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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

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

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

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

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

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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 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

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

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

Unidentified group

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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...

Date Published
1985
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Unidentified group

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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.

Date Published
1985
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Unidentified male guitarist performing (top); Unidentified female singer performing (bottom)

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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...

Date Published
1985
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Unidentified man

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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...

Date Published
1985
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Unidentified man

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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.

Date Published
1985
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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  • Grand Emporium Collection (26)

Types

  • photographs (26)

Genres

  • Publicity photographs (22)
  • Black & white photographs (19)
  • Gelatin silver prints (18)
  • Group portraits (14)
  • Portrait photographs (12)
  • Color photographs (7)
  • Negatives (3)
  • Photocopies (2)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (23)
  • 1981-1990 (10)
  • 2001-2010 (7)

Subjects

  • Men (24)
  • Bands (Music) (13)
  • Women (12)
  • Ethnic costume (9)
  • Guitarists (4)
  • Singers (4)
  • Ska (Music) (4)
  • Congolese (Democratic Republic) (3)
  • Fans (Persons) (3)
  • Jamaicans (3)
  • Men, White (3)
  • Percussionists (3)
  • Soukous (Music) (3)
  • Africans (2)
  • Afrobeat (2)
  • Haitians (2)
  • Nigerians (2)
  • Senegalese (2)
  • Cubans (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Kora (Musical instrument) (1)
  • Malians (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • South Africans (1)
  • (-) Black people (26)
  • (-) Musicians (26)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (3)

Subjects, People

  • 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

  • 1991 (8)
  • 1994 (7)
  • 2004 (7)
  • 1985 (6)
  • 1996 (4)
  • 2000 (3)
  • 1981 (2)
  • 1990 (2)
  • 1993 (2)
  • 1997 (2)
  • 1987 (1)
  • 1988 (1)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 1998 (1)
  • 1999 (1)

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