THE FOLLOWING BOOKS AND DISCS ARE AT PRESENT AVAILABLE AT THE SOCIETY'S HEADQUARTERS
Price
AFRICAN DANCES OF THE WITWATERSRAND GoLD MINES 20/-
by Hugh Tracey, illustrated with 120 photographs. Published by the African Music Society, 1952. This is a book that every- one who attends an inter-tribal dance in the Gold Mine Com- pounds will want to possess. An ideal gift book recommended by the Society.
(Plus 9d. postage and packing)
CHOP! MusrcrANS (Their Music, Poetry and Instruments) 19/-
by Hugh Tracey. Oxford University Press, 1948. (Plus 9d. postage and packing) THE IcrLA DANCE--OLD STYLE (A description of drum and dance 8/6
rhythm) by Rev. A. M. Jones and L. Kombe. Published by Longmans, Green & Co. for the African Music Society, 1952.
(Plus 6d. postage and packing)
LALELA ZuLu, 100 ZuLu LYRics 12/6
by Hugh Tracey, with illustrations by Eric Byrd. Published by the African Music Society, 1948. A charming gift book, attractively illustrated. Recommended by the Society.
(Plus 6d. postage and packing)
NEWSLETTER AND JouRNALS OF THE AFRICAN Musrc SociETY Newsletters, 1948-1953
Journals: Vol. 1, Nos. 1-4 Vol. II, Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Vol. II, No.4
5/- each 10/6 each 15/- each 20/- each
9/6 NeoMA (An introduction to music for Southern Africans) by Hugh
Tracey. Longmans, Green & Co., 1948 (Plus 9d. postage and packing)
Y ORUBA MuSIC 7/6
A monograph by the African orga:1ist of Lagos Cathedral, T. K. E. Phillips. Published by the African Music Society, 1952.
(Plus 9d. postage and packing)
RECORDINGS OF AFRICAN MUSIC SouND OF AFRICA Series. Over two hundred 12" discs, with full card
index system, covering 14 territories in Southern Africa, with the music of over 130 tribes. (Full catalogue upon request).
Musrc OF AFRICA Series. Selections of music from Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Congo, Ruanda-Urundi, the Rhodesias and Nyasaland, Mos;ambique, South Africa, and African Stories.
10" discs 12" discs .
Please address your orders for catalogues, discs or books to:
THE HoN. SECRETARY, AFRICAN Musrc SociETY, P.O. Box 138, RooDEPOORT, TRANSVAAL,
SouTH AFRICA
At the present t<i.tc of exchange 1 dollar can be taken as 7 shillings.
One S<_;>uth African Rand, of 100 cents, is equivalent to 10/- sterling.
ALL PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE
56/6 each (postage extra)
26/6 each 40/- each (postage extra)
THE APPROXIMATE ORIGIN OF ARTICLES IN THIS EDITION OF T H E JOURNAL
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ARTICLES
1. MuSICAL TRAINING IN TRIBAL WEST AFRICA
2. POPULAR MUSIC IN WEST AFRICA
3. D.~NCERS OF THE IVORY COAST
5. THE PHENOMENON OF INHERI:.NT RHYTHMS IN EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICAN INSTRU·
MENTAL MUSIC
6. THE END.\RA XYLOPHONE OF 8UKONJO
7. VENDA l\OTE-NAMES
8. MusiCAL ExPEDITION oF THE V1>NDA
9. ZULU .~NO XHOSA PR.\ISE POETRY .\NO SONG
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THE GUITAR IMPROVIS.niONS OF MWENDA jEAN Bosco .by Edna M. Smith . Nigeria
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by Edna M. Smith . Nigeria
by Isabel Ferguson . .
Ivory Coast
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Gerhard Kubik . East Africa/v•
Gerhard Kubik . Uganda b;• A. M. Jones . .South Africa b;• J. Blacking . .
South Africa by David Rycroft . .
South Africa by David Rycroft .
Congo
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11. Review: AFRICAN l\lus1c IN GHANA by J. H. Nketia . 116
Ghana
