tracks 10 backing vocals Alima Toure
tracks 9, 10 backing vocals Nabintou Diakite
tracks 9 backing vocals Oumou Sinaroyo
tracks 1, 2, 3 balafon [balo] Bouraima Kouyaté
tracks 4, 5 balafon [balo] Lansiné Kouyaté
tracks 6 balafon [balo] Lansiné Kouyaté
tracks 7, 8 balafon [balo] Sama Diabaté
tracks 9 bass Ahmadou Ba Guindo
tracks 10 bass Alou Ouattara
cover [cover art] Franz Aumüller
tracks 10 djembe Ibrahima Sarr
tracks 7, 8 djembe, drum [dundun] Modibo Diabaté
edited by Christian Scholze
edited by Jean Trouillet
edited by [in cooperation with] Jan Reichow
tracks 7, 8 fiddle [soukou] Zoumana Teréka
graphics Roland Kopp
graphics Witold Riedl
tracks 9, 10 guitar Boubacar Diallo
tracks 2, 3 kora Ballaké Sissoko
tracks 5 kora Djeli Moussa Diawara
tracks 1 kora Sidiki Diabaté
tracks 1 kora Toumani Diabaté
liner notes Barbara Wrenger
liner notes [translated by] Barbara Wrenger
liner notes [translated by] Pauline Cumbers
mastered by [digitally pre-mastered], mastered by Christian Scholze
mastered by [digitally pre-mastered], mastered by Radu Marinescu
tracks 9, 10 ngoni [kamélé ngoni] Brehima Diakite
tracks 7, 8 ngoni [kamélé ngoni] Harouna Samake
tracks 10 percussion Massambou Wele Diallo
photography by Africolors
photography by Banning Eyre
photography by Christien Jaspars
photography by Ian A. Anderson
tracks 1 recorded by [ideal sound recorders] David Kenny
tracks 10 recorded by [lunar park studios] John Hadden
tracks 7, 8 recorded by [sound studio n] Martin Frobeen
recorded by [studio jbz] Houon Pierre
tracks 4, 5, 6 recorded by [wdr funkhaus, köln] François Eckert
tracks 2, 3 recorded by [wdr funkhaus, köln] Martin Frobeen
tracks 9, 10 violin Aliou Traore
tracks 5 vocals Djeli Moussa Diawara
tracks 7, 8 vocals Harouna Samake
tracks 7, 8 vocals Harouna Samake
tracks 1, 2, 3 vocals Kandia Kouyaté
tracks 4, 5 vocals Mah Damba
tracks 9, 10 vocals Oumou Sangare
tracks 7, 8 vocals Sali Sidibe
Mastered At Liquid Gold Mastering-Studios
Glass Mastered At P+O Pallas
Copyright (c) Network Medien GmbH
Phonographic Copyright (p) Network Medien GmbH
Recorded At Ideal Sound Recorders
Recorded At Sound Studio N
Recorded At WDR Funkhaus, Köln
Recorded At Studio JBZ
Recorded At Lunar Park Studios
Barcode: 7 85965 11202 8 (Text)
Matrix / Runout: 28301 P+O-34824-A2 09-97
Rights Society: GEMA
Label Code: LC 6759