Year
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Winner
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Album
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Nominees
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Ref.
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2003
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Jeszcze Raz
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Balagane
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- la fiesta mondiale de percussion — The Beat
- Cuban Odyssey — Jane Bunnett
- Raphael Geronimo's Rumba Calzada Vol. 3 — Raphael Geronimo
- Hypnotika — Maza Mezé
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2004
|
Kiran Ahluwalia
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Beyond Boundaries
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2005
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Mighty Popo, Madagascar Slim, Donné Robert, Alpha Yaya Diallo, Adam Solomon, Pa Joe
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African Guitar Summit
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2006
|
Alex Cuba
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Humo De Tabaco
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2007
|
Lubo Alexandrov
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Kaba Horo
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2008
|
Alex Cuba
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Agua del Pozo
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2009
|
Jayme Stone and Mansa Sissoko
|
Africa to Appalachia
|
- The Art of the Early Egyptian Qanun — George Dimitri Sawa
- Cairo to Toronto — Maryem & Ernie Tollar
- Contrabanda — Lubo and Kaba Horo
- Shivaboom — Eccodek
|
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2010
|
Dominic Mancuso
|
Comfortably Mine
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2011
|
Élage Diouf
|
Aksil
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2012
|
Kiran Ahluwalia
|
Aam Zameen: Common Ground
|
- From Night to the Edge of Day — Azam Ali
- Afo Gné — Aboulaye Kone and Bolo Kan
- Flores, Tambores e Amores — Aline Morales
- Sleepover — Socalled
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2013
|
Lorraine Klaasen
|
Tribute to Miriam Makeba
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2014
|
David Buchbinder & Odessa/Havana
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Walk to the Sea
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2015
|
Quique Escamilla
|
500 Years of Night
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2016
|
Boogat
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Neo-Reconquista
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2017
|
Okavango African Orchestra
|
Okavango African Orchestra
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2018
|
Kobo Town
|
When the Galleon Sank
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2019
|
Wesli
|
Rapadou Kreyol
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[2]
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2020
|
Djely Tapa
|
Barokan
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[3]
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2021
|
Okan
|
Espiral
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[4]
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