• David Robbins
• Engineer

• Keith Nelson
• Mixing

• Mike Nielsen
• Vocals (Background), Producer, Engineer

• Guy N'Sangue
• Bass

• Vini Reilly
• Guitar, Vocals, Producer, Engineer, Programming

• Suso Saiz
• Treatments, Ambience

• Walter E. Sear
• Theremin, Moog Synthesizer

• Filipe Mukenga
• Guitar (Acoustic), Reco-Reco, Vocals

• Chris Franck
• Bass, Guitar, Vocals (Background)

• Teresa Salgueiro
• Vocals

• D. Sardy
• Mixing

• Pato
• Tamborim

• Carlos "Bala" Gomes
• Flute, Saxophone, Vocals, Percussion

• Awa Maïga
• Vocals (Background)

• José Peixoto
• Guitar (Classical)

• Paulo Braganca
• Vocals, Vocal Arrangement, Producer

• DJ Soul Slinger
• Engineer, Remixing

• Luis Silva
• Percussion, Saxophone, Vocals

• Vinicius Cantuaria
• Guitar, Producer, Engineer, Keyboards

• Sarah Bedingham
• Engineer

• Moreno Veloso
• Pandeiro

• Carlos Maria Trindade
• Synthesizer, Producer, Keyboards, Programming

• Gustavo Di Dalva
• Conga, Caxixi, Djembe, Pandeiro, Caixa

• Ben Hillier
• Mixing

• Tom Capone
• Engineer, Mixing

• Zé Luiz
• Vocals (Background)

• Ivo Meirelles
• Producer

• Dari Moraes
• Percussion, Drums, Guitar (Electric)

• Jean-Loup Morette
• Engineer

• DJ T. Ricciardi
• Keyboards, Sampling, Remixing, Programming

• Smoke City
• Producer

• Tião
• Repique

• Waltinho
• Percussion

• Matt Butler
• Engineer

• Mussum
• Percussion, Tamborim

• Lanterna
• Keyboards

• Arnaldo Antunes
• Vocals

• António Chaínho
• Guitar

• Silvano Michelino
• Percussion

• Fernando Judice
• Guitar (Acoustic)

• Richard Abbondante
• Engineer, Mixing

• Maximiliano Bacchin
• Assistant Engineer

• Jorge Barata
• Engineer, Mixing

• Matt Gold
• Mixing

• Camane
• Vocals (Background)

• Nilza Costa
• Vocals (Background)

• Joáo Pedro de Castro
• Engineer

• Sadjo Djolo Koiate
• Kora

• Naiushin Ferreira Lima
• Vocals (Background)

• N'Gaffa
• Vocals (Background)

• N'Sheriff
• Bass, Puita

• Ruca Rebordao
• Vocals, Ganza

• Tété Alhinho
• Percussion, Vocals

• Elísio Faria
• Percussion, Vocals, Djembe, Conga

• Dadi
• Bass

• Rodrigo Vidal
• Engineer

• Marc-Bryan Brown
• Programming, Vocals (Background)

• Carlos Chiemba
• Bass

• Betinho Feijo
• Guitar (Acoustic)

• Lito Graca
• Drums, Hungu, Vocals (Background)

• Lura
• Vocals

• Phil Hartley
• Bassoon

• Nina Miranda
• Vocals

• Carlo Morena
• Piano

• Zaba Moreau
• Keyboards

• Rui Da Silva
• Engineer, Remixing

• Valter Barbosa
• Engineer

• Cara
• Programming

• Castora
• Percussion

• Miguel Guia
• Guitar, Programming, Sampling, Keyboards

• Gilson Alves
• Vocals (Background)

• Joe Fossard
• Engineer

• Philippe Gues
• Keyboards

• Sha Rakotofiringa
• Vocals (Background)

• Paulinho Soares
• Vocals (Background)

• Marisa Monte
• Vocals

• Bonga
• Vocals, Dikanza

• Arto Lindsay
• Vocals, Mixing

• Jacques Bolognesi
• Trombone

• Carlinhos Brown
• Percussion, Vocals

• Antonio Carmona
• Vocals, Clapping

• Jose Miguel Carmona
• Guitar, Vocals (Background), Clapping

• Juan Carmona
• Guitar, Clapping, Vocals (Background)

• Greg Cohen
• String Arrangements

• Jose DaSilva
• Producer

• Assitan Dembele
• Vocals (Background)

• Patrick Dillett
• Mixing

• Mark Feldman
• Violin

• Dave Fischer
• Mixing

• Erik Friedlander
• Cello

• Melvin Gibbs
• Bass

• Charlie Giordano
• Accordion

• Alain Hatot
• Saxophone

• Danny Kopelson
• Mixing

• k.d. lang
• Vocals

• Tim Latham
• Mixing

• Andres Levin
• Programming, Engineer, Wurlitzer, Producer

• Alcione
• Tamborim

• Djavan
• Vocals

• Caetano Veloso
• Strings, Vocals

• David Byrne
• Dobro, Guitar (Electric), Vocals, Producer