French Africa

Artists

Album Info

Label: Columbia Masterworks

Gatefold sleeve with attached 12"x12" three-page insert.
Album title appears as:
"French Africa" on cover and spine" / "African Music From The French Colonies" on insert and labels.

Recording information:
Band 1 recorded by the Henri Lhote expedition in 1948.
A1.1, A1.4 - Hoggar, Sahara Desert
A1.2 - Sahara Desert
A1.3 - In Salah, Sahara Desert
A2.5, A4.15 to A4.19 - Banfora, Upper Volta
A2.6, A2.7 - Somaliland
A3.8, A3.11, A3.12 - Niger Territory
A3.9 - French Sudan
A3.10 - Bandiagara district, French Sudan
A3.13 - Karala, French Guinea
A3.14 - Kouroussa district, French Guinea
B1.20 - Southern part of Madagascar
B1.21 - Western part of Madagascar
B1.22 - Southwest of Madagascar
B1.23 - North Madagascar
B1.24 - Togo, 1939
Bands 2 to 4 recorded by the Ogue Congo Expedition in 1946
B2.25 to B2.28 - Gabon
B3.29, B3.30 - Ouesso district, Middle Congo
B3.31 to B4.38 - Middle Congo