Includes bibliographical references, discographies, and index.
Introduction to Africa - The Compilation Album -- Pt. I. The Music of Africa. 1. The Political Economy of African Music: 1985-91 -- Pt. II. Anglophone West Africa. 2. Nigeria. 3. Ghana. 4. Sierra Leone. 5. Liberia -- Pt. III. Francophone West Africa. 6. Senegambia. 7. Mali. 8. Guinea. 9. Cote D'Ivoire. 10. Burkina Faso. 11. Togo. 12. Benin. 13. Niger. 14. Chad. 15. Mauritania. 16. Guinea-Bissau. 17. Cape Verde. 18. Cameroon -- Pt. IV. Central Africa. 19. Zaire/Congo. 20. Gabon. 21. Angola. 22. Sao Tome and Principe. 23. Central African Republic. 24. Equatorial Guinea. 25. Rwanda. 26. Burundi -- Pt. V. East Africa. 27. Kenya. 28. Tanzania. 29. Uganda. 30. Ethiopia. 31. Sudan. 32. Somalia. 33. Djibouti. 34. Madagascar. 35. The Islands of the Indian Ocean - Reunion/Seychelles/Mauritius/Comoros -- Pt. VI. Southern Africa. 36. South Africa / Trevor Herman. 37. Zimbabwe. 38. Zambia. 39. Malawi. 40. Mozambique. 41. Namibia. 42. Botswana -- Appendix: Pan-African Productions