"Africa Speaks is breathtaking in terms of energy and scope of vision. Here, the Santana band are - more than at any time since the mid-'70s run of Caravanserai, Welcome, Lotus, and Borboletta - a rangy, intense, restless, and musically hungry outfit aware of their potential. Africa Speaks is the surprise of 2019, the album Carlos has been desiring to make for decades but was unable to given contract restrictions - Concord offered complete artistic freedom. He, Buika, and the Santana band made the most of it".