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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