The Rough Guide To African Guitar

This Rough Guide showcases some of Africa's leading lights of the guitar, both past and present, from West African bluesmen Samba Touré and Alhousseini Anivolla to the fingerpicking wizardry of South African maskanda legend Shiyani Ngcobo. An album to inspire and broaden the horizons of any guitar enthusiast that brings to the fore some of Africa's unsung heroes of the guitar who deserve to be heard. A unique collection which brings together some of the most loved styles of African guitar on one LP.

Samba Touré - Alabina / Shiyani Ngcobo - Ngisizeni / Alhousseini Anivolla - Tamiditin / Dilon Djindji - Maria Teresa Syran Mbenza & Ensemble Rumba Kongo - Liwa Ya Franco / Etran Finatawa - Kel Tamasheck / Nuru Kane - Gorée Anansy Cissé - Aïgouna / Koo Nimo - Old Man Plants A Coconut Tree