The Rough Guide to African Disco

The Rough Guide To African Disco
Compilation album by
Various artists
Released15 April 2013
GenreWorld, African pop, disco
Length96:56
LabelWorld Music Network
Full series chronology
The Rough Guide to Arabic Revolution
(2013)
The Rough Guide To African Disco
(2013)
The Rough Guide to Acoustic Africa
(2013)
Complete list

The Rough Guide to African Disco is a world music compilation album originally released in 2013 featuring mainly 1970s and '80s African disco. Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series, the album contains two discs: an overview of the genre on Disc One, and a "bonus" Disc Two highlighting Cameroonian artist Maloko. Disc One features five South African tracks, four Nigerian, two Ghanaian, and one each from Cameroon and France. The release was compiled by Dominic Raymond-Barker and Phil Stanton, co-founder of the World Music Network.[1][2]

  1. ^ World Music Network. "About Us - The WMN Story". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  2. ^ Discogs. "Various – The Rough Guide To African Disco". Discogs. Retrieved 2013-12-22.