Welcome to Mali is the fifth studio album by Mali

Mali

Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...

 musicians Amadou & Mariam

Amadou & Mariam

Amadou & Mariam are a musical duo from Mali, composed of the couple Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia . The pair, known as "the blind couple from Mali" met at Mali's Institute for the Young Blind, and found they shared an interest in music...

. It was released on Because Music

Because Music

Because Music is an independent record label with headquarters in Paris and London. Because Music was founded in 2006 and has acts on its roster such as Mercury Music Prize nominated Metronomy and electronic duo Justice. Along with actress and songwriter Charlotte Gainsbourg and husband and wife...

 on November 17, 2008 in Europe and was released on Nonesuch Records

Nonesuch Records

Nonesuch Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed by Warner Bros. Records.-Company history:Nonesuch was founded in 1964 by Jac Holzman to produce "fine records at the same price as a trade paperback", which would be half the price of a normal LP...

 on March 24, 2009 in the United States.

Track listing

1. "Sabali"
2. "Ce N'est Pas Bon"
3. "Magosa"
4. "Djama"
5. "Djuru"
6. "Je Te Kiffe" (feat. Juan Rozoff)
7. "Masiteladi" (feat. -M-
   Matthieu Chedid
   Matthieu Chedid is a French rock singer-songwriter and guitar player.-Biography:...
   
   )
8. "Africa" (feat. K'Naan
   K'naan
   K'naan , born Keinan Abdi Warsame in 1978, is a Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist.-Biography:Born in Somalia, K'naan spent his childhood in Mogadishu and lived there during the Somali Civil War, which began in 1991. His aunt, Magool, was one of Somalia's most...
   
   )
9. "Compagnon de la Vie"
10. "Unissons-nous" (feat. Keziah Jones
    Keziah Jones
    Keziah Jones is a Nigerian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He describes his musical style as "Blufunk", which is a fusion between raw blues elements and hard, edgy funk rhythms...
    
    )
11. "Bozos"
12. "I Follow You (Nia Na Fin)"
13. "Welcome to Mali"
14. "Batoma"
15. "Sebeke"
16. "Boula" (hidden track)

Singles

"Sabali," released on 27 October 2008, is the first single from the album. In August 2009, the webzine Pitchfork Media

Pitchfork Media

Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork or P4k, is a Chicago-based daily Internet publication established in 1995 that is devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its focus is on underground and independent music, especially indie rock...

named it the 249th track in their staff list "The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s".

The second single was "Masiteladi."