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class="tabs"><li class="sel"><span class="name-variation"><a href="/recording/931dd28a-5310-45d1-a5bb-d1f1ea860976" title="Africa"><bdi>Overview</bdi></a></span></li><li><a href="/recording/931dd28a-5310-45d1-a5bb-d1f1ea860976/fingerprints"><bdi>Fingerprints</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/recording/931dd28a-5310-45d1-a5bb-d1f1ea860976/aliases"><bdi>Aliases</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/recording/931dd28a-5310-45d1-a5bb-d1f1ea860976/tags"><bdi>Tags</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/recording/931dd28a-5310-45d1-a5bb-d1f1ea860976/ratings"><bdi>Reviews</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/recording/931dd28a-5310-45d1-a5bb-d1f1ea860976/details"><bdi>Details</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/recording/931dd28a-5310-45d1-a5bb-d1f1ea860976/edit"><bdi>Edit</bdi></a></li></ul></div><script type="application/json">{"collapse":true,"entity":{"entityType":"recording","gid":"931dd28a-5310-45d1-a5bb-d1f1ea860976"},"numberOfRevisions":0}</script><div class="annotation"></div><h2 class="appears-on-releases">Appears on releases</h2><table class="tbl"><thead><tr><th class="t pos">#</th><th>Title</th><th class="treleases">Length</th><th>Track artist</th><th>Release title</th><th>Release artist</th><th>Release group type</th><th>Country/Date</th><th>Label</th><th>Catalog#</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="subh"><th colSpan="10">Official</th></tr><tr class="odd"><td><a href="/track/ea6c155e-9863-3955-b461-4d84976bfccb" title="Medium 1, track 8">1.8</a></td><td><bdi>Africa</bdi></td><td>3:48</td><td class="artist-credit-variation"><a href="/artist/1fb60b6c-0f4d-42b4-8a5e-de705ec76660" title="Amadou & Mariam"><bdi>Amadou & Mariam</bdi></a></td><td><a href="/release/329fa3bc-b408-45a9-905f-ad243ca7b63d"><bdi>Welcome to Mali</bdi></a></td><td><a href="/artist/1fb60b6c-0f4d-42b4-8a5e-de705ec76660" title="Amadou & Mariam"><bdi>Amadou & Mariam</bdi></a></td><td>Album</td><td><script 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Music</bdi></a> <span class="comment">(<bdi>French label</bdi>)</span></td><td><span class="catalog-number">BEC5772410</span></td></tr><tr class="even"><td><a href="/track/d9d9abe5-d12b-3cb2-bd53-a26932502965" title="Medium 1, track 8">1.8</a></td><td><bdi>Africa</bdi></td><td>3:48</td><td><a href="/artist/1fb60b6c-0f4d-42b4-8a5e-de705ec76660" title="Amadou & Mariam"><bdi>Amadou & Mariam</bdi></a> feat. <a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K’naan</bdi></a></td><td><a href="/release/3f84b233-a3e3-4544-983d-f4015b889380"><bdi>Welcome to Mali</bdi></a></td><td><a href="/artist/1fb60b6c-0f4d-42b4-8a5e-de705ec76660" title="Amadou & Mariam"><bdi>Amadou & Mariam</bdi></a></td><td>Album</td><td><script 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Mariam</bdi></a></td><td><a href="/release/1ff2ab80-365d-4d9e-a3c8-a16cf01d4f90"><bdi>Welcome to Mali</bdi></a></td><td><a href="/artist/1fb60b6c-0f4d-42b4-8a5e-de705ec76660" title="Amadou & Mariam"><bdi>Amadou & Mariam</bdi></a></td><td>Album</td><td><script type="application/json">{"events":[{"date":{"month":12,"day":5,"year":2008},"country":{"gid":"89a675c2-3e37-3518-b83c-418bad59a85a","editsPending":false,"last_updated":"2013-08-28T11:55:13Z","end_date":null,"iso_3166_1_codes":["XE"],"begin_date":null,"comment":"","id":241,"name":"Europe","iso_3166_2_codes":[],"primary_code":"XE","ended":false,"country_code":"XE","iso_3166_3_codes":[],"entityType":"area","typeID":null}}]}</script><div class="release-events-container"><ul aria-label="Release events" class="release-events abbreviated"><li aria-label="Release event" class="release-event"><span class="flag flag-XE release-country"><a href="/area/89a675c2-3e37-3518-b83c-418bad59a85a"><abbr title="Europe">XE</abbr></a></span><span class="release-date">2008-12-05</span></li></ul></div><script src="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/common/components/ReleaseEvents-60e9344.js" async=""></script></td><td><a href="/label/23450486-837c-46a6-8b3f-b22429a0dfe1"><bdi>Because Music</bdi></a> <span class="comment">(<bdi>French label</bdi>)</span></td><td><span class="catalog-number">2564692787</span></td></tr><tr class="even"><td><a href="/track/a9adfe27-0d39-4d0b-af18-86b4b45e00fb" title="Medium 1, track 8">1.8</a></td><td><bdi>Africa</bdi></td><td>3:48</td><td class="artist-credit-variation"><a href="/artist/1fb60b6c-0f4d-42b4-8a5e-de705ec76660" title="Amadou & Mariam"><bdi>Amadou & Mariam</bdi></a></td><td><a href="/release/687cfe97-075e-417b-982d-0df1530269dc"><bdi>Welcome to Mali</bdi></a></td><td><a href="/artist/1fb60b6c-0f4d-42b4-8a5e-de705ec76660" title="Amadou & Mariam"><bdi>Amadou & Mariam</bdi></a></td><td>Album</td><td><script 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class="comment">(<bdi>imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.</bdi>)</span></td><td><span class="catalog-number">517673-2</span></td></tr></tbody></table><h2 class="relationships">Relationships</h2><table class="details" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><th>assistant recording engineer and assistant mixer:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span class="artistlink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/artist/28638052-97f0-4fbf-b5db-778994a24ed8" title="Halet, Antoine"><bdi>Antoine Halet</bdi></a><br/></td></tr><tr><th>recording engineer and mixer:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span class="artistlink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/artist/30c637b7-f892-47fc-a17f-96ed0b56a4e9" title="Jaïs, Laurent"><bdi>Laurent Jaïs</bdi></a><br/></td></tr><tr><th>producer:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span class="artistlink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/artist/30c637b7-f892-47fc-a17f-96ed0b56a4e9" title="Jaïs, Laurent"><bdi>Laurent Jaïs</bdi></a><br/><span class="artistlink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/artist/4482e136-c410-4924-95cb-165693b91853" title="Moreau, Marc Antoine (Universal Music Africa / Amadou & Mariam / All Other)"><bdi>Marc Antoine Moreau</bdi></a> <span class="comment">(<bdi>Universal Music Africa / Amadou & Mariam / All Other</bdi>)</span><br/></td></tr><tr><th> <a href="/instrument/a48d42b3-0fa9-45f2-933d-2770f4ca273f">balafon</a>, <a href="/instrument/f4e6ad5f-a0c2-4974-8607-df65e7e2c11b">djembe</a> and <a href="/instrument/8e9abdf1-0afc-4544-b201-c6fa768d01f4">percussion</a>:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span class="artistlink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/artist/2e4e8842-8121-45ef-9300-3164cc8362ca" title="Dembele, Boubacar"><bdi>Boubacar Dembele</bdi></a><br/></td></tr><tr><th> <a href="/instrument/17f9f065-2312-4a24-8309-6f6dd63e2e33">bass guitar</a> [bass]:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span class="artistlink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/artist/879d8725-6e1c-4403-9924-4b232f05a6aa" title="Griffon, Laurent"><bdi>Laurent Griffon</bdi></a><br/></td></tr><tr><th> <a href="/instrument/12092505-6ee1-46af-a15a-b5b468b6b155">drums (drum set)</a> [drums]:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span class="artistlink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/artist/373f9ff2-00b4-45ab-a2ad-5e6185a57d8a" title="Abadi, Yvo"><bdi>Yvo Abadi</bdi></a><br/></td></tr><tr><th> <a href="/instrument/63021302-86cd-4aee-80df-2270d54f4978">guitar</a> [guitars] and lead vocals:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span class="artistlink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/artist/a8d94c18-ecee-4a7c-8969-7ea925683bff" title="Bagayoko, Amadou"><bdi>Amadou Bagayoko</bdi></a><br/></td></tr><tr><th> <a href="/instrument/95b0c3d2-9606-4ef5-a019-9b7437f3adda">keyboard</a> [keyboards]:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span class="artistlink"></span><span class="name-variation"><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/artist/0e0633f5-0c0b-48cf-a11e-fddfac8a5152" title="Igor Nikitinsky – Nikitinsky, Igor"><bdi>Igor Nikitinski</bdi></a></span><br/></td></tr><tr><th> <a href="/instrument/a9ed16cd-b8cb-4256-9c41-93f5f0458c49">saxophone</a> [sax]:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span class="artistlink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/artist/5ca13c0d-396c-4d1a-9e3f-02ef836c30d6" title="Hatot, Alain"><bdi>Alain Hatot</bdi></a><br/></td></tr><tr><th> <a href="/instrument/f6100277-c7b8-4c8d-aa26-d8cd014b6761">trombone</a>:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span class="artistlink"></span><span class="name-variation"><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/artist/9dfcb0b9-a9ad-4529-a70a-afcb5c0f1424" title="Michaël Joussein – Joussein, Michaël"><bdi>Michael Joussein</bdi></a></span><br/></td></tr><tr><th>guest vocals:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span class="artistlink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K’naan</bdi></a> <span class="comment">(<bdi>Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist</bdi>)</span><br/></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="details" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><th>additionally recorded at:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span class="placelink"></span><span class="name-variation"><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/place/1130fe1c-8e92-46e0-9a8f-c63d6ff52a19" title="Moffou"><bdi>Studio Moffou</bdi></a></span> in <span class="arealink"></span><a href="/area/acc5a33c-4f3f-4f3a-8d7c-5d8ce6afe364"><bdi>Bamako</bdi></a>, <span class="flag flag-ML"><a href="/area/c35e6d5e-9011-32e5-a23f-9e7639b7350c"><bdi>Mali</bdi></a></span><br/></td></tr><tr><th>recorded at and mixed at:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span class="placelink"></span><span class="name-variation"><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/place/aa7efc45-f5ce-4220-8312-4fe2ea5f4924" title="Le Studio D"><bdi>La Partie Son (Davout)</bdi></a></span> in <span class="arealink"></span><a href="/area/dc10c22b-e510-4006-8b7f-fecb4f36436e"><bdi>Paris</bdi></a>, <span class="arealink"></span><a href="/area/d79e4501-8cba-431b-96e7-bb9976f0ae76"><bdi>Île-de-France</bdi></a>, <span class="flag flag-FR"><a href="/area/08310658-51eb-3801-80de-5a0739207115"><bdi>France</bdi></a></span><br/></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="details" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><th>recording of:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span class="worklink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/work/be1ad324-2ba6-4281-9059-1bcbaea0b571"><bdi>Africa</bdi></a><br/></td></tr></tbody></table><h2 class="related-works">Related works</h2><h3><span class="worklink"></span><a href="/work/be1ad324-2ba6-4281-9059-1bcbaea0b571"><bdi>Africa</bdi></a></h3><table class="details" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><th>lyricist and composer:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span class="artistlink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/artist/a8d94c18-ecee-4a7c-8969-7ea925683bff" title="Bagayoko, Amadou"><bdi>Amadou Bagayoko</bdi></a><br/></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div id="sidebar"><a class="styled-button listenbrainz-button" href="//listenbrainz.org/player?recording_mbids=931dd28a-5310-45d1-a5bb-d1f1ea860976" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><img alt="ListenBrainz" class="warning" src="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/listenbrainz-02d5163.png"/> Play on ListenBrainz</a><h2 class="recording-information">Recording information</h2><dl class="properties"><dt>Artist:</dt><dd class="artist"><a href="/artist/1fb60b6c-0f4d-42b4-8a5e-de705ec76660" title="Amadou & Mariam"><bdi>Amadou & Mariam</bdi></a> feat. <a href="/artist/ee421ee4-f861-405d-8730-29cb512dfdbd" title="K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)"><bdi>K’naan</bdi></a></dd><dt>Length:</dt><dd class="length">3:48</dd><dt>First release year:</dt><dd class="first-release-year">2008</dd><script 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