- vol.
- 1. 1889-1910: Dahomey
- Uncle Tom's cabin
- Spirituals
- Minstrelsy
- Human zoo
- Dance
- Theatrical shows
- Recordings
- Films
- The World War
- Paris Universal Exhibition 1899
- Bohee Brothers
- Jenkins Orphanage Band
- Chocolat
- Introduction to Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv
- Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv: South Africa
- Paris World Exposition 1900
- Silas Seth Weeks
- Le Cakewalk du Nouveau Cirque
- Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv: Suahali
- Belle Davis
- Pete Hampton & Laura Bowman
- Bert Williams
- Henry Make Johnson
- Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv: Ewe
- Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv: Fulbe
- Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv: Tunesian
- Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv: Duala
- The Four Black Diamonds
- The Pygmies
- The Black Troubadours
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
- Will Garland
- William 'Willy' Barry
- Wilson & Wilson
- Gipsy Woolf
- Arabella Fields
- George Jackson
- Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv: Kongo
- The Georgia Piccaninnies
- Josephine Morcashani
- Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv: Sudan
- Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv: Kamerun
- Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv: Jaunde
- Tessema Eshete
- Pete Zabriskie.
- vol.
- 2. 1910-1930: Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv: Senegambia
- Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv: Somali
- Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv: Ostafrika
- Shotayo Ayedemi (C.A.W. Pratt)
- Walter Benson Rubusana & Palmer Mowetyana
- Carlisle & Wellmon
- Ernest Trimingham
- Wien Phonogramm-Archiv
- Ugandan dignitaries
- Archives de la parole
- Jack Johnson
- Bob Roberts
- Ciro's Club Coon Orchestra
- Phonographische Kommission (Prisoners of War)
- The Savoy Quartet
- The Versatile Four
- James Reese Europe
- Dan & Harvey's Jazz Band
- Capt. Jack Ellis
- The Red Devils
- Joseph Boyd
- Edmund Jenkins
- Louis A. Mitchell
- The Southern Syncopated Orchestra
- Herbert Eugene Parker
- Roland Hayes
- A. Williams
- The Broadway Band
- Rudolph Dixon
- Russell Jones
- J.J. Ransome-Kuti
- Battling Siki
- Pierre de Caillaux
- Das Lautarchiv der Humboldt-Universität
- Sol Plaatje
- John Payne
- Hughes Pollard
- Gordon Stretton
- George Clapham
- Evelyn Dove
- Layton and Johnstone
- James Boucher
- M. Cole & E. Martin
- Roland C. Nathaniels
- Earl Granstaff
- Hatch & Carpenter
- Sissle & Blake
- Egbert E. Thompson
- Ladipo Solanke
- Sam Wooding
- Arthur Briggs
- Frank Withers
- Claude Hopkins
- Josephine Baker
- The Four Harmony Kings
- Harry Hednoff
- Gene Bullard
- Johnny Hudgins
- Sara-Kaba.
- vol.
- 3. Disc
- 1: Silas Seth Weeks ; Belle Davis ; The Four Black Diamonds ; The Black Troubadours ; Samuel Coleridge-Taylor ; Gipsy Woolf ; Arabella Fields ; Pete Zabriskie
- disc
- 2: Pete Hampton & Laura Bowman
- disc
- 3: Pete Hampton & Laura Bowman
- disc
- 4: Pete Hampton & Laura Bowman ; The Georgia Pickaninnies ; Carlisle & Wellmon ; Jack Johnson ; Bob Roberts ; Ciro's Club Coon Orchestra
- disc
- 5: Ciro's Club Coon Orchestra
- disc
- 6: The Savoy Quartet
- disc
- 7: The Savoy Quartet
- disc
- 8: The Savoy Quartet
- disc
- 9: The Savoy Quartet ; The Versatile Four
- disc
- 10: The Versatile Four ; Joseph Boyd
- disc
- 11: Will Garland ; Dan and Harvey's Jazz Band ; Edmund Jenkins
- disc
- 12: Edmund Jenkins ; Herbert Eugene Parker
- disc
- 13: Louis Mitchell
- disc
- 14: Louis Mitchell
- disc
- 15: The Broadway Band
- disc
- 16: The Broadway Band
- disc
- 17: The Broadway Band ; Rudolph Dixon ; Evelyn Dove ; Russell Jones
- disc
- 18: Russell Jones ; John Payne ; Roland Hayes
- disc
- 19: Layton & Johnstone
- disc
- 20: Layton & Johnstone ; Gordon Stretton ; James Boucher ; Earl Granstaff
- disc
- 21: Hatch & Carpenter ; Sissle & Blake ; Sam Wooding
- disc
- 22: Arthur Briggs ; Pierre de Caillaux ; Hughes Pollard
- disc
- 23: Josephine Baker ; The Four Harmony Kings ; Harry Hednoff
- disc
- 24: The Paris World Exposition of 1900
- disc
- 25: The Paris World Exposition of 1900
- disc
- 29: The Paris World Exposition of 1900 ; The Pygmies ; Tessema Eshete
- disc
- 27: Tessema Eshete ; Archives de La Parole
- disc
- 28: Archives de la parole ; Die Phonographische Kommission
- disc
- 29: Die Phonographische Kommission
- disc
- 30: Die Phonographische Kommission
- disc
- 31: Die Phonographische Kommission
- disc
- 32: Die Phonographische Kommission
- disc
- 33: Die Phonographische Kommission disc
- 34: Die Phonographische Kommission --disc
- 35: Die Phonographische Kommission
- disc
- 36: Die Phonographische Kommission ; Lautarchiv der Humboldt-Universität Berlin
- disc
- 37: Lautarchiv der Humboldt-Universität Berlin ; Josiah Ransome-Kuti
- disc
- 38: Josiah Ransome-Kuti
- disc
- 39: Josiah Ransome-Kuti ; Sol T. Plaatje ; M. Cole & E. Martin ; Roland C. Nathaniels
- disc
- 40: Roland C. Nathaniels ; Ladipo Solanke
- disc
- 41: Ladipo Solanke ; Archiv Ewe ; Archiv Ful ; Archiv Tunesien ; Archiv Kongo
- disc
- 42: Archiv Kongo ; Archiv Sudan ; Archiv Kamerun
- disc
- 43: Archiv Kamerun ; Archiv Jaunde ; Archiv Senegambien
- disc
- 44: Archiv Senegambien ; Archiv Somali ; Sara-Kaba.
Fully indexed and lavishly illustrated with over 2000 images, mostly in colour, Black Europe includes biographies of hundreds of individuals - politicians, performers, actors and entertainers - from the United States, Africa, the Caribbean and Europe who were active in Europe. Their biographies are illustrated with a treasure trove of documents, official photos and family pictures, as well as contemporary sheet music, concert posters and promotional flyers and postcards. The majority of the rare sound recordings included with the book are made available for the first time in a modern format, and will provide fresh insights into black entertainment, the prehistory of jazz, the colonial era, and African languages and cultures. Original recording sheets and hundreds of pictures showing cylinders and gramophone record labels illustrate the beginnings of the 20th century record business--Supplied by publisher.
