Host DJK drives listeners through the world of African-influenced music – from night clubs in Dakar to festivals in Bahia, from recording studios in Havana to family compounds on the streets of Lagos. The show follows the African diaspora to South America, the Caribbean and southern Europe, but never strays far from the beat of the mother continent. From KPSQ-LP, Fayetteville, AR. This week in the Afrosonic Taxi, we go back into the late 80s and early 90s, when African pop went worldwide. African rhythms and sensibilities have always influenced western music, but this is when African artists began to break through to the wider world.

1. Nyanafin by Salif Keita (Mali)
2. Ovago W'Africa by Akendengue (Gabon)
3. Kitida by Papa Wemba (Congo)
4. Baol Baol by Ismael Lo (Senegal)
5. Ekie by Les Tetes Brulees (Cameroon)
6. Pauvre Type by Amadou et Mariam (Mali)
7. Batonga by Angelique Kidjo (Benin)
8. Yedi Gosh by Aster Aweke (Ethiopia)
9. Ke Bale by Hugh Masekela (South Africa)
10. Akassa by Kante Manfila (Guinea)