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Andrew Tosh

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Andrew Tosh, a Jamaican singer, stands and sings into a microphone as he wears a light colored cap slanted to one side, a light colored jacket with...

Date Published
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Andrew Tosh

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Andrew Tosh, a Jamaican singer, sings into a microphone as he wears a hat. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Andrew Tosh. Artist...

Date Published
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Angélique Kidjo

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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...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Angelique Kidjo

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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...

Date Published
1991
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Angelique Kidjo

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Beninese vocalist Angelique Kidjo stands in a dance pose and looks slightly sideways at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

Date Published
1991
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Anthony B

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Jamaican DJ Anthony B in a close-up head-shot photograph where he crosses his arms over his chin to hold each shoulder. His head is wrapped in white...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Aswah Greggori

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Jamaican reggae musician Aswah Greggory, wearing a military-type jacket, looks seriously at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Aswah Greggori

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Jamaican reggae musician Aswah Greggory, folds his left hand under his chin and looks seriously slightly to his right. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Baaba Maal

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Baaba Maal, a Senegalese singer, guitar player, and percussionist, who sings mostly in the language of Pulaar, looks to his left and holds eyeglasses...

Date Published
2000
2001
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Baaba Maal

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Baaba Maal, a Senegalese singer, guitar player, and percussionist, who sings mostly in the language of Pulaar, raises his hands toward the camera with...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Baaba Maal

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Baaba Maal, a Senegalese singer, guitar player, and percussionist, who sings mostly in the language of Pulaar, laughs as he hugs his left shoulder. He...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Baaba Maal

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

Date Published
1998
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Baaba Maal

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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...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Buju Banton

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Jamaican reggae musician Buju Banton laughs as he leans against a post with pressed tin tiles attached. His face is partially obscured by the post...

Date Published
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Buju Banton

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Jamaican reggae musician Buju Banton looks up through his hair at the photographer. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "photo by Piper...

Date Published
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Burning Spear

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Jamaican reggae singer Burning Spear looks down with his mouth open to sing in a head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

Date Published
1986
1988
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe

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Nigerian singer Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe rests his head on his hand and smiles at the camera. He wears traditional clothing. Printed in the margin...

Date Published
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Coco Tea

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Coco Tea, a Jamaican reggae singer, smiles at the camera in a close-up photograph. He wears a leather hat with a woven brim and a leather jacket with...

Date Published
1998
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Culture

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Culture is a Jamaican reggae band comprised of three men. One member holds forth a quartz crystal with his right hand and holds a carved walking stick...

Date Published
1989
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Desmond Dekker

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Jamaican reggae vocalist Desmond Dekker looks to his right with a slight smile as he wears a flat cap and a coat with the collar lifted around his...

Date Published
1985
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Devon "Touchdown" Brown

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Jamaican reggae musician Devon "Touchdown" Brown smiles to his left as he moves his forearms in a dance position. He wears a light-colored double...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Devon Brown

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Jamaican reggae musician Devon Brown runs the fingers of his right hand through his hair and looks seriously to the left.

Date Published
1991
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Devon Brown

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Jamaican reggae musician Devon Brown stands with his left hand in his pocket wearing a black overcoat, a large necklace, and a fedora. Printed in the...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Devon Brown

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Jamaican reggae musician Devon Brown sits with his arms crossed over the back of a chair as he wears a checked suit jacket over a collarless shirt. He...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Djaté

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Djaté, reggae singer for Djaté and the Rockers, holds a microphone and closes his eyes as he sings on stage. Another band member is visible behind...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (108)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (109)

Genres

  • Publicity photographs (104)
  • Black & white photographs (101)
  • Gelatin silver prints (101)
  • Color photographs (8)
  • Slides (4)
  • Photocopies (2)
  • Group portraits (1)
  • (-) Portrait photographs (109)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (71)
  • 1981-1990 (46)
  • 2001-2010 (15)
  • 1971-1980 (1)

Subjects

  • Men (98)
  • Reggae musicians (68)
  • Singers (63)
  • Jamaicans (53)
  • Guitarists (20)
  • Musicians (12)
  • Nigerians (10)
  • Women (10)
  • Disc jockeys (8)
  • British (7)
  • Ethnic costume (7)
  • Guitar (7)
  • Music--African influences (7)
  • Jazz musicians (6)
  • Bands (Music) (5)
  • Jamaican Americans (5)
  • Percussionists (5)
  • Saxophonists (4)
  • South Africans (4)
  • Beninese (3)
  • Congolese (Democratic Republic) (3)
  • Saxophone (3)
  • Senegalese (3)
  • Ska (Music) (3)
  • Soukous (Music) (3)
  • Tukulor (African people) (3)
  • Africans (2)
  • Blues musicians (2)
  • Cubans (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Duala (African people) (2)
  • Funk musicians (2)
  • Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.) (2)
  • Zimbabweans (2)
  • Afrobeat (1)
  • Balo (1)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Dominicans (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Flügelhorn (1)
  • Flute players (1)
  • French (1)
  • Kora (Musical instrument) (1)
  • Malians (1)
  • Percussionist (1)
  • Quartz crystals (1)
  • Sembla (African people) (1)
  • Soul musicians (1)
  • Trinidadians (1)
  • Yoruba (African people) (1)
  • (-) Black people (109)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (2)

Subjects, People

  • Maal, Baaba (5)
  • Irie, Tippa (4)
  • Scotty, 1951-2003 (4)
  • Banton, Pato (3)
  • Brown, Devon, 1966- (3)
  • Essiet, Victor (3)
  • HR (Musician) (3)
  • Kidjo, Angélique, 1960- (3)
  • Tabu Ley Rochereau, -2013 (3)
  • Banton, Buju (2)
  • Butler, Jonathan (2)
  • Cliff, Jimmy (2)
  • Dibango, Manu, 1933- (2)
  • Fullwood, Fully (2)
  • Greggori, Aswah (2)
  • Kirkland, Eddie, 1923-2011 (2)
  • Mapfumo, Thomas (2)
  • Mowatt, Judy (2)
  • Mutabaruka, 1952- (2)
  • Obinna, Christogonus, 1947-1999 (2)
  • Rose, Michael, 1957- (2)
  • Shaw, Wendy (2)
  • Stewart, Tinga (2)
  • Tosh, Andrew (2)
  • U-Roy, 1942- (2)
  • Yabba (2)
  • Aitken, Laurel (1)
  • Anthony B. (1)
  • Bell, Tony (Reggae musician) (1)
  • Burning Spear, 1948- (1)
  • Carlos, Don (1)
  • Chin, Tony (1)
  • Clairborne, Baron (1)
  • Cocoa Tea (Musician) (1)
  • Davis, Carlton, Santa, 1953- (1)
  • Davis, Ronnie, 1950-2017 (1)
  • Dekker, Desmond (1)
  • Dennis, Garth (1)
  • Diabaté, Mamadou (Percussionist) (1)
  • Diabaté, Toumani, 1965- (1)
  • Donovan (Donovan Francis) (1)
  • Ekemode, Orlando Julius (1)
  • Fashek, Majek (1)
  • Fontaine, Nasio (1)
  • George, Sophia (1)
  • Half Pint, 1961- (1)
  • Hinds, Justin (1)
  • Kouyate, Ousmane (1)
  • Kunene, Sipho (1)
  • Lagbaja (1)
  • Masekela, Hugh, 1939-2018 (1)
  • Minott, Sugar (1)
  • N'Dour, Youssou (1)
  • Nelson, Peter (Reggae singer) (1)
  • Nikké (Reggae musician) (1)
  • Okosuns, Sonny (1)
  • Okri, Edi Kriz (1)
  • Osadebe, Stephen Osita (Chief), 1936-2007 (1)
  • Paul, Frankie (1)
  • Q Shan Dia (1)
  • Rappa Robert (1)
  • Rascalin (1)
  • Ras Michael (1)
  • Richards, Djaté (1)
  • Sterling-McLeod, Keith, 1952- (1)
  • Thiam, Pascal Bokar (1)
  • Toots (1)
  • Valle, Orlando, 1966- (1)

Date Published

  • 2000 (23)
  • 1991 (20)
  • 1985 (17)
  • 1990 (16)
  • 2004 (12)
  • 1998 (10)
  • 1987 (9)
  • 1994 (9)
  • 1995 (7)
  • 1996 (7)
  • 1988 (6)
  • 2001 (6)
  • 2002 (6)
  • 1986 (5)
  • 1989 (5)
  • 1992 (5)
  • 1999 (4)
  • 1981 (3)
  • 1993 (2)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1980 (1)
  • 1982 (1)
  • 1997 (1)
  • 2005 (1)

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