Mothers Day is May 12. We jump the gun on the celebration with songs about mothers, motherhood, and women who get the job done.

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Hour 1
Angélique Kidjo – Baila Yemaya – Celia

Damakase – Mother’s Love – Gunfan Yellem!

Afro Celt Sound System – Mother – AnaTomic

Prince Nico Mbarga & Rocafil Jazz International – Sweet Mother (feat. Rocafill Jazz International) – The Best Of Music And Rhythm

Candido,oyeoba – my mother – Adura Power

Fortuna – Ay Madre! – Mediterrâneo

Teacher Jekyll – Bless the Mothers – Mercado

Fatoumata Diawara – Mama – Fenfo (Something to Say)

Chinbat Bassankhuu – My Mother – The Art of the Mongolian Yatga

Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi – Di Mekhuteneste (The Mother In Law) – Absolutely Klezmer, Vol. 2

Warsaw Village Band – At My Mother’s – People’s Spring

Galina Durmushliyska – Kalyo’s Mother Says – The Enchanting Voice of Bulgaria

Razia – Omama – Zebu Nation

Zap Mama – The Mamas of the Mamas (Les Mama Des Mamas) – Sabsylma

Hour 2
Sonia Aimy – Light My Way Mother – Nigerian Spirit

Sidney Bean – Mothers of Today – Bermuda: Gombey & Calypso 1953-1960

Narasirato Pan Pipers – Nikia (My Mother) – Naratana Hione – Cry Of The Ancestors

Lala Njava – Hasosora – Malagasy Blues Song

Taraf de Haïdouks – Mother, My Little Mama – Of Lovers, Gamblers & Parachute Skirts

Hanggai – My Mother – Baifang

Milli Janatková Quartet – My Dear Mother – To My Roots

Sia Tolno – Mama – African Woman

Invisible System – Ebah (Proud Mothers) – Invisible System in Mali

Sibusile Xaba – Sibongile : Tribute to the Mother (Reprise) – Open Letter to Adoniah

Oumou Sangaré – Iyo Djeli – Seya