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The Legacy of George W Broome
- Andamanese Awareness
- A History of the Talking Machine Web Articles Books
- CLPGS Lectures
- Understanding Soundscapes and Ecoacoustics
- An Introduction to Experimental and Ambient Music
- Early Ethnographic Film & Avant-garde Cinema
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Introductory Online Reading
A Selection of Digital Books and Resources for Further Study
Books and Articles on Early African and African Diasporic Recordings
Research Books and Papers on Language Preservation,
Ethnomusicology, Music/Sound Lessons,
Race in the Diaspora, Spirituality,
Ethnographic Study and History
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Reading material is in PDF format unless specified.
Recorded Music and Sound
African Music on LP an Annotated Discography by Alan P. Merriam Northwestern Press, 1970
Black Europe: Volume 1 by Jeffrey P. Green, Rainer E. Lotz, Howard Rye - Bear Family, 2013
Black Europe: Volume 2 by Jeffrey P. Green, Rainer E. Lotz, Howard Rye - Bear Family, 2013
Black Recording Artists 1877-1926 An Annotated Discography Compiled by Craig Gibbs 2012
Field Recordings of Black Singers & Musicians: Annotated Discography - 1901-1943 C. Gibbs
Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry: 1890-1919 by Tim Brooks, 2005
The History of Juju Music: History of An African Popular Music from Nigeria: - T Ajayi Thomas
Savage Preservation: Ethnographic Origins of Modern Media Technology - by Brian Hochman
The Issue of Racism in Early Recorded Music Article by Jonathan Emeruwa website link 2022
Language Preservation
A Grammar of the Great Andamanese Language An Ethnolinguistic Study: - Anvita Abbi 2013
A Handbook of Jarawa Language Andaman & Nicobar V.R Rajasingh, M.R Ranganatha 2013
A Study on the Extinction of Indigenous Languages in Nigeria, by Susan Akinkurolere: - 2018
In Search of Language Contact Between Jarawa and Aka-Bea - by Anvita Abbi and P. Kumar
UNESCO Prediction on the Extinction of the Igbo Language - by Kelechi Ani Johnmary 2012
Vanishing Voices The Extinction of the World's Languages by D. Nettle & S. Romaine - 2000
Ethnomusicology
African Musicology Online An International Peer Reviewed EJournal BDAM Vol 1 No 1 2007
African Musicology Online An International Peer Reviewed EJournal BDAM Vol 1 No 2 2007
African Musicology Online An International Peer Reviewed EJournal BDAM Vol 2 No 1 2008
African Musicology Online An International Peer Reviewed EJournal BDAM Vol 2 No 2 2008
Studies in African Music: Volumes 1 and 2 - by A.M. Jones - Oxford University Press: - 1959
The Ethnomusicology 42 Book Collection - Various Authors, and Titles - (View Book Listing)
Music and Sound Healing Lessons
African Classical Ensemble Theory & Drum Based Concert Series, Agiri Music (Foundation)
African Classical Ensemble Theory & Drum Based Concert Series Uso Music (Intermediate)
African Classical Ensemble Theory & Drum Based Concert Series - Ike Music: - (Advanced)
Tibetan Sound Healing 7 Guided Practices by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, Sounds True 2006
Race in the African Diaspora (Europe)
Black Europe and the African Diaspora, Darlene Hine, Tricia Danielle Keaton, Stephen Small
The Empire Strikes Back Race & Racism in 70s Britain Solomos, Findlay, Jones, Gilroy 1982
Race and Racism in Britain: Second Edition, Revised Expanded & Updated by John Solomos
Spirituality, Shamanism and Sound
Caribbean Religious History - An Introduction by Enis B Edmonds & Michelle A Gonzalez N.Y.
Encyclopedia of African Religion, Edited by Molefi Kete and Ama Mazama Asante, Sage 2009
Encyclopedia of Shamanism Volume 1 by Christina Pratt - Rosen Publishing Group N.Y. 2007
Encyclopedia of Shamanism Volume 2 by Christina Pratt - Rosen Publishing Group N.Y. 2007
Healing Songs by Ted Giola - Duke University Press - Durham, The Library of Congress 2006
I am a Shaman A Hmong Life Story with Ethnographic Commentary: - Paja Thao Minneapolis
Indigenous Black Theology: Toward an African Centered Theology: - by Jawanza Eric. Clarke
Introduction to African Religion by John Mbiti: - Heinemann Educational Books, London, 1975
Odinani Igbo Sacred Tradition by Emmanuel Ojiaku, Independent Ebook Self Publishing 2021
Odinani the Igbo Religion - Emmanuel Kaanaenechukwu Anizoba Trafford Publishing Canada
Shamanism by Merete Demant Jakobsen, Berghahn Books - New York and Oxford LOC 1999
Shamanism Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy by Mircea Eliade Princeton Bollingen Series, 1964
The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts: - Baba Ife Karade Samuel Weiser Inc ME 1994
The Soul of the Indian: An Interpretation by Charles Alexander Eastman Ohiyesa, Dover 1911
Tibetan Shamanism Ecstasy and Healing by Larry Peters North Atlantic Books Berkeley 2016
Ethnographic Study and History
African, Caribbean & African American History Collections: Various Writers/Editors 12 Ebooks
Black British History Collection from Britain & the British Empire - 4 Reference Books, Various
General History of Africa UNESCO Collection Volumes 1-8 Heinemann Books Various Editors
The Forest People by Colin Turnbull Simon and Schuster New York Library of Congress 1961
The Pale Fox by Marcel Griaule, and Germaine Dieterlen: - The Continuum, Foundation 1965
Photo taken by: Anna Craven in January 1970 in the Gwargwada District, Nasarawa Division, Benue Province Nigeria
