In celebration of the anniversaries of their nation's independence, the Guinean Syliphone label released a special series of recordings. These commenced in 1969 with the LP "Guinee an X", or "Guinea year 10", and was followed in 1970 by "Guinee an XI". Guinee an XII was released in 1971 and featured four of the national orchestras plus two tracks by Myriam Makeba (who lived in Guinea from 1969 to 1986 and released two albums on the Syliphone label). Kouyaté Sory Kandia also performs a moving interpretation of the old griot epic narrative "Tara", and is backed up by Keletigui et ses Tambourinis. "Guinee an XII" was the last of "anniversary" albums that were released in celebration of Guinea's independence. The Discothéque series was just around the corner which continued the tradition of presenting collections of Guinea's great orchestras.