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Bazin, Arno:
Catalogue discographique de l’Océan Indien.
La Réunion – Maurice – Les Seychelles – Madagascar.
Sainte Clotilde, Ile de la Réunion: Arno Bazin, 2004. 242 p.
Table des matières

Bender, Wolfgang:
Moderne Afrikanische Musik auf Schallplatte.
Mainz: Institut für Ethnologie und Afrika-Studien,
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 1980. 67 p.
Inhalt

Gay, Robert:
Essai de discographie nègre africaine.
Problèmes d’Afrique centrale (Bruxelles), no. 26, 7e année, 4e trimestre 1954: 345-350.

Graham, Ronnie:
Stern’s Guide to Contemporary African Music.
London: Zwan / Off the Record Press, 1988. 315 p.
Contents
US reprint
The Da Capo Guide to African Music.
New York, N.Y.: Da Capo Press, 1988. 315 p.

Graham, Ronnie:
The World of African Music.
Stern’s Guide to Contemporary African Music. Volume 2.
Chicago, Ill.: Pluto Press: 1992. 235 p.
Contents

Kunst, Jaap:
Ethnomusicology. 3rd Edition.
The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1959. 303 p.
Section Phonograms: 16-37.
Supplement to the Third edition of Ethnomusicology.
The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1960. 45 p.
Section L..P. Records of Authentic Ethnic Music Issued in 1958: 5-7.

Laade, Wolfgang:
Neue Musik in Afrika, Asien und Oceanien.
Diskographie und historisch-stilistischer Überblick.
Heidelberg: Wolfgang Laade, 1971. 463 p.
Abteilung Diskographie Afrika:  8-14, 30-32, 40 & 51-52.

Merriam, Alan [P.]:
African Music on LP. An Annotaded Discography.
Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 1970. 208 p.
Contents

Stone, Ruth M. & Frank J. Gillis:
African Music and Oral Data.
A Catalog of Field Recordings, 1902-1975.
Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1976. 412 p.
Contents

[Tracey, Hugh:]
Catalogue. “The Sound of Africa” Series of Long Playing Records.
Roodepoort: The International Library of African Music, 1963. 36 p.

Tracey, Hugh:
The Sound of Africa Series, Vol. 1 & 2.
Roodepoort: The International Library of African Music, 1973. 182 p. & 479 p.
Contents

Vernon, Paul:
Ethnic and Vernacular Music, 1898-1960.
A Resource and Guide to Recordings.
Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1995. 368 p.
Labels, series prefix and numerical blocks only – Africa and worldwide
Contents

Wachsmann, Klaus P.:
An International Catalogue of Published Records of Folk Music.
Bulletin of the British Institute of Recorded Sound (London),
No. 17/18, Summer & Autum 1960: 1-13.

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  • Bazin, Arno:
    Catalogue discographique de l’Océan Indien.
    La Réunion – Maurice – Les Seychelles – Madagascar.
    Ste Clotilde, Ile de la Réunion: Arno Bazin, 2004. 242 p.
    ISBN 2-9522484-0-2   

    TABLE DES MATIÈRES

    Avant-propos i
    Mode d’emploi ii
    Avertissements iii

    Index des Interprètes 1

    Index des Titres 67

    Index des Référeces 167

  • Bender, Wolfgang:
    Moderne Afrikanische Musik auf Schallplatte.
    Mainz: Institut für Ethnologie und Afrika-Studien,
    Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 1980. 67 p.
    ISBN N/A

    INHALT

    1 Africa Dances / The Music of Africa [1]
    2 Westafrika (Kolonialsprache Fransösisch) [2]
    3 Westafrika (Kolonialsprache Englisch) [16]
    4 Zentralafrika [36]
    5 Ostafrika und südliches Zentralafrika [46]
    6 Südafrika [55]

  • Graham, Ronnie:
    Stern’s Guide to Contemporary African Music.
    London: Zwan/Off the Record Press, 1988. 315 p. 
    ISBN 1-85305-000-8
    US reprint
    The Da Capo Guide to African Music.
    New York, N.Y.: Da Capo Press, 1988. 315 p.
    ISBN 978-0306803253
    UK reprint
    London: Pluto Press, 1989. 315 p. 
    ISBN 1-85305-005-9

    CONTENTS

    List of Maps vii
    Note on the Maps viii
    Acknowledgements ix
    Key to prefix codes of main labels specialising in African releases xi

    Introduction 1

    Part I The Music of Africa
    1. Changing Patterns of Production and Distribution in the 20th Century 9

    Part II Anglophone West Africa
    2. Nigeria 33
    3. Ghana 75
    4. Sierra Leone 105
    5. Liberia 110
    6. The Gambia 113

    Part III Francophone West Africa
    7. Côte d’Ivoire 117
    8. Mali 125
    9. Guinea 133
    10. Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde 141
    11. Senegal 143
    12. Togo 151
    13. Benin 154
    14. Burkina Faso 157
    15. Mauritania 160
    16. Niger 161
    17. Cameroon 163

    Part IV Central Africa
    18. Congo-Zaire 185
    19. Gabon 215
    20. Angola/Sao Tomé and Principe 221
    21. Equatorial Guinea 226
    22. Chad 227
    23. Central African Republic 229
    24. Burundi 230
    25. Rwanda 231

    Part V East Africa
    26. Kenya 235
    27. Tanzania 244
    28. Uganda 247
    29. Sudan 250
    30. Ethiopia 252
    31. Somalia 254

    Part VI Southern Africa
    32. South Africa 257
    33. Zambia 283
    34. Zimbabwe 287
    35. Malawi 294
    36. Mozambique 296
    37. Madagascar 299

    Select Bibliography 301
    Index 307

  • Graham, Ronnie:
    The World of African Music.
    Stern’s Guide to Contemporary African Music. Volume 2.
    Chicago, Ill.: Pluto Press: 1992. 235 p.
    ISBN 0-7453-0657-8 (Paperback) 0-7453-0552-0 (Hardback) 0-94839-003-4 (USA only)

    CONTENTS

    Acknowledgements vi
    Using this Guide vii
    Introduction 1
    Introduction to Africa – The Compilation Album 4

    Part I The Music of Africa
     1. The Political Economy of African Music: 1985-91 7

    Part II Anglophone West Africa
     2. Nigeria 17
     3. Ghana 31
     4. Sierra Leone 42
     5. Liberia 45

    Part III Francophone West Africa
     6. Senegambia 49
     7. Mali 59
     8. Guinea 68
     9. Côte d’Ivoire 73
    10. Burkina Faso 78
    11. Togo 82
    12. Benin 84
    13. Niger 87
    14. Chad 90
    15. Mauritania 91
    16. Guinea-Bissau 93
    17. Cape Verde 95
    18. Cameroon 97

    Part IV Central Africa
    19. Zaïre/Congo 107
    20. Gabon 134
    21. Angola 137
    22. São Tomé and Principe 140
    23. Central African Republic 141
    24. Equatorial Guinea 142
    25. Rwanda 143
    26. Burundi 144

    Part V East Africa
    27. Kenya 147
    28. Tanzania 158
    29. Uganda 163
    30. Ethiopia 166
    31. Sudan 170
    32. Somalia 172
    33. Djibouti 173
    34. Madagascar 174
    35. The Islands of the Indian Ocean – Reunion/Seychelles/Mauritius/Comoros 178

    Part VI Southern Africa
    36. South Africa by Trevor Herman 185
    37. Zimbabwe 194
    38. Zambia 204
    39. Malawi 214
    40. Mozambique 216
    41. Namibia 219
    42. Botswana 221

    Appendix: Pan-African Productions 223
    Select Bibliography 224
    Index 227

  • Merriam, Alan [P.]:
    African Music on LP. An Annotaded Discography.
    Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 1970. 208 p.
    ISBN N/A

    CONTENTS

    Preface ix

    Main Entries 1

    Indexes 121
    I  Record Companies and Producing Organizations 125
    II Album Titles 126
    III Language of Album or Cover Notes 130
    IV Collectors, Authors of Album and Cover Notes, Recorders, 
          Engineers, Composers, Photographers, Editors, Institutes,
          Scientific Missions, Artists, Producers 131
    V Performing Groups and Artists 135
    VI Song Texts Given in Notes in Part or in Whole 139
    VII Language of Song Texts: By Individual Bands 140
    VIII Photographs 141
    IX Places of Recording 147
    X Music Type: By Entire Recordings 150
    XI Song Types: By Individual Bands 151
    XII Origin of Songs and Instrumental Pieces: 
           By Entire Recordings 155
    XIII Origin of Songs and Instrumental Pieces:
           By Individual Bands 156
    XIV Music Instruments: By Individual Bands 158
    XV Composition of Singing Groups 166
    XVI Stylistic Characteristics: By Individual Bands 168
    XVII Tribal Groupings: By Individual Bands 175
    XVIII Song Titles: By Individual Bands 179

  • Stone, Ruth M. & Frank J. Gillis:
    African Music and Oral Data. A Catalog of Field Recordings, 1902-1975.
    Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1976. 412 p.
    ISBN 0-253-30262-5

    CONTENTS

    Foreword by Alan P. Merriam vii
    Preface ix

    Catalog of Collectors and Repositories 1

    Index to Countries 131

    Index to Culture Groups 169

    Cross Reference to Culture Groups 241

    Index to Subjects 245

  • Tracey, Hugh:
    The Sound of Africa Series, Vol. 1 & 2.
    Roodepoort, Transvaal: The International Library of African Music, 1973. 182 p. & 479 p.
    ISBN N/A

    CONTENTS

    VOLUME 1

     1. Introduction by Hugh Tracey 3
     2. The Library Council 6
     3. Acknowledgements. Research Donors and Benefactors 7
     4. Early recordings by Hugh Tracey, 1930-1947 8
     5. Recording Tours, 1948-1970 10
     6. Map I. Locality of Peoples recorded in this series 12
     7. List of records by languages 13
     8. List of records by countries of origin 16
     9. Map II. Language zones 17
    10. Classification of types of performance 18
    11. Types of performance recorded in this series 24

    12. Classification of types of instruments 46
    13. Types of instruments recorded in this series 61
    14. The scales of some African musical instruments (with diagrams) 91
    15. Table of cents 95
    16. Scales of some African instruments recorded in this series 96
    17. Photographs 108
    18. Glossary of vernacular words and names:
           (a) According to languages 134
           (b) According to instruments, etc. 162

    VOLUME 2

     1. Introduction 3
     2. Guide to the Order of Entries in the Index 4
     3. Index to Recordings (in numerical order) 5-479
         AMA TR-1 to AMA TR-210 [210 L.P. Records]

  • Vernon, Paul:
    Ethnic and Vernacular Music, 1898-1960.
    A Resource and Guide to Recordings.
    Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1995. 368 p.
    Labels, series prefix and numerical blocks only – Africa and worldwide
    ISBN 0-313-29533-0

    CONTENTS

    Foreword by Benno Haupl ix 
    Acknowledgements xiii
    Introduction xvii
    Countries, Territories and Linguistic Groups
    Listed in Chapter One xxi

    Chapter 1
    Countries, Regions and Ethnic Groups: A-Z 1
    Chapter 2
    Record Companies 109
    Brunswick, Columbia, Decca, Edison Bell, The Gramophone Company, Odeon, Parlophone, Pathe, Polydor, Telefunken, Zonophone
    Chapter 3
    Reissues on Compact Disc, Cassette and Vinyl 175
    Chapter 4
    Lexicon 207
    Chapter 5
    The Gramophone Company Engineers and Their Overseas Recording Sessions 277
    Chapter 6
    Commercial Recordings in African Languages 305

    Appendix 1 National Anthems 313
    Appendix 2 Resource List 317
    Bibliography 323

  • Mortaigne, Veronique:
    Cesaria Evora. La voix du Cap-Vert.
    Arles: Actes Sud, 1997. 203 p.
    ISBN 2-7427-1152-X 

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    Cesaria Evora. La voix du Cap-Vert.
    Arles: Actes Sud, 1997. 203 p.
    ISBN 2-7427-1152-X 

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  • Johnson, John William:
    ‘Heelloy’. Modern Poetry and Songs of the Somalis.
    London: HAAN Publishing, 1998. xxiii & 241 p.
    ISBN 978-1-874-20981-2

    CONTENTS

    Foreword to the first edition by B. W. Andrzejewski ix
    Foreword to the 1996 edition by Abdilahi Qarshi xi
    Preface to the first edition xv
    Preface to the 1996 edition xxiii

    1. Introduction
    The social context 1
    The Nature of Traditional Pastoralist Poetry 12
    The Historical Development of Modern Oral Poetry 17

    2. The Family of Miniature Genres
    The Nature of the Family of Miniature Genres 27
    The Poetry of the Miniature Family 32

    3. The emergence of the Belwo
    The Historical Background 49
    The Belwo is Born 53
    The Poetry of the Belwo 59

    4. The Heello: Period One
    The Metamorphosis: Belwo to Heello A 75
    The Modem Poem: Heello A to Heello B 82

    5. The Heello: Period Two
    The Historical Background 95
    The Poetry of the Second Period 103

    6. The Heello: Period Three
    The Historical Background 117
    The Poetry of the Third Period 146

    7. Characteristics of the Heello: All Periods
    Themes Common to All Periods 175
    Structural Characteristics and
    Development Common to All Periods 190
    The Impact of Media on Modern Poetry 208

    8. Conclusion
    The Inheritance of the Heello 215
    Forces Behind the Success and Development of Modern Poetry 216

  • Collins, [Edmund] John:
    Fela. Kalakuta Notes. 2nd edition
    Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 2015.  xii & 326 p.
    ISBN 978-0-8195-7539-5 (paper) 978-0-8195-7540-1 (ebook)

    CONTENTS

    Foreword by Banning Eyre ix
    Introduction 1

    Part 1 Early Days
    1 The Birth of Afrobeat 27
    2 Joe Mensah Remembers 41
    3 Fela in Ghana 49
    4 Stan Plange Remembers 29

    Part 2 Confrontation
    5 Kalakuta is Born 67
    6 “JB” Talks about Fela 73
    7 The Kalakuta Republic 81
    8 The Black President 114
    9 Amsterdam and After 125

    Part 3 Retrospect
    10 Mac Tontoh on Fela 139
    11 Frank Talk about Fela 152
    12 Obiba Plays It Again 165
    13 Smart Binete Sorts It Out 174
    14 Anku Checks Out the Beat 178
    15 Nana Danso Orchestrates 183
    16 Some Early Afro-Fusion Pioneers 197
    17 Interview with Fela 204
    18 Afterthoughts and Updates 209
    19. Felabrations at Home and Abroad 238

    Chronology 259
    Notes 269
    Selected Bibliography 281
    Discography 285
    Appendix A: “Shuffering and Shmiling” Score 303
    Index 309

  • Erlmann, Veit (ed.):
    Populäre Musik in Afrika.
    Veröffentlichungen des Museum für Völkerkunde.
    Neue Folge 53. Abteilung Musikethnologie VIII.
    Berlin: Museum für Völkerkunde, 1991. 312 pp. & 2 CDs.
    ISBN 3-88609-213-5

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  • Sweeney, Philip:
    Directory of World Music. A Guide to Performers and their Music.
    With Contributions from Peter Gabriel, Andy Kershaw, Giberto Gil [&] Manu Dibango.
    London: Virgin Books, 1991. 262 p.
    Section Africa 1-81
    ISBN 0-86369-378-4

    sweeney1991CONTENTS

    AFRICA

    The North and West
    Introduction: Peter Gabriel 1
    Libya 3
    Tunisia 5
    Algeria 6
    Morocco 13
    Mauritania 16
    Senegal 17
    Mali 20
    Guinea 26
    Guinea-Bissau 29
    Cape Verde 29
    Sierra Leone 31
    Côte d’Ivoire 32
    Ghana 34
    Togo and Benin 36
    Nigeria 37

    Central Africa, The South and East
    Introduction: Manu Dibango 42
    Cameroon 44
    Zaire 49
    Congo 56
    Gabon 56
    Angola 57
    Zambia 58
    Mozambique 59
    Zimbabwe 60
    South Africa 65
    Madagascar 70
    Mauritius and Reunion 71
    Tanzania and Zanzibar 72
    Kenya 74
    Uganda 76
    Burundi 76
    Ethiopia 77
    Sudan 79

  • Lee, Hélène:
    Rockers d’Afrique. Stars et légendes du rock mandinque.
    Paris: Albin Michel, 1988. 223 pp.
    ISBN 2-226-03 139-1 

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