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Now Again Ngozi, Paul: The Ghetto LP
"Celebrated Zambian guitarist and bandleader Paul Ngozi's concept album about the struggles of those living in Africa's 1970s townships. Includes oversized eight-page booklet that details Paul Ngozi and the Ngozi family's arc, including rare photographs,
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Ngozi, Paul: The Ghetto LP
C$41.99
Strut Astatke, Mulatu: Mulatu Of Ethiopia (OPAQUE WHITE) LP
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Strut label, we are delighted to unveil a special edition of a landmark album within the realm of African music – Mulatu Astatke's 'Mulatu Of Ethiopia’. Recorded in New York in 1972, this pivotal album marks a
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Astatke, Mulatu: Mulatu Of Ethiopia (OPAQUE WHITE) LP
C$47.99
Now Again Witch: Witch (Including Janet) (yellow) LP
Archival reissue of the Afro-prog-psych Zamrock masterpiece "Witch (Including Janet", presented for the first time ever in a yellow vinyl pressing. Witch's musical arc is contained to a five year span and, in retrospect, is a logical one. The band's fifth
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Witch: Witch (Including Janet) (yellow) LP
C$36.99
Soundways Various: Ghana Special 2: Electronic Highlife & Afro Sounds In The Diaspora, 1980-93 LP
Soundway presents a collection of 18 Burger Highlife, Electronic Afrobeat and Reggae tracks, highlighting a time when the burgeoning Ghanaian diaspora across Europe and North America was utilising new music technology and recording techniques. A period of
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Various: Ghana Special 2: Electronic Highlife & Afro Sounds In The Diaspora, 1980-93 LP
C$57.99
Now Again Witch: Lukombo Vibes (copper green) LP
"Archival reissue of the Afro-prog-psych Zamrock masterpiece. Presented for the first time ever in an aged copper green pressing. The entirety of Witch's fourth album, restored and remastered from master tapes, and presented as an archival reissue in an a
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Witch: Lukombo Vibes (copper green) LP
C$36.99
Analog Africa Various: Congo Funk! - Sound Madness From The Shores Of The Mighty Congo River (Kinshasa/Brazzaville 1969-1982) LP
Congo Funk!, Analog Africa’s long-awaited journey to the musical heart of the African continent, presents fourteen funky, hypnotic and schizophrenic tunes from the 1970s, meticulously distilled from an initial selection of around 2000. The double LP compi
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Various: Congo Funk! - Sound Madness From The Shores Of The Mighty Congo River (Kinshasa/Brazzaville 1969-1982) LP
C$49.99
Matador Moctar, Mdou: Funeral For Justice (indie shop edition/blood red) LP
The songs on ‘Funeral For Justice’ speak unflinchingly to the plight of Niger and of the Tuareg people. “This album is really different for me,” explains Moctar, the band’s singer, namesake, and indisputably iconic guitarist. “Now the problems of terroris
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Moctar, Mdou: Funeral For Justice (indie shop edition/blood red) LP
C$37.99
Sharp Flat Witch: Kuomboka LP
Sourced from the analog master tapes for the first time, Sharp-Flat presents the WITCH disco albums as you've never heard them before in sleeves that replicate the original album artwork.

Over the course of the 1970s, WITCH delivered an impressive run
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Witch: Kuomboka LP
C$39.99
Mississippi Gebru, Emahoy Tsege Mariam: Souvenirs LP
The first vocal album by beloved Ethiopian nun, composer, and pianist Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - profound and deeply moving home cassette recordings made amidst political upheaval and turmoil.

These are songs of wisdom, loss, mourning, and exile, sung
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Gebru, Emahoy Tsege Mariam: Souvenirs LP
C$29.99
Knitting Factory Kuti, Fela: Original Sufferhead (OPAQUE LIGHT GREEN) LP
This edition of Original Sufferhead is a major event. With the release of box set #5, and now on this reissue, the title track of this magnificent album is presented in its full-length, 25 minutes 24 seconds glory. While preparing the master disc for the
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Kuti, Fela: Original Sufferhead (OPAQUE LIGHT GREEN) LP
C$35.99
Knitting Factory Kuti, Fela: O.D.O.O. (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake) (TRANSPARENT GREEN) LP
Overtake Don Overtake Overtake was the penultimate album of newly recorded studio material released by Fela before he passed in 1997. Like its immediate predecessor, Beasts Of No Nation (also 1989), and its follow-up, Underground System (1992), the album
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Kuti, Fela: O.D.O.O. (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake) (TRANSPARENT GREEN) LP
C$35.99
Knitting Factory Kuti, Fela: Ikoyi Blindness (WHITE) LP
Fela used the cover of Ikoyi Blindness to announce his change of middle name from Ransome, which he now considered a slave name, to Anikulapo, which means “he who carries death in his pouch.” The front cover shows Ransome crossed out and Anikulapo added a
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Kuti, Fela: Ikoyi Blindness (WHITE) LP
C$35.99
Knitting Factory Kuti, Fela: Excuse-O (OPAQUE ORANGE) LP
Excuse-O isn’t just a showcase of Fela’s ability to build a groove that could fill a full LP side; it’s a masterclass in personal and political criticism wrapped in two exceptional extended grooves. The title track A-side is a jittery rhythm where Fela si
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Kuti, Fela: Excuse-O (OPAQUE ORANGE) LP
C$36.99
Knitting Factory Kuti, Fela: Kalakuta Show (OPAQUE BLUE) LP
This album was Fela’s full-on sonic revenge on the military regime that attacked and brutalized him and his compound in Lagos twice in 1974. The raids on his Kalakuta Republic were an attempt by the Nigerian police and army to silence Fela. Brought to tri
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Kuti, Fela: Kalakuta Show (OPAQUE BLUE) LP
C$36.99
Knitting Factory Kuti, Fela: Why Black Men They Suffer (TRANSPARENT YELLOW) LP
Recorded in 1971 with Ginger Baker behind the board and sitting in alongside fellow drumming legend Tony Allen, Why Black Man Dey Suffer was originally deemed too controversial for release by his label at the time. The title track is a history lesson on t
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Kuti, Fela: Why Black Men They Suffer (TRANSPARENT YELLOW) LP
C$36.99
Knitting Factory Kuti, Fela: Box Set #6 Curated By Idris Elba BOX
Knitting Factory Records and Partisan Records are proud to release the sixth installment of the much anticipated vinyl reissues from the Fela Kuti catalog. Vinyl Box #6 was curated by actor, producer, DJ, rapper and singer, Idris Elba aka DJ Big Driis. Th
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Kuti, Fela: Box Set #6 Curated By Idris Elba BOX
C$199.99
International Anthem Ntuli, Thandi with Carlos Niño: Rainbow Revisited LP
South African pianist Thandi Ntuli traveled to Los Angeles in 2019, where she recorded this album of bare, explorative piano and voice pieces at a Venice Beach studio with International Anthem artist Carlos Niño in the producer chair. An absolutely stunni
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Ntuli, Thandi with Carlos Niño: Rainbow Revisited LP
C$34.99
Nyege Nyege Tapes Duke: Early Instrumentals (blue) LP
Having toured the world with MCZO and been at the helm of his own studio Pamoja Records since he was just 18, influential singeli producer Duke, now 26, is one of Tanzania's busiest club alchemists. On his acclaimed solo debut "Uingizaji Hewa" we were int
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Duke: Early Instrumentals (blue) LP
C$26.99
Awesome Tapes From Africa Mergia, Hailu: Pioneer Works Swing (Live) LP
It’s been a little over ten years since Hailu Mergia re-emerged on the international music scene. Following the first in a series of his classic recordings reissued in collaboration with Awesome Tapes From Africa, Mergia assembled a band and began perform
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Mergia, Hailu: Pioneer Works Swing (Live) LP
C$26.99
Knitting Factory Various Artists: Red Hot + Fela (BANANA YELLOW & RED) LP
Fela Kuti lives on! This is the 10th Anniversary reissue of the classic tribute album pressed on opaque banana yellow and opaque red vinyl benefiting the Red Hot organization. The album includes classic Fela anthems like “Lady” recorded by tUnE-yArDs, ?ue
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Various Artists: Red Hot + Fela (BANANA YELLOW & RED) LP
C$41.99
Unseen Worlds Yifrashewa, Girma: My Strong Will LP
My Strong Will is a new album of "Ethiopian Classical Music" by Girma Yifrashewa. Recorded with Bulgarian musicians and the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra in Sofia, Bulgaria, the album is a return to where Yifrashewa completed his own conservatory training
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Yifrashewa, Girma: My Strong Will LP
C$43.99
Born Bad Bebey, Francis: African Electronic Music 1975-1982 LP
Available again! A retrospective of truly incredible, clued up and innovative songs and electronics from Francis Bebey. Drum machines and oddball synths intertwine with Bebey's wonderful vocals and deft guitar playing... High Life New Wave... We've been w
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Bebey, Francis: African Electronic Music 1975-1982 LP
C$39.99
Partisan Bombino: Sahel (TRANSLUCENT BLUE) LP
Guitar luminary + Tuareg folk hero Omara “Bombino” Moctar knows the nomadic life well. Being constantly on the road for his music while also perpetually on the move throughout the Sahel region of Africa is the norm. So when the pandemic brought the world
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Bombino: Sahel (TRANSLUCENT BLUE) LP
C$34.99
Nyege Nyege Tapes Bakorta, Titi: Molende LP
Titi Bakorta almost didn't make it. Born in and raised in Kinshasa, the Congolese multi-instrumentalist was on his way to Uganda when he fell of the boat as it traversed the mighty Congo River. Unable to swim, Bakorta was saved by a friend who dragged him
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Bakorta, Titi: Molende LP
C$26.99