Welcome to African Cassettes
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. New cassettes are being added on a daily base. The project is based at and supported by the [1] (AMA) at the University of Mainz.
Recent additions
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Kadara by Gasper Lawal (Nigeria)
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Khanyisani by Mzikayifani Buthelezi (South Africa)
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Ekoomi by Kabagambe Salongo (Uganda)
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380 Volts by Alain-Kounkou (DRC/Zaïre)
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Biduaya by Tshala Muana (DRC/Zaïre)
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Omutanda Gyali by Afrigo Band (Uganda)
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Musiga Millenium Jig Vol.1 a compilation from Ghana (Ghana)
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Thandeka by P.J. Powers (South Africa)
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Tsvimbodzemoto by Bhundu Boys (Zimbabwe)
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Sabou Sabou by Djanka Diabate (Ivory Coast)
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Dongari by Super Biton de Segou (Mali)
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Think about the children by Lucky Dube (South Africa)
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Les 4 Étoiles du Mali Vol. 2 a compilation from Mali (Mali)
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Abdoulaye Diabate et Koule Star by Koule Star (Mali)
Cassettes arranged by country
C
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Cassettes from Cameroon |
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Cassettes from Congo |
D
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Cassettes from DRC/Zaïre |
E
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Cassettes from Ethiopia |
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Cassettes from Eritrea |
G
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Cassettes from Gabon |
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Cassettes from Ghana |
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Cassettes from Guinea |
I
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Cassettes from Ivory Coast |
K
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Cassettes from Kenya |
L
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Cassettes from Liberia |
M
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Cassettes from Madagascar |
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Cassettes from Mali |
N
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Cassettes from Nigeria |
S
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Cassettes from São Tomé and Príncipe |
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Cassettes from Senegal |
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Cassettes from South Africa |
T
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Cassettes from Tanzania |
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Cassettes from Togo |
U
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Cassettes from Uganda |
Z
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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.