Putumayo Presents - African Cafe

In true Putumayo fashion, you will be taken on a musical journey through different regions of Africa, guided by a selection of relaxing and uplifting acoustic songs that will inspire and raise your spirits.
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The album starts out with sounds of Senegal in Yoro Ndiaye's poignant "Namm Naa Leen," in which a subtle mbalax influence flows under the heartfelt lyrics of remembering loved ones. The album then transitions to a slower tempo with a warm guitar introduction to Toto Bona Lokua's "M'aa Kiana." Cameroon's Richard Bona, Congo's Lokua Kanza, and France's Gerard Toto have been dubbed Africa's Crosby, Stills & Nash, and this track proves why. Listeners are quickly swept in to a gentle rhythm as the group delivers a moving ballad.

African Café turns up the energy with tracks by longtime cultural icon Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi from Zimbabwe; becomes intimate with Senegal's sibling group (including the country's only professional female bassist) Takeifa; and ends by taking listeners on a trip back in time to the 70s with Congolese legend Franco et le T.P.O.K. Jazz.

A Kahawa coffee recipe is also included - a nod to Africa being the home of the origin of coffee and one of the world's largest tea producers.