1

Udokotela Shange Namajaha (South Africa)
"Sobabamba" (We Will Get Them)
The Indestructible Beat of Soweto Vol. 1 (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)

2

The Very Best (Malawi & UK)
"Julia" (Javelin Re-do)
Myspace
Remix of: The Very Best

3

Miriam Makeba (Johannesburg, South Africa)
"Beware Verwoerd" (Naants' Indod'Emnyama)
An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon)

4

Miriam Makeba (Johannesburg, South Africa)
"Hapo Zamani"
Pata Pata (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)

5

Emile YX? (Cape Town, South Africa)
"African Sun"
Who Am I? (buy online)
Myspace

6

The Black Hotels (Johannesburg, South Africa)
"This Time"
Films for the Next Century (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: Desmond & The Tutus

7

BLK JKS (Johannesburg, South Africa)
"Lakeside"
After Robots (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)

8

Desmond & The Tutus (Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa)
"Saggy Bottom Speedo Swimmer"
Tuckshop (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: The Strokes

9

Gold Fish (Cape Town, South Africa)
"Cruising Through" (radio edit)
Perceptions of Pacha (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
like: Persephone's Bees' "Nice Day" with Citizen King's "Better Days"

10

J.J. Keki (Uganda)
"Ali Omu Yekka"
Abayudaya: Music from the Jewish People of Uganda (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)

11

Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
"Abezizwa" (Uniting Nations Together)
The Very Best of Ladysmith Black Mambazo (iTunes, Amazon MP3)

12

Hirut Bekele & Police Orchestra (Ethiopia)
"Ewnetegna Feker"
Ethiopiques 13 : Ethiopian Groove the Golden Seventies (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)

13

Ayub Ogada (Kenya)
"Dicholo"
The Constant Gardener Soundtrack (iTunes, Amazon)

ALSO ON THIS SHOW

This episode features clips from an Open University series called Environment: Journeys Through a Changing World (iTunes) about habituated gorillas and how conservation and tourism has effected the area, its people, and the gorillas themselves. A great watch, free in iTunes.

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