Grand Emporium Collection

Al Brown and Inner Force, a Jamaican reggae band comprised of one woman and five men, pose as a group. The man at the bottom of the group is scanned into the photograph. Printed in the margin below...

Angélique Kiojo, a singer from Benin, stands in front of a wallpapered wall of black ivy as she wears a red headscarf, a tuxedo jacket over a white shirt with red and black geometric shapes printed on...

Beninese vocalist Angelique Kidjo leans against a wall and looks up at the camera. The photograph is shot at a slant. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Angelique Kidjo. Mango Records [logo]...

Beninese vocalist Angelique Kidjo stands in a dance pose and looks slightly sideways at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Angelique Kidjo. Island [logo]." Printed up the right...

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...

Boukman Eksperyans, a roots music band comprised of Haitian men and women, sit in a group in traditional clothing and look directly at the photographer. Printed in the left margin, "boukman eksperyans...

Boukman Eksperyans, a roots music band comprised of Haitian men and women, sit in a group in traditional clothing and look directly at the photographer. Printed in the left margin, "boukman eksperyans...

Boukman Eksperyans, a band of ten Haitian men and women, stand in a group in traditional clothing and smile directly at the photographer. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Boukman...

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...

Itals, a Jamaican reggae vocal group comprised of two men and one woman, stand together and smile at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "[Lion logo]. Itals. ras, Real Authentic...

Jamaican reggae singer Judy Mowatt tucks her hands in fists under her chin and smiles at the camera. She wears a headband of shells and dangle earrings.

Jamaican reggae singer Judy Mowatt leans her head against a tree truck and smiles in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Half of her face is in the shadow of the trunk. Printed in the margin below the...

Mahlathini, a Black South African mbaqanga musician, leans to the right and smiles at the camera as the Mahotella Queens, three Black South African mbaqanga musicians, lean to the left as they sing.

Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens is a South African mbaqanga band of three women and one man. The Mahotella Queens stand behind Mahlathini and point their fingers at this head as everyone laughs...

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 mbaqanga musicians in traditional clothing. The two on the outside look incredulously at the one in the center, who is laughing. Printed 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...

Mia Doi Todd, guitarist and singer of electronic ambient music, stands in a field on the plains and plays an acoustic guitar as she looks seriously at the camera. Printed in the margin below the...

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...

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...

Positive Vibration Band, with Carl Malcolm, is a reggae band comprised of two Jamaican men who stand in the back with their arms crossed, a white man kneeling in the center, and two Jamaican women...

Positive Vibration Band, a reggae band comprised of two Jamaican men sitting on either side of a Jamaican woman. Carl Malcolm sits on the left. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Positive...

Project Iroko, a Cuban band comprised of three women and six men, who stand outside in front of a fence in stage costumes and holding percussion instruments. Printed in the margin below the photograph...