The Rough Guide To African Disco | ||||
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Compilation album by Various artists | ||||
Released | 15 April 2013 | |||
Genre | World, African pop, disco | |||
Length | 96:56 | |||
Label | World Music Network | |||
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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]