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Azumah

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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...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Boukman Eksperyans

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Boukman Eksperyans, a roots music band comprised of Haitian men and women, sit in a group in traditional clothing and look directly at the...

Date Published
1998
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Boukman Eksperyans

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Boukman Eksperyans, a roots music band comprised of Haitian men and women, sit in a group in traditional clothing and look directly at the...

Date Published
1998
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Boukman Eksperyans

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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...

Date Published
1991
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Boukman Eksperyans

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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...

Date Published
1991
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Boukman Eksperyans

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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...

Date Published
1991
1994
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

Dr. Sir Warrior

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Dr. Sir Warrior, a Nigerian singer, stands in front of the fence in front of the White House in Washington D.C. He is wearing traditional clothing.

Date Published
1986
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Henry Turner Jr. and Flavor

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Henry Turner Jr. and Flavor, a reggae and funk band comprised of two African American men, and one white man. Henry Turner, Jr. sits in the middle. He...

Date Published
1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Infrared Rockers

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Infrared Rockers, an American reggae band comprised of four African American men and one African American woman all wearing traditional clothing...

Date Published
1991
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Mahotella Queens

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The Mahotella Queens are three black South African female mbaqanga musicians in traditional clothing, stand on the Grand Emporium stage performing for...

Date Published
1991
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Mahotella Queens

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The Mahotella Queens are three Black South African mbaqanga musicians in traditional clothing. The two on the outside look incredulously at the one in...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Mahotella Queens and the band

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The Mahotella Queens are three black South African female mbaqanga musicians in traditional clothing, dance and sing on the Grand Emporium stage...

Date Published
1991
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Mahotella Queens and the band

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The Mahotella Queens are three black South African female mbaqanga musicians in traditional clothing, dance on the Grand Emporium stage performing for...

Date Published
1991
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Mamadou Diabate

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Percussionist Mamadou Diabate from Burkina Faso, West African, wearing traditional clothing while holding a guitar as he sits behind different sizes...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Member of Four Stars of Zaire

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

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Michael Ray

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Michael Ray, funk, soul, and jazz trumpet player, grins and holds his trumpet up by his face while he holds his right hand, fingers splayed, below the...

Date Published
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Mongoose

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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...

Date Published
1985
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Mongoose

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

Date Published
1985
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

O.J. Ekemode

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Nigerian Afrobeat saxophonist O.J. Ekemode leans a tenor saxophone on his left shoulder as he wears traditional clothing and cap. Printed in the...

Date Published
1992
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

O.J. Ekemode and the Nigerian Allstars

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

Date Published
1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Pascal Bokar

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Pascal Bokar, a French African man who plays AfroBlueGrazz music, smiles as he holds a guitar. He wears blue traditional African clothing.

Date Published
1994
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Pig Farmer

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Pig Farmer, an American band comprised of three white men from Savannah, Missouri and St. Joseph, Missouri, area perform country, classic rock and...

Date Published
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Rufas Harley

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Jazz bagpiper Rufas Harley closes his eyes as he blows into the bagpipes. He wears full Scottish costume. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Sonny Okosuns

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Nigerian singer and guitarist Sonny Okosuns stands with his hands shaped into claws by his shoulders as he wears traditional clothing. Printed in the...

Date Published
1991
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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Member of

  • (-) Grand Emporium Collection (27)

Types

  • photographs (27)

Genres

  • Publicity photographs (22)
  • Black & white photographs (21)
  • Gelatin silver prints (21)
  • Group portraits (17)
  • Portrait photographs (9)
  • Color photographs (6)
  • Negatives (3)
  • Photocopies (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (20)
  • 1981-1990 (9)
  • 2001-2010 (3)

Subjects

  • Black people (21)
  • Men (18)
  • Bands (Music) (16)
  • Women (11)
  • Musicians (9)
  • Guitarists (5)
  • Haitians (5)
  • Nigerians (5)
  • African American men (4)
  • Singers (4)
  • Africans (3)
  • Fans (Persons) (3)
  • Jazz musicians (3)
  • African American jazz musicians (2)
  • African American women (2)
  • Afrobeat (2)
  • Funk musicians (2)
  • Guitar (2)
  • Men, White (2)
  • Music--African influences (2)
  • Reggae musicians (2)
  • South Africans (2)
  • Alternative country musicians (1)
  • Americana (Music) (1)
  • Bagpipe (1)
  • Bagpipers (1)
  • Balo (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • French (1)
  • Mbaqanga (Music) (1)
  • Percussionist (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Rock musicians (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Sembla (African people) (1)
  • Soul musicians (1)
  • (-) Ethnic costume (27)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (3)

Subjects, People

  • Ekemode, Orlando Julius (2)
  • Diabaté, Mamadou (Percussionist) (1)
  • Harley, Rufus (1)
  • Obinna, Christogonus, 1947-1999 (1)
  • Okosuns, Sonny (1)
  • Osadebe, Stephen Osita (Chief), 1936-2007 (1)
  • Ray, Michael (Trumpet player) (1)
  • Sweet Baby J'ai (1)
  • Thiam, Pascal Bokar (1)
  • Turner, Henry, Jr. (Guitarist) (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (9)
  • 1994 (8)
  • 2004 (5)
  • 1985 (4)
  • 1990 (3)
  • 1998 (3)
  • 1999 (3)
  • 1981 (2)
  • 1987 (2)
  • 1996 (2)
  • 1986 (1)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 2000 (1)
  • 2001 (1)

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