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BRITISH LIBRARY SOUND ARCHIVE - DECCA WEST AFRICA SERIES
London, 08.03.22
A selection of recordings released on 78 rpm shellac disc by Decca West Africa. The Decca West Africa series was issued on shellac disc between 1947 and 1958 and includes artists from Ghana (WA.101-150, WA.500s-900s), Nigeria (WA.151-213, WA.1500s-1900s), Sierra Leone (WA.2500s-2700s) and Benin (WA.214-218). During those years, the label captured the emergence and evolution of modern popular genres such as highlife, jùjú and maringa, but also documented an incredibly diverse wealth of ‘modern-traditional’ urban genres and styles. Languages, genres and issue numbers below are as printed on the original disc labels. Selection and mix by Michele Banal.
Tracklist
- TWUMASI BAND
Abawa Begye Me Letter (Twi, Dance Song), WA.105 - OBIBA T.K. BAND
Afi Lala (Ga, Dance Song), WA.137 - AIYEKE AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Orin Fãji (Yoruba, Sakara Song), WA.151 - IREWOLEDE DENGE AND HIS BAND
Desalu Adajo (Yoruba), WA.170 - THE PORTO NOVO SINGERS
Azagbe (Fon), WA.217 - BOAMPON KWAHU BAND
Bome Dua Ma Menwu (Twi), WA.528 - ABEKU’S BAND
Auntie Rosie (Fante, High Life), WA.532 - MANIKURE’S BAND
Woana Mba (Twi), WA.564 - RAFIU BANKOLE AND HIS GROUP
Fashanu (Yoruba), WA.1517 - LASISI ONIPELE AND HIS APALA BAND
Welewele Ewe Agbon (Yoruba), WA.1543 - CALENDER AND HIS MARINGAR BAND
Fire, Fire, Fire (English, Calypso), WA.2502 - TARRANCIS MANDINGO DANCE BAND
Fatmata Binta Fudu Bender (Mandingo), WA.2507 - APEA’S GUITAR BAND
Odo Bi Ye De (Twi), WA.643 - KWAME BOAKYI AND HIS BAND
Nkobesie (Twi), WA.648 - AYINDE BAKARE AND HIS GROUP
Sunday Majekodunmi (Yoruba), WA.1622 - JOHN EKEKE AND HIS GROUP
Eke Owede Nnam (Ibo), WA.1673 - LAMBOY MENDI QUARTET
Kongombli (Mendi), WA.2619 - SPIKE’S RHYTHM ACES
Kookoo (Non Vocal, Agbagya), WA.852 - E. T. MENSAH AND HIS TEMPOS BAND
Calabar O (Efik, Highlife), WA.857 - CHARLES IWEGBUE AND HIS ARCHIBOGS
Sunday Beach Mambo (Non Vocal), WA.1961 - E. T. MENSAH AND HIS TEMPOS BAND (VOCAL DAN ACQUAYE)
Kwame Nkrumah (Ga, Fetish), WA.899
