In Algeria, cultures of city dwellers and Arabic speakers, Amazigh villagers and Saharan oases, Al-Andalus and French colonials meet, separate and recombine. Ifrikya Spirit stakes its expansive musical tent where West African instruments are welcomed and enjoined with global sensibilities.Eclectic and elemental, Ifrikya Spirit is "a stand-out with a unique sound at the melting point of new composition and instrumental abundance, with messages of peace and inter-African solidarity, all rooted in the rituals of the diwan." (Algerie Presse Service)