"24 rare recordings from the early days of the African record industry ... Concertina bands and doo-wop singers from South Africa, accordion groups from Kenya, West African brass bands, unaccompanied vocal and drum ensembles from Nigeria and Tanzania, plus bands from East Africa with their Arabic influences, reveal a huge variety of early African pop music and more traditional styles"--Container. Various performers. Recorded in Johannesburg, South Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, Great Britain, Lagos, Nigeria, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Accra, Ghana, and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania between 1929 and the early 1950s. Compact disc. Notes in English by Keith Chandler with German translation (33 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
Contents:
Umgoboti (Willie Gumede and his Concertina Band) (2:42) -- Anta lhayatu (Al Usthadh Umar Awadh Ban) (3:11) -- Bea tsin no. 2 (The West African Instrumental Quintet) (3:03) -- Nwomboko (Mamica) (3:02) -- Mapenzi ya ashiki (Abdo Shamakh) (3:19) -- Be ngi hamba (Darktown Strutters) (3:16) -- Nigbati anobi gunsanma (Hadji Amusa & Hadji Mustafa) (3:06) -- Aduke (Lagos Mozart Orchestra) (2:39) -- Itseko (Nini Mikie and her Group)(2:47) -- Njia ungurusumbwe, part 1 (Sitti Binti Saad) (3:01) -- Njia ungurusumbwe, part 2 (Sitti Binti Saad) (3:01) -- U Gumede (Willie Gumede and his Concertina Band) (2:39) -- Nalat ala yadaha (Abdo Shamakh) (3:12) -- March (Mamica) (2:59) -- Wa wie me ye mina asabah (Sackey Band, Appam) (2:44) -- Wiwi singomlil' ovhuthayo (Darktown Strutters) (3:19) -- Aiye loja (Abibu Oluwa & his Group) (3:05) -- Tumkimiree simba (Ngoma Dunduri) (2:55) -- Ore mi kini se (Lagos Mozart Orchestra) (2:44) -- Kofia nyekundu (Askari Wa K.A.R. Ya Sita (6th K.A.R.)) (2:51) -- Abasuafu ara gyan (Sackey Band, Appam) (2:49) -- Mahamodu nadani (Ishaku Dan Zhabarumoh and his Group) (2:53) -- Ashac (H.M. Timayare) (2:47) -- Layiwola akande (Abibu Oluwa & his Group) (3:04).
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