9 2 AFRICAN MUSIC SOCIETY JOURNAL
CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS EDITION
Professor John Black in g: Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Miss M. Davidson: Lecturer in Music at Chalimbana Training College, Lusaka, Zambia.
C. Lunsunga: Lecturer on Bemba Music and teacher at the Lufubu Primary School, P.O. Kasembe, Kawambwa, Zambia.
Hugh Tracey; Director International Library o f African Music; Honorary Secretary, African Music Society.
Gerhard Ku bik; Research student from Vienna, Austria. Has completed six years of research in African Music in Western, Central and Southern Africa.
C. Ballantine: Wrote thesis on Tswana Music for B.Mus, Honours Degree at the W'itwatcrsrand University, South Africa.
Fr. F . Gio rg etti; Catholic Missionary of the Missioni Africanc, Cavallino, Lecce, Italy until recently
—from Sudan.
Dr. E. M. Edet: lecturer, Music Department, University o f Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO A F R IC A N M U SIC
Contributions to this Journal from all sources arc welcomed by the Editor. We publish articles under the following general headings, but contributions, in English or French, on all aspects of African music and arts are considered.
Please write to;
The Editor, AFRICAN MUSIC, African Music Society,
P.O. Box 138, Roodepoort, Transvaal, South Africa.
Sociology The place and function of music in African society and African culture. The content of songs, their social setting, meaning in music. The use of music in modem industrial townships, compounds, in broadcasting. Taste in music among African people of different social classes and economic standards.
Linguistics The relationship between tone, stress and melody in speech and music, lyrics and poetry.
Musicology The structure and form of African music, both vocal and instrumental, together with the technique of manufacture and performance upon instruments.
Dancing . , The place of dancing in African society and its effect upon musical structure.
The modem use of indigenous and other forms of dancing as a recreation in industrial centres.
Aesthetics The appreciation of African music as an art form.
Allied Arts The study of other African arts, mural design, pattern making, sculpture, in their relationship to the aural patterns of music.
Religious The use and adaptation of African music for religious purposes both indi
genous and foreign.
Afro-Am brican . The connection between the music of this continent and African-derived musics elsewhere.
The Society is not in a position to pay for articles, but contributors receive copies of offprints of their articles free of charge.
THE FOLLOWING BOOKS ARE AT PRESENT AVAILABLE AT THE SOCIETY’S HEADQUARTERS
S.A. English NEWSLETTERS;
African Music Society Newsletters:
Six issues from 1948-1-53, e a c h ...R0.50 5/- JOURNALS:
African Music Society Journal “ African Mu sic” :
VoL 1 Nos. 1 - 3 ...R1.05 10/6 Vol. I No. 4 (Now out of P r i n t ) ... — — Vol. II Nos. 1 - 3 ...R1.50 15/- Vol. II No. 4 ... . . R2.00 20/- Vol. I ll Nos. 1 - 3 ...R2.00 20/- Vol. Ill No. 4 ... R2.50 25/-
Po stage extra 20 complete sets of Volume II available.
150 complete sets of Volume III available.
African Dancesofthe Witw atersrand Gold Minks:
by Hugh T r a c e y ...R1.40 14/- Illustratcd with 120 photographs. Published by the African Postage extra Music Society, 1952. This is a book that everyone who attends
an inter-tribal dance in the Gold Mine Compounds will want to possess. An ideal gift book recommended by the Society.
Chopi Musicians(Their Music, Poetry and Instruments):
by Hugh T r a c e y ... R2.80 28/- Oxford University Press, 1948. (Only a few copies still available)
The Icila Dance— Old Style:
A description of drum and dance rhythm by A. M. Jones and 85 cents 8/6 and L. K o m b e ... . . .
Lalkla Zulu, 100 Zulu Ly rics:
by Hugh Tracey, with illustrations by F.ric Byrd . . . . 70 cents 7/- Publishcd by the African Music Society, 1948. A charming
gilt book, attractively illustrated. Recommended by the Society.
Ngoma (An introduction to music for Southern Africans):
by Hugh T r a c e y ... 95 cents 9/6 Longmans, Green & Co., 1948.
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THE APPROXIMATE ORIGIN OF ARTICLES IN THIS EDITION OF THE JOURNAL
M A P P A G E
1. Music in Uganda . . . . by John Blacking . . U ganda . 14
2. Kalumbu Musical Row by Marjorie Davidson . Zam bia . 18 3. Bemba Mush: ... by C. Lutisonga , Zam bia . 26 4. Mu sical Appreciation Among
the SliONA 1932 by Hugh Tracey . Rhodesia 29
5, Mangwilo Xylophone . by Gerhard Kubik . M ozam bique 35 6. Tswana Pipf. Melody by C. Ballantine . S. Africa and
Bcchuanaland . 52
7. I.L .A .M . Recording Tour.
So u t h West Afr ica . South West Africa 68
8. Generic Names of Mb ir a . by Gerhard Kubik . . Angola 72 9. Zande Harp Music by Fr. F. Giorgetti . . Sudan . . . 74
t o . Bu l l e t i n, Department of Mu sic.
Universityof Nig eria, Nsukka. by Dr. E, M. Edet , N igeria . 77
