 | Old Boy Association Groups Cuban Swing Band, Mayfair Dance Band |
| 1934 - Freetown Rediffusion Service
 | Sir Arnold Hodson “ the Sunshine Governor” |
| 2pounds and 12 shillings |
| Broadcast full spectrum of music |
| “Variety Time” hosted by Ralph Wright and his “Radio Discoveries” |
| Called Kongosa Boxes which in Krio means gossip, |
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| 1935 - BBC Overseas Service- Shellac discs of local Temne and Mende musicians |
| 1940’s Freetown Busiest Seaport |
| 1950’s Ticklers, Tejan-Sie’s Sierra Leone Police Band |
| 1955 Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service
| Began a local record library in 1986 had 716 Shellac discs |
| Large number of guitar discs from Zaire particularly Mwenda Jean Bosco |
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| 1960’s Congolese group Ryko Jazz - influenced musicians
| Cisco Kids |
| Afro National |
| Super Combo |
| Gerald Pine formed Geraldo Pino and the Heartbeats ( big influence on Fela Kuti -
Afrobeat Sound ) |
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| Early 1960’s British R&B scene Bunny Mack |
| 1981 Let Me Love You |
