Grand Emporium Collection

South African band Azumah, comprised of one woman and four men. They are in traditional clothing and standing in front of two palm trees. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Azumah. For...

Senegalese singer, guitarist, and percussionist Baaba Maal looks forward at the camera in a close-up portrait photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Baaba Maal. Palm Pictures [logo]...

Senegalese singer, guitarist, and percussionist Baaba Maal stands on a city sidewalk and looks off as he places both hands with splayed fingers on a meter. People walk the other way on the sidewalk...

Boukman Eksperyans, a roots music band comprised of ten Haitian men and women, stand in a group in traditional clothing on the steps of what might be a castle and smile directly at the photographer...

Boukman Eksperyans, a roots music band comprised of eleven Haitian men and women, sit on brick walls in a group in traditional clothing and smile directly at the photographer. Printed in the margin...

Four Stars of Zaire, a band comprised of four men from Zaire, who stand together indoors in front of a doorway and smile at the camera.

Four Stars of Zaire, a band comprised of four men from Zaire, who stand together and smile at the camera.

Cuban ska vocalist Laurel Aitken wearing striped suspenders and sunglasses, holds his jacket over his right shoulder and looks to his right. Printed below the photograph in the margin, "Moon SKA New...

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

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

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 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...

O.J. Ekemode and the Nigerian Allstars, a Nigerian Afrobeat ensemble comprised of two women and three men, stand together wearing traditional clothing and holding their instruments. Printed in the...

The Skatalites, a ska band comprised of seven Jamaican men, one Jamaican woman, and one white man, sit and stand in a group. Devon Jarnes sits and holds a saxophone between his legs. Printed in the...

The Skatalites, a ska band comprised of seven Jamaican men, one Jamaican woman, and one white man, stand together under the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. The band member furthest to the right holds a...

The Skatalites, a ska band comprised of seven Jamaican men, one Jamaican woman, and one white man, sit and stand in a group. Devon Jarnes sits and holds a saxophone between his legs. Printed in the...

Soukous singer Tabu Ley Rochereau, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, takes a dance step as he wears his performance costume.

Congolese soukous vocalist Tabu Ley Rochereau smiles from behind a microphone in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Tabu Ley Rochereau. the rosebud agency...

Congolese soukous vocalist Tabu Ley Rochereau stands beside a body of water in front of a tree and looks out over the water in a close-up photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Tabu...

Malian kora player Toumani Diabaté looks up toward the top of the kora he holds on his lap. He wears traditional clothing. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Toumani Diabate. Hannibal...

An unidentified group of six black men in traditional clothing gather together for a photograph. Four stand arm-in-arm grinning at the camera. One man crouches in front and grins at the camera. One...

An unidentified group of four black men sit together and smile at the camera. The man farthest to the left wears a ball cap over a hooded jacket.

An unidentified black male guitarist closes his eyes and tilts his head back as he is performing in a close-up photograph (top). An unidentified black female singer wearing a red dress and a wide...

An unidentified black man stands among leaves of a tree that spill shadows of the leaves on his face and arms in a close-up photograph. He wears a knit cap and sunglasses.

An unidentified black man, wearing a Hawaiian print shirt and wooden bead necklaces, smiles up at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph.