Help is needed for a gigantic project: the documentation and reissue of
all sound and film documents of people of African descent IN EUROPE
prior to the 1920s. (To be exact: during the acoustic recording era,
pre-microphone). Of the circa 2000 potential sound documents, we have
already located and digitized most - but our wants and search list is
still long.
Among our wants are
=> recordings in Amharic by Tessema Eshete (Echeute) on the Beka and
Odeon labels
=> "coon songs" by the African-American minstrels Pete Hampton and Laura
Bowman on many makes of cylinders and discs
=> songs and recitations in Xhosa by Dr. W. B. Rubusana, MPC., and
Palmer Mowetyana on the Homophon label
=> a couple of Spirituals by Evelyn Dove (on Aco) and Roland Hayes (on
Vocalion)
=> discs used to synchronize early films featuring black entertainers,
actors, etc
and many more.
The complete list is here:
<http://www.lotz-verlag.de/Black_Europe_Wants.htm>
Background information about the project is here:
<http://www.lotz-verlag.de/black_europe_callforhelp.html>
Thank you very much for your support.
Dr. Rainer E. Lotz
Rotdornweg 81
53177 Bonn (Germany)
Tel: 0049-228-35280
Fax: 0049-228-365142
Web: www.lotz-verlag.de
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