African

67 tracks by 52 artists, spanning 1962–2026 — every one chosen and shelved by a person, not a model. This page is the room’s african shelf, counted honestly.

1 of 67 tracks placed by a hand on the room’s four dials · 66 still waiting — a genre default, a placeholder, or a reading estimated from the record rather than taken from it

Across time

Heaviest in the 2010s — 8 of 33 dated tracks.

The biggest shelves

• Manu Dibango7 tracks
• Francis Bebey3 tracks
• Susso3 tracks
• Assagai2 tracks
• Bembeya Jazz National2 tracks
• Deadline2 tracks
• Fatoumata Diawara2 tracks
• William Onyeabor2 tracks
• Abu Abeeda Hasan1 track
• Afel Bocoum1 track
• Amadou & Mariam1 track
• Balla Et Ses Balladins1 track
• Biton Nationale Segou1 track
• Black So Man1 track
• Bola Johnson1 track
• Centipede1 track
• Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath1 track
• Christy Ogbah1 track
• Daniel Owino Misiani And Shirati Band1 track
• Diana & Les Bobongo Stars1 track
• Dudu Pukwana1 track
• Ephat Mujuru & The Spirit Of The People1 track
• Gideon Nxumalo1 track
• Gwigwi Mrwebi1 track

Where this shelf plays

• Brass Heat15 artists in common
• Tassili15 artists in common
• Long Shadows12 artists in common
• Stray Hour9 artists in common
• Smoke Pillar8 artists in common

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hand-curated by zubair jeewanjee · no algorithm

Counts computed from the room’s own catalogue on 2026-10-06. Tracks that arrived carrying this genre’s default settings are counted here but held out of the room’s maps until somebody listens — a placeholder is not a placement. — Zubair Jeewanjee · zubair.jeewanjee@gmail.com