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From Amazon.com:
Cameroon expatriate Manu Dibango's Wakafrika is arguably the most catholic African album ever recorded. Where else could you hear a Nigerian juju guitarist (King Sunny Ade) team up with a jazzy Cameroon saxophonist (Dibango) to perform a tune by a Benin composer (Wally Badarou)? The guest list goes on. And on. Peter Gabriel (remaking "Biko"), Youssou N'dour, Salif Keita, Sinead O'Connor, Angelique Kidjo, Ladysmith Black Mambazo (doing--what else?--"Wimboweh"), Ray Lema, Toure Kunda, Papa Wemba, and Geoffrey Oryema all pop up at various times. A buttery French production, Wakafrika isn't a bad album, necessarily; Dibango is a smooth, popular homogenizer of afrobeats galore. But it's so predictably diverse as to lack any identity other than its own heavily produced veneer. --Richard Gehr
| Artist: | Manu Dibango | | Binding: | Audio CD | | EAN: | 0075992456623 | | MPN: | 24566 | | Original Release Date: | 1994-01-01 | | Release Date: | 1994-06-14 | | UPC: | 075992456623 |
Tracks:- Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango, Youssou N'Dour
- Biko - Alex Brown, Manu Dibango, Peter Gabriel, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Geoffrey Oryema
- Wakafrika - Manu Dibango
- Em'ma - Manu Dibango, Salif Keita
- Homeless - Manu Dibango, Ray Lema
- Lady - Manu Dibango, Ray Phiri
- Hi-Life - King Sunny Ade, Manu Dibango
- Wimoweh - Manu Dibango, Ladysmith Black Mambazo
- Ami Oh! - Manu Dibango, Angélique Kidjo, Papa Wemba
- Jingo - King Sunny Ade, Manu Dibango
- Pata Pata - Manu Dibango,
- Diarabi - Bonga, Manu Dibango, Touré Kunda
- Ça Va Chouia - Manu Dibango
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