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In spring 1983 an ‘outdooring’ ceremony was held in a quiet back street off London’s Tottenham Court Road. The occasion, at which drums were played and libations were offered to the ancestors, was the opening of Sterns African Record Centre, a retail outlet, which has since grown into the largest distributor of African records outside Paris, with a catalogue of 3,000 titles, including 100 on their own labels (Sterns and Earthworks), and customers across the globe. Read More


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Thanks to Steve in Australia for sending me these photographs.

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Sterns 75 Warren Street, W1 126 Tottenham Court Road, W1

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