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Opika was an
early record label in the Congo,
which recorded and
promoted African pop, guitar, and
rumba - not only from the Congo, but from Cameroon...
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Opika von Méray Horváth (December 30, 1889 –
April 25, 1977), a.k.a. Zsófia Méray-Horváth, was a
Hungarian figure skater. She won
three consecutive World...
- Band and
Colony House.
Pretty Magic Spell (2018,
Opika/Independent)
Washington by the Sea (2019,
Opika/Independent) Long Time
Coming (2021, Rounder) Trail...
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Fonotone Years 1958–1965 John
Fahey CD box set
Compiled by
Glenn Jones Opika Pende:
Africa at 78 rpm
Various Artists CD box set with book
Compiled by...
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businesses in the
Belgian Congo and
fortuitously they
decided to
launch the
Opika recording company in
challenge to the
monopolistic Ngoma record label. In...
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studio called Opika,
Kasabele received an
opportunity to
pursue a
career in music. He
joined with two of the
session guitarists at
Opika records, Georges...
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Kronberger Opika von Méray Horváth
Ludowika Eilers 1912
Davos Opika von Méray Horváth
Dorothy Greenhough-Smith
Phyllis Johnson 1913
Stockholm Opika von Méray...
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virtuoso guitarist Zacharie Elenga "Jhimmy", and was
signed to the
Opika label. At
Opika, she
proved herself to be an
improvisational and
expressive singer...
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Kronberger 1912:
Found state,
Opika von Méray Horváth 1913:
Found state,
Opika von Méray Horváth 1914:
Found state,
Opika von Méray Horváth 1922: Found...
- 1950s,
record labels began appearing,
including CEFA, Ngoma,
Loningisa and
Opika, each
issuing many 78 rpm records;
Radio Congo Belge also
began broadcasting...
