Rough Guide to Nigeria & Ghana

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 4, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: World Music Network
• ASIN: B00005Y48M
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #148,065 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #12 in Music > World Music > Africa > Ghana
  • #43 in Music > World Music > Africa > Nigeria
  • #83 in Music > Indie Music > World Music > Africa

Track Listings

1. Okin Omo Ni (The King of the Children)

2. Maajo

3. Funky Hi-Life

4. Asiko

5. Neribalankina

6. Fuji Shuffle

7. Bra Ohoho

8. Joromi/Monkey Yanga

9. Day By Day

10. Matutu Mirika

11. Oyolima

12. Fakye Me

13. Baawo

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Collection, May 19, 2004

By 

Patrick Schubert (Santa Ana, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rough Guide to Nigeria & Ghana (Audio CD)

No single CD can adequately represent the abundance and diversity of artists and musical styles that have emerged from Nigeria over the past fourty-plus years. However, if you are curious about Highlife, Juju, Fuji, Afrofunk, etc. (or African music in general), this compilation is for you. The Rough Guides, in general, are well-researched, informative and nicely packaged and help listeners to further explore the artists featured on their collections. There are some glaring omissions, however. Fela Kuti is not represented, but luckily his longtime drummer Tony Allen is on the excellent "Asiko". Also, Juju pioneer Chief Commander Ebineezer Obey is missing in action. So is Prince Nico. But as I said, the music of Nigeria is so vast, that it is inevitable that many deserving artists will be left out.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great dance music of a bygone era, April 23, 2006

By 

Robert Reid (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rough Guide to Nigeria & Ghana (Audio CD)

If I ever had to entertain guests who didn't speak a common language with me, one of the first things i'd think of doing would be to play this CD.

This is one of the grooviest and funkiest records out there, assimilating African rhythms, blaring horns, and waa pedals into the form of Afrobeat, Highlife, and Fuji music.

I liked this record so much that it inspired a trip to Ghana. But this is really the music of a bygone era- good luck finding *any* of the tracks or bands on this CD anywhere else- even in Ghana! I couldn't even find a record by the 'king of highlife', ET Mensah, on Amazon. Economic and political circumstances forced most of these musicians abroad, and those highlife musicians that do remain in Ghana play unpaid gigs in gospel churches (which are dance halls in their own right).

To best appreciate this record, you've got to play it at high volume. Some highlights include "Funky Hi-Life," "Maa Jo," and "Joromi."