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  1. Audio CD: Release Date 2009-04-16
  2. Publisher: Stern's Africa
  3. Artist: Africando All Stars
  4. Sales Rank in Music: #41588

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Mandali by Africando All Stars

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How many times have African rhythms traveled back and forth across the Atlantic? Beyond count, of course, but with the Africando All Stars, a band fronted by different African vocalists on each track, they're in very sure hands. It's where Africa meets America, under the direction of Boncana Maiga, who also wrote most of the music. The result is a near perfect Afro-Cuban album that sizzles from start to finish with exquisite arrangements, making the vocalists seem almost like the cherries on the cake. But with talent like Mali's Salif Keita, whose "Ntoman" might be the standout track, it's impossible to go wrong. Add when you add Lokua Kanza and mbalax star Thione Seck to the mix, you have something utterly explosive, with depth, joy, and musicianship that makes you want more. --Chris Nickson
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Average Customer Review
4.9 out of 5 stars (11 customer reviews)

39 of 39 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Africando turns up the heat, December 28, 2000
Bruce Whitehouse (Bethlehem, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mandali (Audio CD)
Since the middle of the 1990s, trans-Atlantic salsa sensation Africando has been putting the "Afro" back in Afro-Cuban music. A combination of Cuban instrumentalists and African vocalists, Africando draws from the wealth of rhumba, salsa and other polyrhythmic Latin styles while adding its own distinctly African touch. "Mandali" is the group's latest and possibly best recording.What makes "Mandali" stand out from the band's previous efforts is the broad cross-section of African vocal talent that appears on the recording. Gnonnas Pedro of Benin, Thione Seck of Senegal, Eugene Shoubou of Haiti, and Ronnie Baro of Cuba all appear on this album as they have on earlier ones. The golden-voiced Guinean Sekouba "Bambino" Diabate, whose passion for salsa has led him to several earlier collaborations with Africando, again graces two tracks here. Of special note, however, are contributions by "newcomers"--though they are actually...Read more


12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A great album, April 30, 2001
JohnnyD (Montreal) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mandali (Audio CD)
Only recently have I joined the Africando bandwagon and I'm loving the ride. Mandali, for me their best album, is a great mix of 'bailable' black rhythms from across the Atlantic that exemplifies what cultural exchange is all about. Perhaps with the power of a Bob Marley, whose rastaman vibrations can evoke smiles simultaneously in Addis Ababa, New York City, Buenos Aires, and Beijing, Africando has an energy and a reach that will not disappoint. Whether you want to dance, wash your car, or chill with a kane, Mandali is one heck of an album. Disfrute!


5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A must for Salsa dancers!, March 9, 2004
Denis Wieger (Bonn, Germany) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mandali (Audio CD)
Over here in good 'old' Germany this CD "Mandali" by Africando is named "Africando All Stars - Betece", and it's still being played in almost every european Salsa club. All 13 tracks are VERY danceable, representing the african branch of Salsa music at its best.If you'd like more 'oriental' Salsa music, listen to Africando's version of "Aicha" on their CD "Baloba" (2000), a well known song from the Paris-based algerian Rai-singer Khaled. And get the CD "Yo Soy" (2000) by the Colombian Yuri Buenaventura, on which he sings the song "Salsa Rai" together with the Rai-singer Faudel (both now based in Paris).And if you visit Europe - join the multi-colored Salsa dancefloors!

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