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Alpha Yaya Diallo

Canadian musician

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Mamadou Sidiki Diabaté

Malian musician

2

Njacko Backo

Cameroonian musician

3

Babatunde Olatunji

Nigerian percussionist

4

K’naan Warsame

Somali-Canadian musician

5

Abdoulaye Diakité

Senegalese drummer

6

Tartit

7

Baaba Maal

Senegalese poet and singer

8

Stella Chiweshe

Zimbabwean musician

9

Newman Taylor Baker

American musician

10

Trichy Sankaran

Canadian musician

11

Jimmy Owens

jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator

12

Men Without Hats

Canadian synthpop and new wave band

13

Hamid Drake

American musician

14

Salif Keita

Malian singer

15

Bashiri Johnson

American musician

16

Kélétigui Diabaté

musician

17

Yothu Yindi

Australian musical group

18

Joshua Dolgin

Canadian rapper

19

Mickey Hart

American musician