- Trio da Kali & Kronos Quartet – Ladilikan (World Circuit)
- Debademba – Sanikoya (Dankama)
- Anouar Brahem – Blue Maqams (ECM)
- Matthieu Saglio & Jose El Piru – petit a petit (M. Saglio)
- Lila Downs – Salon, Lagrimas y Deseo (Sony Music)
- Tony Allen – The Source (Blue Note)
- The Expanders – Old Time Something Come Back Again Vol. 2 (Easy Star)
- Pipo Romero – Folklorico (Sony Music)
- Quadro Nuevo & Cairo Steps – Flying Carpet (Fine Music/Justin Time)
- Songhoy Blues – Resistance (Fat Possum)
- Various – Sweet as Broken Dates (Ostinato)
- Ramon Goose – Long Road to Tiznit (Riverboat)
- Officina Zoe – Live in India (Kurumuny)
- Bokante – Strange Circles (Ground Up)
- Ladama – Ladama (Six Degrees)
- Various – Rough Guide to the Music of West Africa (World Music Network)
- Chicago Afrobeat Project – What Goes Up (Chicago Afrobeat Project)
- Trio Tekke & Dave de Rose – Zivo (Trio Tekke)
- Akshara – In Time (Akshara Music)
- Topette!! – C’est Le Pompon (Topette!!)
- Monoswezi – A Je (Riverboat)
- Antibalas – Where the Gods Are in Peace (Daptone)
- Baraka Moon – Wind Horse (Baraka Moon)
- Leila Gobi – 2017 (Clermont Music)
- Mokoomba – Luyando (Out/Here)
- Sabil – Zabad, Twilight Tide (Harmonia Mundi)
- New Kingston – A Kingston Story: Come from Far (Easy Star)
- Christos DC – Tessera (Honest Music)
- Rafiki Jazz – Har Dam Sahara (Riverboat)
- Ruben Gonzalez – Introducing Ruben Gongalez (World Circuit)
- Various – Pop Makossa (Analog Africa)
- Moh! Kouyate – Fe Toki (Foli Son)
- Bob Marley – Exodus 40: The Movement Continues (Tuff Gong)
- Ruben Blades – Salsa Big Band (Ruben Blades)
- Hilario Duran – Contumbao (Alma)
- The Black Seeds – Fabric (Easy Star)
- MandolinMan – Unfolding the Roots (ARC Music)
- Toko Telo – Toy Taha Toy (Anio)
- Massa Dembele – Mezana Dounia (Izniz)
- Lau – Decade (Reveal)