We jump over the Straits of Gibraltar into Morocco with Dystinct's Ya baba, sung in Maghrebi Arabic (he is Belgian but nevermind) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX_TaoV6azw
Next we are in Senegal with Toumani Diabaté and Sidiki Diabaté performing Jarabi. They're not singing but it was too good to leave out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cLAwAOi-hA
Another kora player who does sing is Mory Kanté from Guinea. Yé ké yé ké is sung in Mandinka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7fpLeTdxPA
I almost wish I could have ended with this as I like it a lot. We're in Côte d'Ivoire now and Alpha Blondy sings Brigadier Sabari, also known as Opération Coup De Poing, in Dyula and French https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvWZ0CBN7WM
But we still go on, to Congo with Zap Mama's Marie-Josée which is sung in Kituba and French https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0gt35ZWaeI
We end in South-Africa, with a final song by Miriam Makeba, Pata Pata, which I think everybody will know, it is famous. It's sung isiXhosa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8qPHnfm0-I