Grand Emporium Collection

The Mahotella Queens are three black South African female mbaqanga musicians in traditional clothing, dance on the Grand Emporium stage performing for an audience whose backs of their heads are in the...

Nigerian reggae vocalist and guitarist Majek Fashek lifts his chin to sing and play guitar behind a microphone. He wears a vest with no shirt. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Majek Fashek...

Percussionist Mamadou Diabate from Burkina Faso, West African, wearing traditional clothing while holding a guitar as he sits behind different sizes of hand drums and beside a balafon.

Cameroonian jazz saxophonist Manu DiBango leans his back on a wall as he plays a saxophone. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Manu DiBango. Giant [logo]. WB [logo]. c1994 Giant Records...

Cameroonian jazz saxophonist Manu DiBango leans his left side against a wall, looking down, as he wears sunglasses and a dark business suit. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Manu DiBango...

Afro-Cuban jazz flute player Maraca leans against a vintage car wearing a light-colored, double-breasted suit, and playing a flute as he looks up at the camera. Printed in the margin below the...

The Meditations, a reggae band comprised of three Jamaican men, lean back on a railing and smile at the camera. A palm tree trunk decorated with electric lighting is behind them. Printed in the margin...

Meditations, a Jamaican reggae band comprised of six Black men who hold their instruments and mug for the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Meditations. Bookings by Fast Lane...

The Meditations, a Jamaican reggae band comprised of three Black men who stand outside by stairways up to urban buildings. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "The Meditations. Easy Star...

A guitarist with Four Stars of Zaire wearing traditional clothing, smiles as he plays a guitar.

Michael Rose, a Jamaican reggae singer, looks seriously to the left at the camera as he lays his hands palm-to-palm in front of him. His hair is wrapped as a turban around his head. Printed in the...

Michael Rose, a Jamaican reggae singer, looks seriously to the left at the camera as he lays his hands palm-to-palm in front of him. His hair is wrapped as a turban around his head. Printed in the...

Mighty Diamonds, a Jamaican reggae trio, walk down a sidewalk possibly in a park. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Mighty Diamonds. For Bookings Contact: Fast Lane Productions, 4590 Mac...

Moja Nya, a reggae group comprised of four Black men, stand together all wearing open, light-colored business jackets with no shirt underneath. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Moja Nya...

Mongoose, a band of six Black, possibly African, men stand outside on stairs, one band member of each step, in front of palm trees. They wear traditional clothing. Printed in the margin below the...

Mongoose, a band of six Black, possibly African, men stand outside among palm trees wearing traditional clothing.

Morgan Heritage, a roots and reggae band comprised of Jamaican men and women, stand or squat among the trunks of trees; some that have been carved with initials, some with peeling bark. Printed in the...

Jamaican reggae singer Mutabaruka looks off to the right in a very close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Mutabaruka. Shanachie Recording Artist."

Jamaican reggae singer Mutabaruka sits straddling a railing with his elbows resting on his legs and his fingers intertwined as he looks seriously at the camera. Printed in the margin below the...

Mystic Revealers, a Jamaican reggae band comprised of four men, squat or stand by a tree-lined river and look at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Mystic Vibrations. P.O. Box...

Mystic Revealers, a Jamaican reggae band comprised of seven men, sit in a group and look at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "mystic Revealers." A printed label attached to the...

Nasio, reggae singer from the Commonwealth of Dominica, plays a guitar as he sits and looks off to the right. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Nasio. Aphelion Productions Inc., 451 W. 37th...

New Flavor, a Hawaiian reggae duo of an African American man and a Hawaiian man, stand on a path to a forest and look back at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "New Flavor. Ruff...

New Flavor Reggae, are a Hawaiian reggae duo comprised of an African American man and a Hawaiian man. One crouches and the other bends forward to have their photograph taken with a group of three...

Nigerian Afrobeat saxophonist O.J. Ekemode leans a tenor saxophone on his left shoulder as he wears traditional clothing and cap. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "O.J. Ekemode. Fast Lane...