Sorry for the above. I missed.

Thanks very much to Countess Richard's link to the fRoots article explaining exactly how the expression 'World Music' came about. It's by white middle-class jounalist Ian Anderson who explains what I want to say much better than I could.
It's not all positive, but World Music (or Musique du Monde in neighbourly Paris) is way ahead on points. It sells large quantities of records that you couldn't find for love or money two decades ago. It has let many musicians in quite poor countries get new respect (and houses, cars and food for their families), and it turns out massive audiences for festivals and concerts. It has greatly helped international understanding and provoked cultural exchanges -- people who've found themselves neighbours in the same box have listened to each other and ended up making amazing music together. Oh, and it has allowed a motley bunch of enthusiasts to not yet need to get proper jobs. I call it a Good Thing, and just feel a bit sorry for people with the thinking time on their hands to decide they hate World Music... Lighten up, guys, it's only a box in a record shop.
For less narrow-minded people who may enjoy some different kind of music here's a link the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music (which unusually for a Radio show was on the television). click 'ere There's also a budget-priced CD of the award winners, also recommended. My own favourite from that concert (although I wouldn't presume to tell anyone else out there who to like) was Arto Tuncboyaciyan from the Armenian Navy Band - with extra points for inventive use of a beer bottle!