Founder of ILAM:
Hugh Tracey
Hugh Tracey began studying African music in
1920, when he arrived from Devonshire, England in Southern Rhodesia
(now Zimbabwe) to farm tobacco with his older brother Leonard who had
been allotted land as a serviceman wounded in the First World War.
He learned the Karanga dialect of the Shona language by working with Karanga farm workers in the fields. continue reading...
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Music of Africa Series |
Historical Recordings by Hugh Tracey |
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ILAM’s Academic Journal
For a brief video about ILAM click here.
Listen to NPR's Hip Deep radio feature on Hugh Tracey and ILAM here.
Where to find us:
The ILAM building is located in Grahamstown, South Africa on the beautiful Rhodes Unversity campus, just off Prince Alfred Road.
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