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Tracklist

A1	Prayer By Solomon G. Ilori	0:51
A2	Ife L'Ayo (There Is Happiness In Love)	7:51
A3	Obirin African (Woman Of Africa)	3:22
A4	Love, The Mystery Of	8:03
B1	Ero Ti Nr'ojeje	9:37
B2	Ayiko Ayiko (Welcome, Welcome, My Darling)	9:27
B3	Tobi Ilu	6:24

Credits

• Artwork By [Design] – Reid Miles
• Bass – Ahmed Abdul-Malik
• Bata, Congas – Robert Crowder
• Congas – James Ola Folami
• Congas, Drums [Telegraph Drum], Percussion [Double Gong] – Chief Bey
• Drums [Bambara Drum, Log Drum, Corboro Drum], Percussion [Double Gong] – Montego Joe
• Drums, Timpani, Gong, Drums [Telegraph Drum] – Art Blakey
• Oboe, Flute, Saxophone [Tenor], Horns [Cow Horn], Kalimba – Yusef Lateef
• Percussion [Chekere], Maracas [African Maracas], Congas – Garvin Masseaux
• Photography By – Francis Wolff
• Producer – Alfred Lion
• Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
• Timpani – Curtis Fuller
• Vocals, Whistle [Penny Whistle], Talking Drum – Solomon G. Ilori

Notes

1st original Stereo issue has:
- blue/white deep grooved Blue Note Records Inc - New York Usa labels,
- Stereo and Van Gelder stamped separately in the dead wax, both sides,
- "P" (otherwise wrongly called "ear") for Plastylite plant etched in the trail off, both sides,
- laminated jacket,
- 43 West 61st St., New York 23 address on back cover

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BLP 4097	Art Blakey & The Afro-Drum Ensemble	The African Beat ‎(LP, Mono)	Blue Note	BLP 4097	US	1962
BST 84097	Art Blakey & The Afro-Drum Ensemble	The African Beat ‎(LP)	Blue Note	BST 84097	Unknown
BST 84097 K, BLP-4097 / 84097, 84097	Art Blakey & The Afro-Drum Ensemble	The African Beat ‎(LP, RE)	Blue Note, Blue Note, Blue Note	BST 84097 K, BLP-4097 / 84097, 84097	Germany	Unknown
BST 84097, BLP-4097 / 84097, 84097	Art Blakey & The Afro-Drum Ensemble	The African Beat ‎(LP, RE)	Blue Note, Blue Note, Blue Note	BST 84097, BLP-4097 / 84097, 84097	US	1976
BST 84097-U	Art Blakey & The Afro-Drum Ensemble	The African Beat ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Blue Note	BST 84097-U	France	Unknown