Wonders of the African World

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 7, 1999)
• Original Release Date: December 7, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B00003A9NS
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #357,848 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Into Africa

2. Ngayishela Yavuma

3. Drive

4. Soundiata

5. Wa Winjigo Ero (We Hear You Know)

6. The Slave Kingdoms

7. Wainek

8. Sou

9. Lost Cities of the South

10. Bashraf Salama

11. Jungou

12. Helalisa (Nubian Sons)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Collection - You MUST Buy This CD!, December 21, 1999

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Christina C. Shankar "Chris NY" (Chestnut Ridge, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wonders of the African World (Audio CD)

I must have listened to this CD a dozen times the first day I got it. The entire CD is an amazing collection of African music, an outstanding introduction for newcomers to music of this continent. "Into Africa", "Drive", "Soundiata", and "Sou" have such powerful rhythms, they will not leave you. And the musicians are superstars: Angelique Kidjo, Boubacar Traore, Ali Farka Toure and Hamza El Din. I only wish that "Into Africa" were four minutes longer, and that there were some tracks from Salif Keita or Geoffrey Oryema, my personal favorites. Definitely buy this album, and fall in love with the music of Africa.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great offering!, March 21, 2001

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Lavode (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wonders of the African World (Audio CD)

I can see where Paul Simon got his inspiration for Graceland. This is modern African music, and is very listenable. If you have seen the Lion King or listened to Graceland then you know what to expect. The album starts off very strong, but lags a little at the end. The mix of styles could be a little better distributed, making it a better experience. Overall a great sampling of modern African music.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars useless series, great music, April 9, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Wonders of the African World (Audio CD)

The PBS series was nothing to write home about *yawn*. However, these recordings are beautiful and say more about the depth, majesty and beauty of african culture than a wandering journalist could in thousands of words. Wonderful rhythms from the south to the north from deep native beats to arabic hip-gyrators. Great fun because it is not country specific and has a lot of variety. Everyone I give it to has to buy their own copy!