Orchestre Baobab
PIRATE'S CHOICE
(Sénégal)
World Circuit 1989
Franco & Sam Mangwana
ODONGO aka "Co-operation"
(Congo)
Edipop 1982
Fela & Afrika 70
ZOMBIE
(Nigeria)
Celluloid 1985
Issa Bagayogo
SYA
(Mali)
Cobalt 1999
Rokia Traore
WANITA
(Mali)
Label Bleu 2000
Celestine Ukwu &
His Philosophers
GREATEST HITS
(Nigeria)
Timbuktu Records 1997
Balla et ses Balladins
OBJECTIF PERFECTION
(Guinée)
Popular African Music 1993
Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck
DJAM LEELII
(Sénégal)
Rogue Records 1989
Bembeya Jazz
HOMMAGE A DEMBA CAMARA
(Guinée)
Syllart orig: 1972
Mahotella Queens
PARIS/SOWETO
(South Africa)
Celluloid 1988
Ramblers
HIT SOUND OF THE
RAMBLERS DANCE BAND
(Ghana)
Afrodisia 1975
Sam Mangwana
& African All Stars
(I LOVE YOU) MARIA TEBBO
(Congo)
Rogers All Stars 1980
Le Super Cayor et son Salsa Mbalax
SOPENTE
(Sénégal)
Popular African Music 1994-6
Captain Yaba
TINANURE
(Ghana)
Fab Records 1996
Reissued: RetroAfric 2003
Mbilia Bel
& l'Afrisa de Rochereau
ESWI YO WAPI?
(Congo)
Genidia vol. 102 1983
Super Rail Band
NEW DIMENSIONS IN RAIL CULTURE
(Mali) Globestyle 1982
Cheb Khaled
HADA RAYKOUM
(Algeria)
Stern's 1994
Cheick Lô
BAMBAY GUEEJ
(Sénégal)
World Circuit 1999
Le Zagazougou
ZAGAZOUGOU COUP
(Ivory Coast)
Piranha 1993
Remmy Ongalla
NALILIA MWANA
(Tanzania)
WOMAD 1988
Oumou Sangare
OUMOU
(Mali)
World Circuit/Nonesuch 2003
Bana Maquis
LEILA
(Tanzania)
Dakar Sound 1995
Hank Jones
& Cheick Tidiane Seck
SARALA
(Mali)
Phonogram 1995
Orchestra Makassy
AGWAYA
(Tanzania)
Virgin 1982
Reissued: ARC Music, 2005
Hukwe Zawose
THE ART OF HUKWE UBI ZAWOSE
(Tanzania)
JVC 1989
Stella Chiweshe
TALKING MBIRA
(Zimbabwe)
Piranha 2002
Shaba Kahamba
BITUMBA
(Congo)
Karac 1993
Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe
KEDU AMERICA
(Nigeria)
Green Linnet 1996
Super Biton de Segou
AFRO-JAZZ DU MALI
(Mali)
Bolibana 1986
Mahmoud Guinia
MUSIQUE TAGNAWITE
(Morocco)
Casa-Maroc 1992
King Sunny Adé
SYNCHRO SERIES
(Nigeria)
IndigeDisc 2003 orig:1983
Gnonnas Pedro
LA COMPILATION
(Benin)
Ledoux records n.d.
Sweet Talks
HOLLYWOOD HIGHLIFE
PARTY
(Ghana)
Popular African Music orig:1978
Docteur Nico
& l'African Fiesta
L'AFRIQUE DANSE NO 8 "VITA"
(Congo)
Sonodisc orig: 1962-3
Twins Seven Seven
NIGERIAN BEAT
(Nigeria)
King Record Co (Japan)1991
Cheikha Rimitti
NOUAR
(Algeria)
Gafaiti 1999 Sonodisc 2000
Etoile de Dakar
Absa Gueye
(Sénégal)
Popular African Music 1979
Samba Mapangala & Orchestre Virguna
VIRUNGA VOLCANO
(Kenya)
Earthworks 1990
Quatre Etoiles
SANGONINI
(Congo)
Stern's 1993
Mama Sissoko
SOLEIL DE MINUIT
(Mali)
Buda Music 1999
Les Ambassadeurs International
MANDJOU
(Mali)
Celluloid 1984
Djeli Moussa Diawara
SOBINDO
(Guinée)
Celluloid 1994
Thomas Mapfumo
CHIMURENGA SINGLES 76-80
(Zimbabwe)
Earthworks 1984
Gnawa Diffusion
BAB EL OUED KINGSTON
(Algeria)
Musisoft 1999
Les Amazones de Guinée
AU COEUR DE PARIS
(Guinée)
Bolibana 1983
Ahmed Mahmoud
ERE MELA MELA
(Ethiopia)
Crammed Discs 1986;
(reissued as ETHIOPIQUES 7)
Le Grand Kalle
LES PLUS GRANDS SUCCES, VOL 1
(Congo)
Gefraco
Sam Fan Thomas
AFRICAN TYPIC COLLECTION
(Cameroun)
1985
Pamelo Mounka'a
LES PLUS GRANDS SUCCES, VOL 1
(Congo)
Karac 1993
Bhundu Boys
SHED SESSIONS
(Zimbabwe)
Sadsa 2001; orig: 1982-6

TOP TWENTY AFRICAN COMPILATIONS

African Music
(Nigeria)
Phonogram 1983
No Make Palaver
(West Africa)
Heimatklänge vol 6
Piranha 1993
Highlife High-Ups
(Gold Coast)
Night & Day 1996
Origins of Guitar Music
in Southern Congo
& Northern Zambia
Sharp Wood Productions (orig: 1957-8)
Music in my Head
(Senegal)
Stern's 1998
Arabic Groove
(Arabia)
Putumayo 2001
Roots of Rumba Rock 1953-4
(Congo)
Crammed Discs 1991
Muziki wa Dansi
(Tanzania)
Africassette 1995
Nuits de Bamako
(Mali)
Africando orig: 1970-7
Les meilleurs souvenirs de la
1ère biennale artistique et
culturelle de la Jeunesse
(Mali)
Bärenreiter-Musicaphon 1970
The Indestructible Beat
of Soweto
Zulu Jive vol 2
Earthworks 1985
Merveilles du Passé
Musique Congolo-Zairoise Vol III
(Congo)
Sonodisc orig: 1966-71
Their Thing
(Sénégal)
Dakar Sound 4 (1979-81)
Mali Music/Legendary Bands
of Mali
(Mali)
Stern's 1988
Rai Rebels
(Algeria)
Earthworks
Soul of Angola
(Angola)
Lusafrica 2001 (1965-75)
Special Xème Festival National
(Guinée)
Syliphone SLP 50
Ngoma:
Souvenir ya l'indépendance
(Congo)
Popular African Music 1997
(1958-61)
Escale au Senegal
Afro Dance music 103
Africa Dances
Original Music 1988

TOP TEN AFRICAN FOLKLORIC COMPILATIONS

Valiha Madagascar
(Madagascar)
OCORA 18 1963
Musique Gbaya: Chants à Penser
Central African Republic
OCORA 1977
Masques Dan
(Ivory Coast)
OCORA 1965-7
Zaire: Musiques Urbaines à Kinshasa
(Congo)
OCORA 1987
Mozambique One
Globestyle 1994
Heart of the Forest
Baka of Cameroun
Hannibal 1993
Congo: Cérémonie du Bobé
(Congo)
OCORA 1990
Burundi: Music from the Heart
of Africa
Nonesuch Explorer 1974
Maroc: Moyen Atlas
Musique sacrée et profane
OCORA 1989
Centrafrique: Anthologie de la
Musique des Pygmées Aka
OCORA 1987