It’s to hard to make a top 20 albums of the year, so why not go for 23 as it was 2023!

These are the best of the best afro-grooves and global beats of the year according to Radio Mukambo, taking us from the Congo over Soweto and Ethiopia to Senegal, building bridges between Colombia and the UK, Brazil and Canada, Morocco and Reunion Island, and finding fertile ground on the 6th continent ruled by an eclectic fusion of musical genres from across the globe.

Best albums of 2023:
1. Yamäya – Senegal
2. BCUC – Millions of Us
3. Kwame Adzraku – Don’t Worry About The Life
4. Alpacas Collective – Big Words
5. Lou Piensa & Mental Abstrato – Still in Transit
6. Mestizo – Mestizo
7. Frankosun and The Family – Small Talk Big Problem
8. ERÍN Afrofunk – Same Blood
9. Magnetic Tailors – Magnetic Tailors
10. Hippo Sound System – Origins
11. Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra – The Times
12. Gaïsha – Ana Aïcha
13. Jumbo System LP
14. Entoto Band – Entoto Band
15. Inna De Yard – Family Affair
16. Fixed Error – Untold
17. Mokoomba – Tusona: Tracings in the Sand
18. Marcus Gad – Ready For Battle
19. Sofaz – Mèt Ansamb
20. Echoes of Zoo – Speech of Species

Honorable mentions:
Terra Livre – Decomposed
Azmari – Maëlström
Balaphonics & Mary May
Lagos Thugs – Chaos
Fredy Massamba – Trancestral

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