File:Ngoma- The Early Years, 1948-1960.jpg

This is the Front cover: entire front cover for the CD Ngoma: The Early Years, 1948-1960 by the artist Wendo Kolosoy et al. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to University of Mainz.
Cover in particular is discussed in article, as is compilation of rare 78s from 1950s Congo. While University of Mainz published the music, it did so without copyright, as the original publishers (Ngoma music, Kinshasa) no longer exist and do not enforce copyright. Musician featured is now dead.

May be found at the following website: http://ntama.uni-mainz.de/ama/ https://www.amazon.com/Ngoma-Early-1948-1960-Various-Artists/dp/B00004UP25

Wendo Kolosoy

entire

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Artist. The image is used for identification in the context of critical commentary of the work for which it serves as cover art. It makes a significant contribution to the user's understanding of the article, which could not practically be conveyed by words alone. to demonstrate work of artist, specific record and the specific cover artwork is discussed in article. Commentary in the article about the cover art itself: Cover in particular is discussed in article, as is compilation of rare 78s from 1950s Congo. While University of Mainz published the music, it did so without copyright, as the original publishers (Ngoma music, Kinshasa) no longer exist and do not enforce copyright. Musician featured is now dead.. Use for this purpose does not compete with the purposes of the original artwork, namely the artist's providing graphic design services to music concerns and in turn marketing music to the public.

As musical cover art, the image is not replaceable by free content; any other image that shows the packaging of the music would also be copyrighted, and any version that is not true to the original would be inadequate for identification or commentary. There is no free image known, or reasonable possibility of creating one, that would convey the necessary information about the musical artist. none. Historic re-issue of classic works no longer available. Both artist and producer (Nicolas Jéronimidis) are now dead.

Use of the cover art in the article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy and fair use under the copyright law of the United States as described above.