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'''African Cassettes''' is an online cassettography dedicated to documenting African music released on cassettes. Currently the project is in an early development stage. A list of all cassettes included until now can be seen [[:Category: Cassettes| '''here''']]. New cassettes are being added on a daily base.
'''African Cassettes''' is an online cassettography dedicated to documenting African music released on cassettes. Currently the project is in an early development stage. A list of all cassettes included until now can be seen [[:Category: Cassettes| '''here''']]. Currently new cassettes are not being added on a regular base because of administrative and technical reasons.
The project is based at and supported by the [https://www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb07-ifeas-ama-eng/ African Music Archives (AMA)] at the University of Mainz.
The project is based at and supported by the [https://www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb07-ifeas-ama-eng/ African Music Archives (AMA)] and the [https://www.ifeas.uni-mainz.de/ewms/ Ernst-Wilhelm-Müller-Stiftung] at [https://www.ifeas.uni-mainz.de Institute of Ethnology and African Studies] the University of Mainz.


==Recent additions==
== Introduction ==
Over a period of more than 40 years cassette albums were the predominant media for publishing popular music in most African countries, i.e. the majority of commercially produced music was released on cassettes. Thus, music produced and released on cassettes represent an immense treasure of cultural heritage. Despite the relevance and importance of this heritage few information about the sheer quantity and the content of cassette albums is available. Although projects on specific genres or with a regional focus by highly engaged and knowledgeable enthusiasts fill these gaps partly, there is no compendium or catalogue which contains information on all cassette albums produced in African countries in a standardized way. Thus, there is a need for a register or a catalogue of cassette albums produced in African countries.
 
This project is the attempt to fill this gap with the creation of a cassettography of African Music Albums. Although I had followed the idea to start this kind of catalogue for a couple of years this project just started two months ago, thanks to the support of the [https://www.ama.ifeas.uni-mainz.de African Music Archives] and the [https://www.ifeas.uni-mainz.de/ewms/ Ernst-Wilhelm-Müller-Stiftung] at the ''Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz''. Currently the cassettography is in a test phase where ideas and implementation are being tested. The cassette albums used in the project are found in a private collection or in the AMA at Mainz.
 
At this stage the cassettography contains entries on cassette albums from 30 countries, biographical entries on the artists and bands who appear on the cassettes, entries on authors and composers of songs, as well as entries on the companies which produced and released the cassettes (such as music labels, music shops, etc.). The data in the entries is based on information provided on the cover of or on the cassettes themselves as well as from publications in the internet (online magazines, newspapers, etc.) and printed books.
 
The project is using open sources software (MediaWiki) in order to be sustainable in the long term. Albums are continuously added to the cassettography, more or less on a daily base and descriptive and documentation texts will be continuously revised and amended as well.
 
Please note that this is an academic non-profit project. Comments that contribute to the improvement and enrichment of this project are very welcome. You find our email address [[#Contact|below]].
 
== Recent additions ==
=== A note about the naming of the albums ===
Many cassette albums don't have a title. Therefore for all albums without title we use the title of the '''first song on Side A''' as pro forma title for the cassette.
 
=== The 36 newest albums ===
Please note that the pictures are linked to the covers only. The cassette is linked to via the title below the picture.
Please note that the pictures are linked to the covers only. The cassette is linked to via the title below the picture.


<gallery widths="210" heights="210" perrow="4">
<gallery widths="210" heights="210" perrow="4">
File:CHAB HASNI JATNI 01.jpg|[[Ǧātinī al-maklūʿā (Chab Hasni)|Ǧātinī al-maklūʿā]] by Chab Hasni (Algeria)
File:WOL LAL KIN 01.jpg|'''[[Yä-Wällo Lalibäla Kinät]]''' by Yä-Wällo Lalibäla Kinät (Ethiopia)
File:CHEB KHAL SRATLI 01.jpg|'''[[Sratli (Cheb Khaled)|Sratli]]''' by Cheb Khaled (Algeria)
File:NGST HAY VOL 2 01.jpg|'''[[Säti Yəräbräbälu (Nəgəsti Ḥayälom)|Säti Yəräbräbälu]]''' by Nəgəsti Ḥayälom (Ethiopia)
File:CHABA AMAL 01.jpg|'''[[Lessnam (Chaba Amal)|Lessnam]]''' by Chaba Amal (Morocco)
File:WAL WERQ MAMO 01.jpg|'''[[Balilay (Walälləññ Azzänä, Wärq Yanṭäfu Amsalu, Mammo Č̣ala)|Balilay]]''' by Walälləññ Azzänä, Wärq Yanṭäfu Amsalu, Mammo Č̣ala (Ethiopia)
File:AST 1982 01.jpg|'''[[Käšäggam šägga (Aster Awwäqä)|Käšäggam šägga]]''' by Aster Awwäqä (Ethiopia)
File:WED TUKH TEZEK 01.jpg|'''[[Täzkəro Nəsäma'ətatna (Wäddi Tuḫul)|Täzkəro Nəsäma'ətatna]]''' by Wäddi Tuḫul (Eritrea)
File:AST WALYAS 01.jpg|'''[[Därbabbaye (Aster Awwäqä)| Därbabbaye]]''' by Aster Awwäqä (Ethiopia)
File:MUH AWO ARORE 01.jpg|'''[[Arore (Mähammäd Awwäl)|Arore]]''' by Mähammäd Awwäl (Ethiopia)
File:AST SHEBELE 01.jpg|'''[[Alsäṭ alu ənnatu (Aster Awwäqä)|Alsäṭ alu ənnatu]]''' by Aster Awwäqä (Ethiopia)
File:PROF KOLL 01.jpg|'''[[Ijo yoyo (Alhaji Prof. Kollington Ayinla)|Ijo yoyo]]''' by Alhaji Prof. Kollington Ayinla (Nigeria)
File:AST BIQER 01.jpg|thumb|'''[[Biqär säwənnätəh ǧənəyew (Aster Awwäqä)|Biqär säwənnätəh ǧənəyew]]''' by Aster Awwäqä (Ethiopia)
File:SHIKAMO 2 01.jpg|'''[[Wazee wa Safari (Shikamoo Jazz Band)|Wazee wa Safari]]''' by Shikamoo Jazz Band (Tanzania)
File:AST HODE 01.jpg|'''[[Hode tälämmänäññ (Aster Awwäqä)|Hode tälämmänäññ]]''' by Aster Awwäqä (Ethiopia)
File:SHIKAMO 1 01.jpg|'''[[Chela Chela Vol. 1 (Shikamoo Jazz Band)|Chela Chela Vol. 1]]''' by Shikamoo Jazz Band (Tanzania)
File:AST IBEX 01.jpg|thumb|'''[[Aster Awwäqä kä-Aybeks Band gar]]''' by Aster Awwäqä (Ethiopia)
File:HAJIB RABAT 01.jpg|'''[[Naǧm ar-Ribāt Ḥaǧīb]]''' by Ḥaǧīb (Morocco)
File:AST BIRDUj 01.jpg|'''[[Bərdu Altäsmammaññəm (Aster Awwäqä)|Bərdu Altäsmammaññəm]]''' by Aster Awwäqä (Ethiopia)
STATTI ABDAL AZIZ 01.jpg|'''[[Stati (As-Stātī ʿAbdalazīz)|Stati]]''' by As-Stātī ʿAbdalazīz (Morocco)
File:EB OB JUJU OUT 01.jpg|'''[[Get Yer Jujus Out (Ebenezer Obey)|Get Yer Jujus Out]]''' by Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey & his Inter-Reformers Band (Nigeria)
File:MBA NDY KAM 01.jpg|'''[[Kam Ndiik (Mbaye Ndiaye)|Kam Ndiik]]''' by Mbaye Ndiaye (Senegal)
File:KI SU LIV 01.jpg|thumb|'''[[Live at the Hollywood Palace (King Sunny Adé)|Live at the Hollywood Palace]]''' by King Sunny Adé and the New African Beats (Nigeria)
File:AS MB TH 01.jpg|'''[[Thiante Gui (Assane Mboup et le M'Bouba Dialy)|Thiante Gui]]''' by Assane Mboup et le M'Bouba Dialy (Senegal)
File:KIN LA CHEIK 01.jpg|thumb|'''[[Cheickh Anta Mbacke (Kine Lam)|Cheickh Anta Mbacke]]''' by Kine Lam (Senegal)
File:DAARAJ 01.jpg|'''[[Daara-J]]''' by Daara-J (Senegal)
File:GAS LAW KAD 01.jpg|thumb|'''[[Kadara (Gasper Lawal)|Kadara]]''' by Gasper Lawal (Nigeria)
File:PBS DT 01.jpg|'''[[Daw Thiow (Positive Black Soul)|Daw Thiow]]''' by Positive Black Soul (Senegal)
File:MZI BUTH KHA 01.jpg|'''[[Khanyisani (Mzikayifani Buthelezi)|Khanyisani]]''' by Mzikayifani Buthelezi (South Africa)
File:ZYD IBR 01.jpg|'''[[Sahra maʿ Zīdān Ibrāhīm, Ismāʿīl Ḥasab Ad-Dāʾim]]''' by Zīdān Ibrāhīm and Ismāʿīl Ḥasab Ad-Dāʾim (Sudan)
File:KAB SAL EKOO 01.jpg|'''[[Ekoomi (Kabagambe Salongo)| Ekoomi]]''' by Kabagambe Salongo (Uganda)
File:NAJA ALJARIF ASSIR 01.jpg|'''[[Al-Maṭrabiya Nāǧa al-Ǧarīfāwiya]]''' bz Nāǧa al-Ǧarīfāwiya (Sudan)
File:AL KOU 380 01.jpg|'''[[380 Volts (Alain-Kounkou)|380 Volts]]''' by Alain-Kounkou (DRC/Zaïre)
File:DAMN Vol1 01.jpg|'''[[Diapason (Alioune Mbaye Nder) Volume 1]]''' by Alioune Mbaye Nder (Senegal)
File:THSA MUA BID 01.jpg|'''[[Biduaya (Tshala Muana)|Biduaya]]''' by Tshala Muana (DRC/Zaïre)
File:AB MUL KNB 01.jpg|'''[[Abbäbä Fəqadu-nna Mulu'aläm Däggu]]''' by Abbäbä Fəqadu and Mulu'aläm Däggu (Ethiopia)
File:AFRIGO TUG 01.jpg|'''[[Omutanda Gyali (Afrigo Band)|Omutanda Gyali]]''' by Afrigo Band (Uganda)
File:KT DMTS 01.jpg|'''[[Kətt Dəmṣawiyan]]''' a compilation from Ethiopia
File:MUSIGA MIL 01.jpg|'''[[Musiga Millenium Jig Vol.1]]''' a compilation from Ghana (Ghana)
File:BA MA SAW 01.jpg|'''[[Taara (Baaba Maal)|Taara]]''' by Baaba Maal (Senegal)
File:PJ PO THAN 01.jpg|'''[[Thandeka (P.J. Powers)|Thandeka]]''' by P.J. Powers (South Africa)
File:HAR UJI AMAR 01.jpg|'''[[Amarya da Ango (Haruna Uji)|Amarya da Ango]]''' by Haruna Uji (Nigeria)
File:BHUN TSVI 01.jpg|'''[[Tsvimbodzemoto (Bhundu Boys)|Tsvimbodzemoto]]''' by Bhundu Boys (Zimbabwe)
File:ALH MUS INA ASAL 01.jpg|'''[[Ina Asalin Hausa Bakwai (Alhaji Musa Dan Kwairo)|Ina Asalin Hausa Bakwai]]''' by Alhaji Musa Dan Kwairo (Nigeria)
File:DJA DIA SAB 01.jpg|'''[[Sabou Sabou (Djanka Diabate)|Sabou Sabou]]''' by Djanka Diabate (Ivory Coast)
File:TAUR MAKA 01.jpg|'''[[Taurarin Makada]]''' by Alhaji Dr. Mamman Shata and Alhaji Aliyu Dandawo (Nigeria)
File:SUP BIT SEG ONG 01.jpg|'''[[Dongari (Super Biton de Segou)|Dongari]]''' by Super Biton de Segou (Mali)
File:MAW KAN MOY 01.jpg|'''[[Moye Le (Mawa Kante et Sandali Kante)|Moye Le]]''' by Mawa Kante et Sandali Kante (Guinea)
File:SUN FLA NEL 01.jpg|'''[[Nell Fess (Sunu Flavor)|Nell Fess]]''' by Sunu Flavor (Senegal)
File:OUM SANG DJAM 01.jpg|'''[[Moussoulou (Oumou Sangare)|Moussoulou]]''' by Oumou Sangare (Mali)
File:KEN STA KASS 01.jpg|'''[[Kassikoun (Kene Star & A. Diabate)|Kassikoun]]''' by Kene Star & A. Diabate (Mali)
File:HIR BEQ ADDIS 01.jpg|'''[[Addis Abäba näw betu (Hirut Bäqqälä)|Addis Abäba näw betu]]''' by Hirut Bäqqälä (Ethiopia)
File:HIR BEQ IND 01.jpg|'''[[Ǝndiyaw zəmm (Hirut Bäqqälä)|Ǝndiyaw zəmm]]''' by Hirut Bäqqälä (Ethiopia)
File:HIR BEQ SHT 01.jpg|'''[[Šəta honäh qoyyäññ (Hirut Bäqqälä)|Šəta honäh qoyyäññ]]''' by Hirut Bäqqälä (Ethiopia)
File:GHUIN RAP VOL 1 01.jpg|'''[[Guinhè RAP Compilation Vol 1]]''' a compilation from Guinea
File:COU GAW DEW 01.jpg|'''[[Deweneti (Coumba Gawlo)|Deweneti]]''' by Coumba Gawlo (Senegal)
File:JAL KUY GAM 01.jpg|'''[[Gambia 3rd Day (Jaliba Kuyateh & Kumareh Band)|Gambia 3rd Day]]''' by Jaliba Kuyateh & Kumareh Band (Gambia)
File:HULET IHIT WENDM 01.jpg|'''[[Ǝndih nat wäy Gondär (Maläfiya Täkka-nna Adanä Täkka)|Ǝndih nat wäy Gondär]]''' by Maläfiya Täkka-nna Adanä Täkka (Ethiopia)
File:TEW TAD BEKETEMA 01.jpg|'''[[Bäkätämaw (Tewodros Taddäsä)|Bäkätämaw]]''' by Tewodros Taddäsä (Ethiopia)
File:OBI TAK MAY 01.jpg|'''[[Mayɛ Ɛnkyene (Obibini Takyi)|Mayɛ Ɛnkyene]]''' by Obibini Takyi (Ghana)
</gallery>
</gallery>


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| style="width: 5%"|[[File:Flag of Algeria.jpg|thumb|left|100px]]|| style="width: 45%"| [[:Category:Cassettes from Algeria|Cassettes from Algeria]]
| style="width: 5%"|[[File:Flag of Algeria.jpg|thumb|left|100px]]|| style="width: 45%"| [[:Category:Cassettes from Algeria|Cassettes from Algeria]]
|-
| style="width: 5%"|[[File:Angola.jpg|thumb|left|100px]]|| style="width: 45%"| [[:Category:Cassettes from Angola|Cassettes from Angola]]
|}
=== B ===
{|  style="width: 50%;"
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| style="width: 5%"|[[File:Burundi.jpg|thumb|left|100px]]|| style="width: 45%"| [[:Category:Cassettes from Burundi|Cassettes from Burundi]]
|}
|}


=== C ===
=== C ===
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| style="width: 5%"|[[File:Djibouti Flag.jpg|100px|thumb|left]]|| style="width: 45%"| [[:Category:Cassettes from Djibouti|Cassettes from Djibouti]]
|-
|-
| style="width: 5%"|[[File:Kongo DRC.jpg|thumb|left|100px]]|| style="width: 45%"| [[:Category:Cassettes from DRC/Zaïre|Cassettes from DRC/Zaïre]]
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| style="width: 5%"|[[File:Gabun.jpg|thumb|left|100px]]|| style="width: 45%"| [[:Category:Cassettes from Gabon|Cassettes from Gabon]]
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|-
| style="width: 5%"|[[File:Gambia.jpg|thumb|left|100px]]|| style="width: 45%"| [[:Category:Cassettes from Gambia|Cassettes from Gambia]]
|-
|-
| style="width: 5%"|[[File:Ghana.jpg|thumb|left|100px]]|| style="width: 45%"| [[:Category:Cassettes from Ghana|Cassettes from Ghana]]
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| style="width: 5%"|[[File:Senegal.jpg|thumb|left|100px]]|| style="width: 45%"| [[:Category:Cassettes from Senegal|Cassettes from Senegal]]
| style="width: 5%"|[[File:Senegal.jpg|thumb|left|100px]]|| style="width: 45%"| [[:Category:Cassettes from Senegal|Cassettes from Senegal]]
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| style="width: 5%"|[[File:Flag of Somalia.jpg|100px|thumb|left]]|| style="width: 45%"| [[:Category:Cassettes from Somalia|Cassettes from Somalia]]
|-
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| style="width: 5%"|[[File:Suedafrika.jpg|thumb|left|100px]]|| style="width: 45%"| [[:Category:Cassettes from South Africa|Cassettes from South Africa]]
| style="width: 5%"|[[File:Suedafrika.jpg|thumb|left|100px]]|| style="width: 45%"| [[:Category:Cassettes from South Africa|Cassettes from South Africa]]
|}  
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| style="width: 5%"|[[File:Flag of Sudan.jpg|100px|thumb|left]]|| style="width: 45%"| [[:Category:Cassettes from Sudan|Cassettes from Sudan]]
 
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=== T ===
=== T ===
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| style="width: 5%"|[[File:Togo.jpg|thumb|left|100px]] || style="width: 45%"| [[:Category:Cassettes from Togo|Cassettes from Togo]]
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| style="width: 5%"|[[File:Flag of Tunisia.jpg|100px|thumb|left]] || style="width: 45%"| [[:Category:Cassettes from Tunisia|Cassettes from Tunisia]]


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'African Cassettes' is maintained by [https://www.andreas-wetter.de Andreas Wetter.]
'African Cassettes' is maintained by [https://www.andreas-wetter.de Andreas Wetter.]
== Contact ==
You can write an [mailto:contact@african-cassettes.org email] to the project.

Latest revision as of 05:37, 8 September 2023

African Cassettes is an online cassettography dedicated to documenting African music released on cassettes. Currently the project is in an early development stage. A list of all cassettes included until now can be seen here. Currently new cassettes are not being added on a regular base because of administrative and technical reasons. The project is based at and supported by the African Music Archives (AMA) and the Ernst-Wilhelm-Müller-Stiftung at Institute of Ethnology and African Studies the University of Mainz.

Introduction

Over a period of more than 40 years cassette albums were the predominant media for publishing popular music in most African countries, i.e. the majority of commercially produced music was released on cassettes. Thus, music produced and released on cassettes represent an immense treasure of cultural heritage. Despite the relevance and importance of this heritage few information about the sheer quantity and the content of cassette albums is available. Although projects on specific genres or with a regional focus by highly engaged and knowledgeable enthusiasts fill these gaps partly, there is no compendium or catalogue which contains information on all cassette albums produced in African countries in a standardized way. Thus, there is a need for a register or a catalogue of cassette albums produced in African countries.

This project is the attempt to fill this gap with the creation of a cassettography of African Music Albums. Although I had followed the idea to start this kind of catalogue for a couple of years this project just started two months ago, thanks to the support of the African Music Archives and the Ernst-Wilhelm-Müller-Stiftung at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. Currently the cassettography is in a test phase where ideas and implementation are being tested. The cassette albums used in the project are found in a private collection or in the AMA at Mainz.

At this stage the cassettography contains entries on cassette albums from 30 countries, biographical entries on the artists and bands who appear on the cassettes, entries on authors and composers of songs, as well as entries on the companies which produced and released the cassettes (such as music labels, music shops, etc.). The data in the entries is based on information provided on the cover of or on the cassettes themselves as well as from publications in the internet (online magazines, newspapers, etc.) and printed books.

The project is using open sources software (MediaWiki) in order to be sustainable in the long term. Albums are continuously added to the cassettography, more or less on a daily base and descriptive and documentation texts will be continuously revised and amended as well.

Please note that this is an academic non-profit project. Comments that contribute to the improvement and enrichment of this project are very welcome. You find our email address below.

Recent additions

A note about the naming of the albums

Many cassette albums don't have a title. Therefore for all albums without title we use the title of the first song on Side A as pro forma title for the cassette.

The 36 newest albums

Please note that the pictures are linked to the covers only. The cassette is linked to via the title below the picture.

Cassettes arranged by country

A

 Cassettes from Algeria
Cassettes from Angola

B

 Cassettes from Burundi


C

 Cassettes from Cameroon
Cassettes from Congo


D

 Cassettes from Djibouti
Cassettes from DRC/Zaïre

E

 Cassettes from Ethiopia
Cassettes from Eritrea

G

 Cassettes from Gabon
Cassettes from Gambia
Cassettes from Ghana
Cassettes from Guinea

I

 Cassettes from Ivory Coast


K

 Cassettes from Kenya

L

 Cassettes from Liberia

M

 Cassettes from Madagascar
Cassettes from Mali
Cassettes from Morocco

N

 Cassettes from Nigeria

S

 Cassettes from São Tomé and Príncipe
Cassettes from Senegal
Cassettes from Somalia
Cassettes from South Africa
Cassettes from Sudan

T

 Cassettes from Tanzania
Cassettes from Togo
Cassettes from Tunisia

U

 Cassettes from Uganda


Z

 Cassettes from Zimbabwe



AMA - African Music Archive

The African Music Archive at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz is collecting modern African music and makes it available to science and research. It hosts music on all kinds of media: shellac and vinyl records, as well as audio and video cassettes, CDs and DVDs. It currently hosts a unique collection of 15,000 sound recordings from the 1940s until the present. Beyond academic work, AMA seeks to make knowledge about African music accessible to a broader public.

'African Cassettes' is maintained by Andreas Wetter.

Contact

You can write an email to the project.

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