Christoph Wagner - Echoes of Africa, Early Recordings 1930s-1950s, CD booklet writer: Chandler, Keith editor: Wagner, Christoph Publisher: Wergo "Echoes of Africa" offer 24 rare recordings from the early days of the African record industry, hardly heard in the West before. 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. Content: - Willie Gumede and His Concertina Band: Umgoboti - Al Usthadh Umar Awadh Ban: Anta Lhayatu - The West African Instrumental Quintet: Bea Tsin No. 2 - Mamica: Nwomboko - Abdo Shamakh: Mapenzi Ya Ashiki - Darktown Strutters: Be Ngi Hamba - Hadji Amusa & Hadji Mustafa: Nigbati Anobi Gunsanma - Lagos Mozart Orchestra: Aduke - Nini Mikie and Her Group: Itseko - Siti Binti Saadi: Njia Ungurusumbwe - Willie Gumede and His Concertina Band: U Gumede - Abdo Shamakh: Nalat Ala Yadaha - Mamica: March - Sackey Band, Appam: Wa Wie Me Ye Mina Asabah - Darktown Strutters: Wiwi Singomlil' Ovhuthayo - Abibu Oluwa & His Group: Aiye Loja - Ngoma Dunduri: Tumkimiree Simba - Lagos Mozart Orchestra: Ore Mi Kini Se - Askari Wa K.A.R. Ya Sita (6th K.A.R.): Kofia Nyekundu - Sackey Band, Appam: Abasuafu Ara Gyan - Ishaku Dan Zhabarumoh and His Group: Mahamodu Nadani - H.M. Timayare: Ashac - Abibu Oluwa & His Group: Layiwola Akande