Summary: Soul Jazz Records looks at the explosion of music that came out of the Congo in the years leading up to independence in 1960.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN CONSummary: Presents documentary footage from the journey of André Gide and Marc Allégret to the Congo in French Equatorial Africa in 1925 with footage showing the lives, culture, and built environments of various groups in the region including the Baya, Sara, and Fula.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Icarus Films Home Video 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TRADaughton, J. P. (James Patrick)
Summary: "The epic story of the Congo-Océan railroad and the human costs and contradictions of modern empire. The Congo-Océan railroad stretches across the Republic of Congo from Brazzaville to the Atlantic port of Pointe-Noir. It was completed in 1934, when Equatorial Africa was a French colony, and it stands as one of the deadliest construction projects in history. Colonial workers were subjects of an...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385.096 DAUVerckys.
Contents: Bassala hot (Afrobeat) -- Ya nini (Congolese Rumba) -- Cheka sana (Afro Funk) -- Oui verckys (Organ Jerk) -- Nakobala yo Denise (Afro Pop) -- Sex vévé (Blues) -- Sisa motema (Psychedelic Rumba) -- Talali talala (Afro Funk) -- Zonga vonvon (Psychedelic Rumba) -- Nakomi paralise (Cavacha) -- Matinda comono (Pachanga).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Analog Africa 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN VERO'Hanlon, Redmond
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 916.724 OHARy-Co Jazz (Musical group)
Contents: Bana Ry-Co (1:58) -- Mambo Ry-Co (3:56) -- Veronica (3:16) -- Caramba da ma vida (3:47) -- Cunvana (2:47) -- Ry-Co Band (4:01) -- Mambe (3:23) -- Twist with the docteur (2:59) -- Gariophona (3:21) -- Give me bombolo (3:21) -- My Zainatu (3:26) -- Baby technical (3:06) -- Sapo pepo (3:32) -- Tu bois beaucoup (3:53) -- Marie Jose (4:59) -- Si I bon di I bon (5:03).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: RetroAfric 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN RYContents: CD 1. Coopération (Franco & Sam Mangwana) (12:08) -- Doublé-doublé (Nyboma) (8:12) -- Africa mokili mobimba (5:07) ; Indépendance cha cha cha (3:04) (Joseph Kabasele & African Jazz) -- Siluwangi wapi accordeon (Franco & O.K. Jazz & Camille Feruzi) (3:53) -- Marabenta (Vamos para o Campo) (Sam Mangwana) (7:48) -- Machette (Les Bantous de la Capitale) (9:12) -- Lina (3:12) ; Tcha tcha tcha de mi...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN GOLRios, Orlando.
Contents: Mi tierra = My land (7:35) -- No me culpes a mi = Don't blame me (6:21) -- Caballeros, qué mujer = Gentlemen, what a woman (7:05) -- Solo, errante y bohemio = Alone, errant, and bohemian (5:50) -- Mal de yerba = The bad seed (7:20) -- Dónde estan los cubanos? = Where are the Cubans? (5:19) -- Siento que me reganã el corazón = I feel like my heart is scolding me (6:02) -- Yo soy tu ley = I am...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN RIOJackson, Kate
Summary: "In 2005 Kate Jackson ventured into the remote swamp forests of the northern Congo to collect reptiles and amphibians. Her camping equipment was rudimentary, her knowledge of Congolese customs even more so. She knew how to string a net and set a pitfall trap, but she never imagined the physical and cultural difficulties that awaited her."--Jacket.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 597 JACKMabanckou, Alain
Summary: "A rollicking new novel described as "Oliver Twist in 1970s Africa" (Les Inrockuptibles) by the finalist for the Man International Booker Prize It's not easy being Tokumisa Nzambe po Mose yamoyindo abotami namboka ya Bakoko. There's that long name of his for a start, which means, "Let us thank God, the black Moses is born on the lands of the ancestors." Most people just call him Moses. Then...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MABCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Mabanckou 2017Bio Ritmo (Musical group)
Contents: Yo soy la rumba -- Call me up -- Bin bin -- What I want to say -- You killed my love -- Tequila -- Ugly -- Un carnaval en la Habana -- You rule over me -- Una palabra -- Siéntate ahí -- Night music.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Triloka Records 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN BioSummary: Features Brazilian musician Joao Gilberto's first three albums. Joao Gilberto is one of the pioneers of the bossa nova musical genre, yet he has avoided the limelight for fifty years. Here, listerners can experience Gilberto's earliest music, which chronicles the beginnings of bossa nova.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN GILKubler, Annie
Summary: An illustrated board book with words and music to a children's song.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Child's Play (International) Ltd. 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: JE BOARD KUBWasserstrom, Jeffrey N
Summary: "On the frontlines of the battle for democracy in China The rise of Hong Kong is the story of a miraculous post-War boom, when Chinese refugees flocked to a small British colony, and, in less than fifty years, transformed it into one of the great financial centers of the world. The unraveling of Hong Kong, on the other hand, shatters the grand illusion of China ever having the intention of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Global Reports 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.2506 WASReid, Stuart A.
Summary: "A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller-about the US-sanctioned plot to assassinate the democratically elected leader of the newly independent Congo"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 967.51031 REISummary: Five (1951) Black and White 93 minutes Not Rated Starring: William Phipps, Susan Douglas, James Anderson, Charles Lampkin, Earl Lee When a nuclear bomb destroys the world, only five survivors remain. A pregnant woman, a philosopher, a black man, a banker and an explorer seek shelter in an abandoned house. As the last living human beings, they must work together. However, their clashing visions...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR CLAHumphreys, Jessica Dee
Summary: Recounts the experiences of Michel Chikwanine, who at age five was abducted during a schoolyard soccer game and forced to become a child soldier.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 355 HUMMonte, Marisa.
Contents: Universo ao meu redor -- O Bonde do Dom -- Meu canário -- Três letrinhas -- Quatro paredes -- Perdoa, meu amor -- Cantinho escondido -- Statue of Liberty -- A alma e a matéria -- Lágrimas e tormentos -- Satisfeito -- Para mais ninguém -- Vai saber? -- Pétalas esquecidas.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Metro Blue 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN MONYogis, Jaimal
Summary: "When Grace moves to Hong Kong with her mom and new stepdad, her biggest concern is making friends at her fancy new boarding school. But when a mysterious old woman gifts her a dragon egg during a field trip, Grace discovers that the wonderful stories of dragons she heard when she was a young girl might actually be real--especially when the egg hatches overnight."--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2021
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Contents: Adios -- Amapola -- Begin the Beguine -- On the street where you live -- Rhumba at the Waldorf -- Ave Maria Lola -- Besame mucho -- Miami Beach rhumba -- I've got you under my skin -- Amor -- Take it away -- African beat.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Conversa-Phone 1980
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD EASY LISTENING BETSummary: Portable and instantly accessible to all age groups. Bongos have been used in every type ofmusic genre, from Marvin Gaye to tech house and everything in between.If you have everdrummed a desk at work or stopped your child from banging the dinner table, then it’s only rightto turn a time killer into a talent and pick up a bongo today.
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: RockJam
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1 available in Sight and Sound Equipment, Call number: Bongo drumsCheng, Long
Summary: "A candid, thrilling memoir from one of the most recognizable, influential, and beloved cinematic personalities in the world. Everyone knows Jackie Chan. Whether it's from Rush Hour, Shanghai Noon, The Karate Kid, or Kung Fu Panda, Jackie is admired by generations of moviegoers for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, and mind-bending stunts. In 2016--after fifty-six years in the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 921 CHAN, JACKIE CHEOkwess International (Musical group)
Contents: Hello -- Musonsu -- Ofakombolo -- Benanga -- Pondjo pondjo -- Emikele ngamo -- Nkoy -- Nzele momi -- Le temps passé -- Ekombe -- Bengai yo.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017