So, I live in the middle of whiteboy American hell. While I get to NYC
occassionally, it's never enough to feed my African music jones.

Anybody have any particular recommendations (besides the mega-amazon-
nightmares) for good African/Caribbean music (and other goodies)? There
are a few places floating around the web, but I've had mixed experiences
with order fulfillment, etc.

Thanks in advance --

I see you are in Florida.,. Are you looking in this area or New York... We have a few New Yorkers on board I'm sure they'll be more than happy to list a few places for you......

Actually, I was hoping to find out if anyone has a preferred mail-order vendor. My experience has been that those sites which list spectacular catalogs often don't actually have the titles they list (the ol' "out of stock indefinitely" letdown), and that those sites that are very reliable in delivery have limited selections.

Does anyone have an e-favorite e-shop?

http://www.panafricanallstars.com

or by phone, call Simba Music at 301-445-1670

for Ethiopian music, call Ethio-Sound at 202-232-0076

Hello,

look to the african music webshop http://www.kizomba.eu . It contains a big range of CDs and DVDs from Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, São Tomé, Mozambique, Congo, ...

I sell all styles from these countries modern to traditional (Kwassa, Kizomba, Zouk, Semba, Gumbe, Kuduro, Funana, Coladera, Morna, Soukuss,... ) . The site contain many sound samples and also video samples.

Hope you like it.

This is what you need:

http://soukous.org/shop.htm

If you think I am missing anything, let me know.