tracks 1-2, 1-3, 2-7 arranged by Oumou Sangare
tracks 1-2, 1-4, 1-8, 2-1, 2-4, 2-5 arranged by [additional] Baba Salah
tracks 1-2, 1-4, 1-8, 2-1, 2-4, 2-5 arranged by [additional] Massambou Wele Diallo
tracks 1-2, 1-4, 1-8, 2-1, 2-4, 2-5 arranged by, creative director [creative direction] Boncana Maïga
compiled by Charlie Gillett
compiled by Nick Gold
coordinator [production co-ordination] Sara Daoud
design Intro
executive-producer Nick Gold
liner notes [song notes] Oumou Sangare
mastered by Jerry Boys
mastered by Tom Leader
tracks 1-9, 2-4 mixed by Delta Rhythm
tracks 1-1, 1-7, 2-2 mixed by Houon Pierre
tracks 1-2 to 1-6, 1-8, 1-10, 2-1, 2-3 to 2-10 mixed by Jerry Boys
tracks 1-5, 1-6, 2-3, 2-6 mixed by John Hadden
tracks 1-5, 1-6, 2-3, 2-6 mixed by Nick Robbins
photography by Christien Jaspars
photography by Malick Sidibé
photography by Pierre-Emmanuel Rastoin
tracks 1-1, 1-7, 2-2 producer Amadou Ba Guindo
tracks 1-2, 1-4, 1-8, 2-1, 2-4, 2-5 producer Boncana Maïga
tracks 1-5, 1-6, 2-3, 2-6 producer Massambou Wele Diallo
tracks 1-2 to 1-6, 1-8, 1-10, 2-1, 2-3 to 2-10 producer Nick Gold
tracks 1-2, 1-4, 1-8, 2-1, 2-4, 2-5 programmed by Michel Lorentz
tracks 1-1, 1-7, 2-2 recorded by Houon Pierre
tracks 1-2, 1-4, 1-8, 1-10, 2-1, 2-4, 2-5, 2-7 to 2-10 recorded by Jerry Boys
tracks 1-5, 1-6, 2-3, 2-6 recorded by John Hadden
tracks 1-3 recorded by Mark Peters
tracks 1-1, 1-7, 2-2 recorded by [assistant], mixed by [assistant] François Yaro
tracks 1-1, 1-7, 2-2 recorded by [assistant], mixed by [assistant] P. De Souza
sleeve notes Lucy Duran
translated by [song notes transcribed and translated by] Lucy Duran
vocals Oumou Sangare
tracks 1-1, 1-4 to 2-6, 2-8 to 2-10 written-by Oumou Sangare
tracks 1-2, 1-3, 2-7 written-by Traditional
Recorded At Studio JBZ
Recorded At Lunar Park Studios
Mixed At Elephant Studios
Mixed At Livingston Studios
Recorded At Banana Studios
Recorded At Ridge Farm Studios
Recorded At Studio Marcadet
Published By World Circuit Music
Made By WEA Manufacturing Inc.
Licensed To Nonesuch Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) World Circuit
Copyright (c) World Circuit
Phonographic Copyright (p) World Circuit Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Samassa Productions
Produced For Samassa Records
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New tracks released for the first time on CD: 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-8, 1-9, 2-1, 2-4, 2-5.

Tracks 1-1, 1-7 and 2-2 produced for Samassa Records; recorded and mixed at Studio JBZ, Abidjan, Ivory Coast in February 1989.
Tracks 1-5, 1-6, 2-3 and 2-6 recorded at Lunar Park Studios Berlin in December 1992; mixed at Elephant Studios, London and Livingston Studios, London.
Track 1-3 recorded at Banana Studios, Holland in 1994; mixed at Livingston Studios.
Tracks 1-10 and 2-7 to 2-10 recorded at Ridge Farm Studios, England in December 1995; mixed at Livingston Studios.
Tracks 1-2, 1-4, 1-8, 2-1, 2-4, and 2-5 recorded at Studios Marcadet, Paris in February 2000; mixed at Livingston Studios.

Tracks 1-1, 1-7 and 2-2 ℗ 1990 Samassa Productions; from the World Circuit album Moussolou.
Tracks 1-5, 1-6, 2-3 and 2-6 ℗ 1993 World Circuit Ltd; from the World Circuit album Ko Sira.
Track 1-3 is a previously-unreleased rehearsal.
Tracks 1-10 and 2-7 to 2-10 ℗ 1996 World Circuit Ltd; from the World Circuit album Worotan.
Tracks 1-2, 1-4, 1-8, 2-1, 2-4, and 2-5 (p)2003 World Circuit Ltd; from the World Circuit album Laban (only released on cassette in Mali).
All songs published by World Circuit Music.

Jewel case packaged in an O-card.

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