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Azumah

Image

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

Baaba Maal

Image

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

Image

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

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

Catfish

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Catfish, a band comprised of four Mexican American men, stand in front of a sculpture in the wall of a rock wall behind them. Printed in the margin...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Four Stars of Zaire

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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.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Four Stars of Zaire

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

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jose Mojica

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Jose Mojica with guitar wearing Mariachi costume with body facing camera and head turned away.

Date Published
1924
Member of
Baron Missakian Collection

Jose Mojica

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Jose Mojica in beaded costume with one hand to chest and his other to his face.

Date Published
1924
Member of
Baron Missakian Collection

José Mojica

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José Mojica with guitar wearing Mariachi costume with body to the side and head turned to face camera.

Date Published
1924
Member of
Baron Missakian Collection

Laurel Aitken

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Cuban ska vocalist Laurel Aitken wearing striped suspenders and sunglasses, holds his jacket over his right shoulder and looks to his right. Printed...

Date Published
1996
1999
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

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

Pianist with the audience behind her

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The face of an unidentified white woman pianist above the back of a piano as she looks intently at the music at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
MANA de Kansas City Collection

Skatalites

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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...

Date Published
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Skatalites

Image

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...

Date Published
1993
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Skatalites

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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...

Date Published
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Son Venezuela

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Son Venezuela, a Latin music band from Lawrence, Kansas and the Kansas City area comprised of two African American men, three Latin American men, and...

Date Published
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Tabu Ley Rochereau

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

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Tabu Ley Rochereau

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

Date Published
1994
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Tabu Ley Rochereau

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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...

Date Published
1994
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Toumani Diabate

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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...

Date Published
1988
1993
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (30)
  • Baron Missakian Collection (3)
  • MANA de Kansas City Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (34)

Genres

  • Publicity photographs (27)
  • Black & white photographs (23)
  • Gelatin silver prints (22)
  • Group portraits (18)
  • Portrait photographs (17)
  • Color photographs (11)
  • Photocopies (4)
  • Negatives (2)
  • Snapshots (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (27)
  • 1981-1990 (12)
  • 2001-2010 (9)
  • 1921-1930 (3)

Subjects

  • Black people (24)
  • Bands (Music) (14)
  • Women (10)
  • Ethnic costume (8)
  • Men, White (5)
  • Guitarists (4)
  • Singers (4)
  • Ska (Music) (4)
  • Congolese (Democratic Republic) (3)
  • Jamaicans (3)
  • Mexicans (3)
  • Motion picture actors and actresses (3)
  • Percussionists (3)
  • Soukous (Music) (3)
  • Africans (2)
  • Afrobeat (2)
  • Costume (2)
  • East Asians (2)
  • Fans (Persons) (2)
  • Haitians (2)
  • Mexican Americans (2)
  • Nigerians (2)
  • Senegalese (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • African American men (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Cubans (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Glam rock music (1)
  • Hispanic American men (1)
  • Hispanic Americans--Music (1)
  • Hispanic American women (1)
  • Kora (Musical instrument) (1)
  • Latin Americans (1)
  • Malians (1)
  • Mexican American women (1)
  • Performance artists (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • South Africans (1)
  • (-) Men (34)
  • (-) Musicians (34)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (2)
  • Beijing (China) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Mojica, José, 1896-1974 (3)
  • Tabu Ley Rochereau, -2013 (3)
  • Ekemode, Orlando Julius (2)
  • Maal, Baaba (2)
  • Aitken, Laurel (1)
  • Alphonso, Roland (1)
  • Breedlove, Nathan (1)
  • Brevett, Lloyd (1)
  • Clark, Will (Trombonist) (1)
  • Diabaté, Toumani, 1965- (1)
  • James, Devon (Guitarist) (1)
  • Knibb, Lloyd (1)
  • Shaffer, Doreen (1)
  • Smith, Bill (Keyboard player) (1)
  • Sterling, Lester (1)

Date Published

  • 2004 (9)
  • 1985 (8)
  • 1991 (8)
  • 1994 (6)
  • 2000 (5)
  • 1996 (4)
  • 1924 (3)
  • 1981 (3)
  • 1990 (3)
  • 1993 (2)
  • 1997 (2)
  • 1987 (1)
  • 1988 (1)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 1998 (1)
  • 1998-11-05 (1)
  • 1999 (1)

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