Year | Winner | Album | Nominees | Ref. |
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2003 | Jeszcze Raz | Balagane | - la fiesta mondiale de percussion — The Beat
- Cuban Odyssey — Jane Bunnett
- Raphael Geronimo's Rumba Calzada Vol. 3 — Raphael Geronimo
- Hypnotika — Maza Mezé
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2004 | Kiran Ahluwalia | Beyond Boundaries | | |
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2005 | Mighty Popo, Madagascar Slim, Donné Robert, Alpha Yaya Diallo, Adam Solomon, Pa Joe | African Guitar Summit | | |
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2006 | Alex Cuba | Humo De Tabaco | | |
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2007 | Lubo Alexandrov | Kaba Horo | | |
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2008 | Alex Cuba | Agua del Pozo | | |
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2009 | Jayme Stone and Mansa Sissoko | Africa to Appalachia | - The Art of the Early Egyptian Qanun — George Dimitri Sawa
- Cairo to Toronto — Maryem & Ernie Tollar
- Contrabanda — Lubo and Kaba Horo
- Shivaboom — Eccodek
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2010 | Dominic Mancuso | Comfortably Mine | | |
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2011 | Élage Diouf | Aksil | | |
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2012 | Kiran Ahluwalia | Aam Zameen: Common Ground | - From Night to the Edge of Day — Azam Ali
- Afo Gné — Aboulaye Kone and Bolo Kan
- Flores, Tambores e Amores — Aline Morales
- Sleepover — Socalled
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2013 | Lorraine Klaasen | Tribute to Miriam Makeba | | |
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2014 | David Buchbinder & Odessa/Havana | Walk to the Sea | | |
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2015 | Quique Escamilla | 500 Years of Night | | |
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2016 | Boogat | Neo-Reconquista | | |
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2017 | Okavango African Orchestra | Okavango African Orchestra | | |
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2018 | Kobo Town | When the Galleon Sank | | |
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2019 | Wesli | Rapadou Kreyol | | [2] |
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2020 | Djely Tapa | Barokan | | [3] |
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2021 | Okan | Espiral | | [4] |
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