Malian guitarist Habib Koité, along with his band Bamada, return to the music stage with the album Afriki after a six-year absence from the recording studio. The CD is packaged in a matte-finish digipak including a 32-page booklet of song lyrics, select English translations, and exclusive photos.
"Rise & Shine" reflects how far the band has come in the past few years, realizing a unique and seamlessly coherent sound: a fusion of traditional West African music and roots reggae. Habib Koite