Ali Farka Toure

Ali Farka Toure

Amadou & Mariam

Amadou & Mariam

Baaba Maal

Baaba Maal

Babatunde Olatunji

Babatunde Olatunji

Drummers of Burundi

Burundi Drummers

Kwaito from South Africa. Soukous from Congo. Mbalax from Senegal. Rai from Algeria. Photographs of these and many more African pop music styles, as well as traditional musicians and dancers, are all represented in our comprehensive archive. Contact us for images of musicians playing koras, balafons, ngonis, ndingidis, krars, and many other instruments.

See more of our photographs in Barlow & Eyre, Afropop! With Jack Vartoogian Photographs, Chartwell: 1995 and Jack and Linda Vartoogian, The Living World of Dance, Smithmark: 1997.




Cheikh Lo

Cheikh Lo

Dorothy Masuku

Dorothy Masuku

Fela Kuti

Fela Kuti

Fema Kuti

Femi Kuti

Habib Koite

Habib Koite

James Makubuya

James Makubuya

Kanda Bongo Man

Kanda Bongo Man

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Ladysmith

Les Ballets Africains

Les Ballets Africains

Orchestra Baobab

Orchestra Baobab

Oumou Sangare

Oumou Sangare

Rokia Traore

Rokia Traore

Vusi Mahlasela

Vusi Mahlasela

Youssou N'Dour

Youssou N'Dour

Youssou N'Dour

Youssou N'Dour