- Toko Telo – Toy Raha Toy (Anio)
- Various artists – Zaire 74: The African Artists (Wrasse)
- Oumou Sangare – Nogoya (No Format!)
- Lila Downs – Salon, Lagrimas y Deseo (Sony Music)
- Songhoy Blues – Reistance (Fat Possum)
- Les Amazones d’Afrique – Republique Amazone (Real World)
- Ozomatli – Non-Stop: Mexico to Jamaica (Cleopatra)
- Sver – Fryd (Folkhall)
- Bob Marley & the Wailers – Exodus: The Movement Continues (Tuff Gong)
- Tony Allen – A Tribute to Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers (Blue Note)
- Quadro Nuevo & Cairo Steps – Flying Carpet (Fine Music)
- Dayme Arocena – Cubafonia (Brownswood)
- Ruben Gonzalez – Introducing Ruben Gongalez (World Circuit)
- Sabil – Zabad, Twilight Tide (Harmonia Mundi)
- Afrikan Protokol – Beyond the Grid (Abozame)
- Tunde Jeged & Derek Gripper – Mali in Oak (Globe Music)
- Omar Faruk Tekbilek – Love is My Religion (Adama)
- She’Koyokh – First Dance on Second Avenue (Riverboat)
- Les Yeux Noirs – A Band of Gypsies (Buda Musique)
- Divanhana – Live in Mostar (ARC Music)
- Omar Souleyman – To Syria, With Love (Mad Decent)
- Jowee Omicil – Let’s Bash (Jazz Village)
- Nomade Orquestra – Entre Mundos (Far Out Music)
- Various Artists – Putumayo Presents Cuba! Cuba! (Putumayo)
- Café Tacuba – Jei Beibi (Café Tacuba)
- Vasen – Brewed (Northside)
- Trio Mediaeval & Arve Henriksen – Rimur (ECM)
- Kingston All Stars – Presenting Kingston All Stars (Roots and Wire)
- Ray Mantilla – High Voltage (Savant)
- Various artists – Pop Makossa (Analog Africa)
- Zampogneria – Fiumerapido (Finis Terre)
- Vocal Sampling – Asi de Sampling! (Zig Zag World)
- Orchestra Baobab – Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng (World Circuit)
- Various – Togo Soul 70 (Hot Casa)
- Debashish Bhattacharya – Hawaii to Calcutta (Riverboat)
- Various Artists – Synthesize the Soul (Ostinato)
- Rakkatak – Small Pieces (Rakkatak)
- Amine & Hamza – Fertile Paradoxes (ARC Music)
- Tarek Yamani – Peninsular (Edict)
40. Maes/Martin/Gruel – Feule Caracal (Buda Musique)
