Credits
Guitar on track 17, Mamadiyo, is credited to Jean Pipe. Other versions credit Jean-Pierre Alarcen but doesn't list that name in his ANV.
Arranged By – Jacky Arconte (tracks: 1 to 3), JC Boaventure* (tracks: 1 to 3, 7 to 10), Roger Dru (tracks: 7 to 10), Touré Kunda (tracks: 1 to 3, 7 to 13)
Art Direction – Patrick Dillon*
Backing Vocals – Seynabou Diop (tracks: 18)
Bass – Chico Dru* (tracks: 1 to 3, 17), Roger Dru (tracks: 11 to 13), Roger Chico Dru* (tracks: 18)
Cowbell, Percussion – Foday Musa Suso (tracks: 14 to 16)
Directed By – Olivier Hollard (tracks: 18)
Directed By [Assisted By], Engineer [Recording] – Michel Coustillas (tracks: 18)
Drums – Denis Hekimian (tracks: 1 to 3), Michel Abihssira (tracks: 11 to 16, 18)
Engineer [Assistant] – Joelle Bauer (tracks: 14 to 16)
Engineer, Mixed By – Manuguiot* (tracks: 17)
Flute – Loy* (tracks: 4 to 6)
Guitar – Jacky Arconte (tracks: 1 to 3), JC Boaventure* (tracks: 14 to 16), Nicky Skopelitis (tracks: 14 to 16), Roger Chico Dru* (tracks: 14 to 16)
Guitar, Synthesizer – JC Boaventure* (tracks: 11 to 13, 18)
Keyboards – JC Boaventure* (tracks: 1 to 3)
Keyboards, Flute – Loy Ehrlich (tracks: 18)
Kora, Talking Drum – Aiyb Dieng Chaten* (tracks: 14 to 16)
Lead Vocals, Percussion – Ismaila Touré (tracks: 18), Ousmane Touré (tracks: 18), Sixu Tidiane Touré (tracks: 18)
Liner Notes – Brooke Wentz
Mixed By – Claude Sahakian (tracks: 18), Hervé Marignac (tracks: 18), Touré Kunda Brothers* (tracks: 18)
Organ – Jean Claude Naimio* (tracks: 17)
Percussion – Ismaila Touré (tracks: 17), Ousmane Touré (tracks: 17), Sixu Tidiane Touré (tracks: 17), Touré Kunda (tracks: 1 to 3, 11 to 13)
Piano – Alain Ehrlich* (tracks: 14 to 16), Samson Coustillas (tracks: 11 to 13)
Piano, Recorded By, Mixed By – Michel Coustillas (tracks: 11 to 13)
Producer – A. Vauge* (tracks: 1 to 3), Bill Laswell (tracks: 14 to 16), JC Boaventure* (tracks: 17), Michel Abihssira (tracks: 17), Olivier Hollard (tracks: 4 to 6, 11 to 13), Roger Chico Dru* (tracks: 17), Touré Kunda (tracks: 1 to 3, 7 to 10, 18)
Programmed By – Frédérick Rousseau (tracks: 14 to 16), Olivier Bloch-Lainé (tracks: 14 to 16)
Recorded By – Georges Crespin* (tracks: 7 to 10)
Recorded By, Mixed By – JC Boaventure* (tracks: 11 to 13), Michael Coustillas* (tracks: 4 to 6), Robert Musso (tracks: 14 to 16)
Saxophone – Ben Benlinga* (tracks: 14 to 16), Michel Billiez (tracks: 11 to 16)
Sitar, Recorded By, Mixed By – JC Boaventure* (tracks: 4 to 6)
Synthesizer – Bernie Worrell (tracks: 14 to 16), Gils Tynaire* (tracks: 17)
Trombone – Lionel Jouot (tracks: 14 to 16)
Trumpet – Christian Martinez (tracks: 14 to 16)
Vocals – Nabou Diop* (tracks: 14 to 16), Touré Kunda (tracks: 17)
Vocals, Percussion – Ismaila Touré (tracks: 14 to 16), Ousmane Touré (tracks: 14 to 16), Sixu Tidiane Touré (tracks: 14 to 16)
Vocals, Percussion, Guitar – Ismaila Touré (tracks: 4 to 6), Ousmane Touré (tracks: 4 to 6), Sixu Toure* (tracks: 4 to 6)
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Restless Records
Copyright © – Restless Records
Copyright © – Metrotone Records, Ltd.
Glass Mastered At – Nimbus, Virginia
Recorded At – Le Nouveau Studio
Recorded At – Studio Du Manoir
Mixed At – Studio Du Manoir
Recorded At – Studio CBE
Recorded At – Studio Plus XXX
Mixed At – Studio Plus XXX
Label:
Restless Records – 7 72664-2, Metrotone Records, Ltd.
