New Arrivals
Happy 2026 y'all ! And raise your hand if you already have all those African vinyl keepers I'm dropping on the site today. Be it Malian disco funk, Kenyan benga funk, Senegal Mbalax, Benin voodoo pop or Tropical dancefloor soukous to name a few, well if you don't find anything you want this time, it's really either because you're too broke after Xmas or too blind to see - or you're not a vinyl record freak ! Come get your funky fix before it's too late !
Very solid dancefloor soukous on part 2 of each song on this much scarcer release for the Sacodis label, sleeve in original shrink, has some wear & dirt, vinyl is unplayed stock copy.
Killer Cape Verdian cosmic funana rarity arranged by synth genius Paulino Vieira. Check the funana "policia" and the cadence w/ funk / funana intro & breaks & the deep laid back cosmic funana synth
Sweet afrolatin track that reminds Amara Toure's best recordings + hypnotic afro pop & an afropop dancer on this scarce and indemand later release by the Ivory Coast veteran. Sleeve has aging, dirt
Griot music from Burkina Faso. Sleeve has some mold wear & beige water on spine, vinyl in nice shape overall with a few unproper stocking marks, dead stock copy.
Several latin tracks Senegalese style & a version of their all times classic "On verra ca", surely one of their true masterpieces. Sleeve has minor wear but strong dirt, record plays with quite
First volume released by Baobab on the BUUR catalogue, w/ a deep afro mandingo tune, also check Saf mana dem, the afrolatin spiced Papa njaay & Am saxul. Sleeve has some aging, strong wear on spine
Every track's part 2 is an uptempo soukous winner on this mega rare release by the Congo legend. Original Ivory Coast pressing, much scarcer than the Japan press, first time at Diasporarecords. Seeve
Feat. the afro manding fusion track "Ledymen" w/ that spiritual flute solo, the African latin son Malamokhola, also check the organ work on the rather cheesy "Ibonie", sleeve has minor wear, record
A funky afro synth highlife stepper winner tune & digital rumba soukous as recorded by one Ivory Coast's Ghana influenced artists. Definitely one of his rarest LP's, hardly shows up ! Sleeve has bump
Raw rumbas, sometimes with a psych twist on this rare Pathe release of an early seventies LP recorded by Franco w/ OK JAZZ, minor wear on cover, large writings & some dirt on back, record in pretty
Highly indemand heavy danceable soukous ultimate masterpiece by the Congo legends on an extremely rare private press, shop sticker on front, price sticker on back, plays sweetly, looks superb.
Check the killer spiritual jazz funk gospel w/ funky breaks dropping into march on this lesser known LP recorded in the US - and clearly influenced by the indie Afro jazz spiritual grooves going on at
Killer afro synth winner on this mega rare alternate cover private press release out of Ivory Coast, sleeve has aging & dirt, large beige water damage wear, large writings on cover & labels, paper
Check the haunty afor organ winner Todd and Moss on this consistent South African afro soul & funky jive relase. Minor wear on cover, record has very reasonable to hardly noticeable noise, ranges from
Deep afro manding psych masterpiece original press. Sleeve has minor wear & dirt, record has light to hardly noticeable noise from marks, still a very clean copy.
Check the manding afro jazzfusion killer by Bembeya Jazz National "Super tentemba" and Keletigui et ses tambourins' "Miri Magnin" on this Syliphone compilation of rare singles. Some dirt & ringwear &
Digi highlife boogie classic released in Germany by the Ghana artist, some aging & dirt on cover, creas on bottom mouth, record has light to hardly audible opaque pressing hiss.
Certainly his most interesting afrobeat LP, with an usual raw sound, sleeve has minor wear, record has reasonable to hardly noticeable noise, worse on B side which has more marks and plays an average
Raw early afrobeat masterpiece by the Nigerian master. Sleeve has light wear, ringwear, & writings on back, 2 small tears on mouth, record plays w/ reasonable to hardly noticeable noise, crackier on B
Afrosynth disco by the Cameroon singer, feat. "Show me your love" & "take up". Sleeve has minor wear, large writings on labels, record plays with light to hardly noticeable noise only despite marks
boogie disco funk American style track on this LP released by a female Ivory Coast singer. Minor wear on cover, shop sticker on front, writings on labels, plays w/ very occasionally very light
A modern soul synth, 2 hypnotic afro synth tunes, an afropop synth & a salsa on this mega rare two artists LP out of Benin on private press. Some dirt on labels. Record plays greatly, very minor
With the afrofunk afrobeat " Blues ya de " & the afro latin " Bonne annee alafia " & a kick ass one side long soukous. Sleeve has strong ringwear, writings on B side label, dirt on labels, record
Deep melancholic afrobeat one tracker by the Nigerian king, sleeve w/ strong aging & dirt, few peel off, small bite on top mouth, creases, 3" split on spine, writings on front & labels, record plays w
Features the synth boogie disco winners "city jam" & "stretch out your hand". Sleeve has dirt wear & some aging, ringwear, mini tear on mouth, writings on B label, record plays with light to very
Great Fela title, sleeve w/ minor wear, record plays w/ very reasonable to very light noise & occasional clicks to hardly any noise, VG- to VG/VG+, depending on parts
2 afrobeat tunes recorded in '77 and released for the first time on this pressing, light wear on cover, mini tear on mouth, mini peel off on A side label, plays with light to hardly noticeable noise
A downtempo afrosynth / boogie disco tune w/ children spoken word, and a solid dub reggae tune too. Sleeve has aging & wear, large bite along spine, split on all top & bottom, beige water damage
Boogie disco from Africa, self produced. Sleeve has aging & dirt wear, creases, large writings on back, large beige water damage, glue residues along top & bottom visible mainly on back, mini peel off
Laid back funky cadence tune "Daniela" & solid dancefloor Funana tunes for tropical heads too on this Cape Verde winner, all clean copies gone, last spare, sleve has faint grey moisture stains, bump