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CD REVIEW Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba: I Speak Fula (Sub Pop/Next Ambiance) USA release date: 2 February 2010 Seems these days you can't read a 2009 top 10 list without tripping over this album. To be sure, I Speak Fula is a superb offering of West African music, centered around the bajno-like hunter's harp known as ngoni . Great percussion, great energy, and guest artists including Vieux Farka Toure, Kassy Mady Diabate, and Toumani [...]