Afropop Worldwide's 2009 Stocking Stuffers 
 
Afropop Worldwide’s 2009 Stocking Stuffers program covers some 35 amazing CD releases from the past year.  And as promised, we now present picks of our favorites in four categories: African CDs, Latin CDs, Reissue Compilations, and “Africa in America.”

Check out our picks and then send us yours!  One lucky voter will win 5 top CDs from 2009.  Send up to five votes (artist, album, and label) to info@afropop.org  Use the subject line “Best of 2009.”

Tinariwen:  Imidiwan: Companions ( World Village )
The latest from these Tuareg rockers of the Sahara Desert was recorded in remote Tessalit, Mali. Presented as a kind of dessert travelogue, and packaged with a beautiful DVD film, these 13 songs move from the band’s folksy, introspective, campfire mode to their full-on trance rock.