Biltong & Mandazis
by 
Hayden 
Afrobeat, mande, tizita, songhai, tishoumaren, soukous, blues, morna, wolof, juju, highlife, jazz, marabi, kizomba, gumbe, disco, mbalax, synthpop, wassoulou, zamrock, nubian, hiplife, choral, coladeira, funk, tassu, bikutsi, makossa, gnawa, tuareg, yoruba, biltong, mandazis.
1 album per artist (not going to have 30 Fela albums on here no matter how much they deserve it). No particular order.
- Chart updated: 11/22/2025 06:45
- (Created: 04/08/2014 14:54).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Total albums: 12. Page 1 of 2
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Biltong & Mandazis composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 3 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 5 | 5% | |
| 1970s | 29 | 29% | |
| 1980s | 9 | 9% | |
| 1990s | 6 | 6% | |
| 2000s | 10 | 10% | |
| 2010s | 21 | 21% | |
| 2020s | 15 | 15% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Various Artists | 3 | 3% | |
| Francis The Great | 1 | 1% | |
| Orlando Julius With The Heliocentrics | 1 | 1% | |
| Rakotozafy | 1 | 1% | |
| Dudu Pukwana & Spear | 1 | 1% | |
| De Frank Kakra | 1 | 1% | |
| Abdel Gadir Salim | 1 | 1% | |
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12 | 12% | |
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8 | 8% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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Biltong & Mandazis chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 8 from 68th to 60thFangate Djangele Et Djanfa Magni by Tidiani Kone Et Le T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou - Benin |
| Up 5 from 79th to 74thUseza by Chaka Chawasarira |
| Up 5 from 47th to 42ndDagara: Gyil Music Of Ghana's Upper West Region by Dagar Gyil Ensemble Of Lawra |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 64 from 30th to 94thHedzoleh by Hedzoleh |
| Down 24 from 33rd to 57thأعوار [Ahwar] by ندى الشاذلي [Nadah El Shazly] |
| Down 24 from 34th to 58thZoona Malawi by Gasper Nali |
| New entries |
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| Born In The Night by Kapingbdi |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 11/28/2025 00:00 | BorderFreeAndrew | 103 | 81/100 |
| ! | 11/27/2025 18:35 | Weepingguitarman | 43 | 95/100 |
| ! | 11/27/2025 12:09 |  LedZep | 1,104 | 84/100 |
| ! | 10/07/2021 09:23 |  Purplepash | 1,693 | 88/100 |
| ! | 02/21/2020 22:23 |  Jameth | 47 | 96/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 1% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 93.5/100, a mean average of 97.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 97.1/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 4.2.
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From Jameth 05/18/2019 17:58 | #236422
Jameth 05/18/2019 17:58 | #236422
If you don’t already know, John Phillips’ album is supposedly being reissued by Strawberry Rain Music sometime this year. I can’t find confirmation for this, though I did send them an email today to find out if it was true and what the media would be.
My recs for Mamady would be “Mamady Keïta & Sewa Kan: Live at Couleur Café” and “Mamady Keïta & Famoudou Konaté”. This first is with his touring band Sewa Kan, and the other is a barebones djembe dialogue (with dunun). It’s listed on iTunes under Konaté. Keïta is a killer djembeföla.
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From Jameth 05/18/2019 07:29 | #236403
Jameth 05/18/2019 07:29 | #236403
Thanks for introducing me to Rokia Traoré and John Phillips. More to come, I’m sure, when I’m done moving. This is one of the very best charts I’ve found on this site, certainly the best for African music. Any chance you’ll make a 101-200 follow-up? Have you listened to Mamady Keïta??
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SuedeSwede 07/21/2017 18:33 | #194749
SuedeSwede 07/21/2017 18:33 | #194749
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HoldenM 01/07/2016 23:10 | #156086
HoldenM 01/07/2016 23:10 | #156086
Will be referring back to this.
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Grzywa 01/07/2016 17:04 | #156066
Grzywa 01/07/2016 17:04 | #156066
Great job ! I'll definitely try out some of these.
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From 
travelful 06/14/2015 16:01 | #143803
travelful 06/14/2015 16:01 | #143803
This chart is amazing! This will definitely come in handy when I start listening to foreign music from what I normally listen too!
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pa 06/01/2014 20:43 | #113495
pa 06/01/2014 20:43 | #113495
great! you have also fabrizio de andrè..so nice chart dude!
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Patman360 05/06/2014 17:27 | #110975
Patman360 05/06/2014 17:27 | #110975
This is great, so much to check out and what I'm familiar with is generally great, working on my own world charts so this'll help out, that 'El Inca' album from Bolivia looks particularly interesting, got obsessed with Bolivian music awhile back...
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