (Kaxambu)
- Groundation – One Rock (Baco)
- Worldview – Avataar (InSound)
- The Bongo Hop – La Napa (SabroSounds)
- Dawda Jobarteh – Soaring Wild Lands (Sterns)
- Ibibio Sound Machine – Electricity (Merge)
- Pipo Romero – Ikigai (BMG Spain)
- Diego Figueirado – Follow the Signs (Arbors)
- Juan Carlos Quintero – Table for Five (Moondo)
- Baba Sissoko – Griot Jazz (Caligola)
- Dettmar Quartet - Escales (Veev)
- Sowal Diabi – From Kaboul to Bamako (Accordes Croises)
- Al Jawala – I Way to Al (Jawa)
- Bareto – El Amor No Es Para Los Debile (Agogo)
- Bonga – Kintal Da Banda (LusAfrica)
- Anouar Kaddour Cherif – Djalula (Riverboat)
- Peppe Aiello – Na Stanza Chiena ‘e ‘ncienzo (Visage)
- Les Fils Canouche – Nagori (Vlad)
- Maestrale – Circo Carnevale (Visage)
- Catrin Finch/Seckou Keita – Echo (Bendigedig)
- Ras Kalif – Reggae Therapy (A2K)
- Congotronics International – Where’s the One (Crammed Disc)
- Soadan – Pieds Nus (Tinker)
- Le Vent du Nord – 20 Printemps (Le Vent du Nord)
- Rokia Kone & Jacknife Lee – Bamanan (Real World)
- Pere Romani – Harmonic (Segell Microscopi)
- Mirla Riomar – Afrobrasileira (Mirla Riomar)
- Various – Saturno 2000 (Analog Africa)
- Cristina Clara – Lua Adversa (Antena)
Global Village Top 40 For July
