"Nation Shall Not Make War Upon Nation" His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I speaks on the 25th anniversary of Ethiopia's victory over fascism.

Chuck Foster finds a single-riddim album he can love: None A Jah Jah Children; goes on to spin Morgan Heritage Family and Friends Vol. 3, Ska Almighty, and the latest from Capleton, Paul Elliott, Chrisinti, Fiona, Kashief Lindo and Earl Zero.

Finland's Varttina and Hawaii's Keola Beamer tap the elemental forces of nature; anthologies of Toots and the Maytals, Ghanaian highlife and early accordion recordings appear; Oliver Mtukudzi and Hukwe Zawose's new releases are discussed.

Mr. Music finds similarities between the proto-disco '70s style of the hustle and Cuba's Manolin, "El Medico de la Salsa." Papa Noel and Papi Oviedo, Ze Manel, Africa Raps and Champeta Criolla Vol. 2 take a turn on the dance floor.

Carter Van Pelt details the career of the seminal Leroy Sibbles, and his huge contribution to the development of Jamaican music. Besides anchoring the Heptones vocal trio, Sibbles participated in the recordings of many of reggae's brightest stars.

Manolin's Jaque Mate, Orlando "Maraca" Valle's Tremenda Rumba, Los Soneros del Barrio, Frankie Morales, Francisco Aguabella and the Gotan Project heat up the night.

Martin Sinnock reviews Effrakata, the latest from Koffi Olomide, Congolese music's larger-than-life superstar; plus new recordings from Madilu System, Mbilia Bel and Delta Force de Pepe Kalle. Two new photography books documenting life in Kinshasa from historical times to the present are examined.

Bobby Digital's best-of, Flag Flown High, Junior Kelly, Born Jamericans, Chukki Star and a fistful of dancehall compilations.

Stephen Davis dreams of Jajouka and the Baraka Festival. Big Men: Rai Meets Reggae, produced by Martin Meissonnier, merges Jamaican and Algerian music and voices; Rachid Taha kicks out a live set.

Emeline Michel, the Queen of Haitian Song, releases a selection from her first four albums; Haitian Troubadours pay tribute to the unplugged origins of compas. Georgie Jacquet and Frantz Dorville are at work mining the zouk veins, while recordings by small island bands from St. Lucia, St. Kitts, U.S Virgin Islands and the Bahamas make their way to Brian Dring's ears. Chutney soca steams in from Guyana's Terry Gajraj and the Supertones Band.

Steve Heilig leads off with biographies of bizarre pioneering rock/pop icons Vivian Stanshall and Captain Beefheart from the golden age of the hippies, then goes dubwise with Augustus Pablo, the Skatalites, Linval Thompson and Augustus Clarke; touches on Rough Guides to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Bollywood, Afro-Peru, Haiti, Nigeria and Ghana.

Reissues and remixes are the order of the day, with Sounds from the Verve Hi-Fi, Walter Wanderley's Cheganca, Stan Getz Plays Jobim, and an early Bebel Gilberto effort newly available. Suba's Tributo and Lampironicos mark the cutting edge.

Refugee Voices: Building Bridges by Ron Sakolsky

Macaco, Rumbo Submarino, and Lokua Kanza, Toyebi Te, by Jacob Edgar

The Groove Corporation Presents, Remixes from the Elephant House, by Robert Nelson