VOLUME 2 1959 NUMBER 2
AFRICAN MUSIC
J O U R N A L O F T H E A F R I C A N
M U S I C S O C I E T Y
J O U R N A L D E L A S O C I E T E D E M U S I Q U E A F R I C A I N E
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AFRICAN MUSIC SOCIETY
President:
Ho t. Sir Evelyn Baring, k.c.m.g., g.g.v.o. I ice- President:
H. F. Oppenheimer, Esq.
Colonel Sir Charles E. Ponsonby, Ban., t.d., d.l. Patrons:
H. E. The Governor-General of Angola
11. E. The High Commissioner for Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland II. E. The Governor-General of the Belgian Congo
II. E. The Governor-General of French Equatorial Africa I I. E. The Governor of Kenya Colons'
H. E. The Governor-General of Mozambique 11. E. The Governor-General of Northern Rhodesia
H. F.. The Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nvasaland 11. E. The Governor of Nyasaland
11. E. The Governor of Northern Rhodesia 11. E. The Governor of Southern Rhodesia Viscount Malvern, g.h., k.c.m.g., f.k.c.s., m.i>.
11. E. The Governor of Tanganyika Territory I i. E. T he Governor of Uganda Protectorate
H. E. The British Resident of Zanzibar Union o f South A frica:
Major Hon. P. G. van der Byl L 'nited Kingdom:
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IT Steafel, Esq.
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. • 1 s si stunt / zdi/or:
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It represents one of a series of scenes from the life of Christ, this being the “Flight into Egypt”.
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CONTENTS
E D I T O R I A L ... 5 1. Ch a n g in g Tim e s
Willard Rhodes . . . . S. Rhodesia 6
2. Th e Fu t u r e o f Mu s ic i n Ba s u t o l a n d
Hugh Tracey . . . . Basutoland 10
3. Pr o b l e m so f Pi t c h, Pa t t e r n a n d Ha r m o n yin t h e Oc a r in a Mu s ic o f t h e Ve n d a
John Blacking . . . . South Africa 15
4. Mo r e Ke n y a Mu s ic a l In s t r u m e n t s
Graham Hyslop . . . . Kenya 24
5. Th e Ak u- Ah w a a n d Ak u- Ma g a Po s t- Bu r i a l Rit e s o f t h e No r t h e r n Ni g e r i a
Michael Lane, F.R.S.A.
Ju k u n Pe o p l e s o f
N igeria 29
6. ‘ Af r i c a n Mu s i c’, A Le c t u r e Giv e n a t Na t a l Un i v e r s it y
Trevor Cope . . . . 33
7. Fo l k l o r e Ac t i v i t i e s o f t h e MUSEO DO D U N DO
Julio de Vilhena . . . . A ngola 42
8. ‘ Th e Lo st Va l l e y’, a Br o a d c a s t Pr o g r a m m e
Hugh and Peggy Tracey N. Rhodesia 44
9. Me m o r a n d u m o n t h e Pr o p o se d De v e l o p m e n t o f Af r i c a n
Fe d e r a t io n . . . Music in t h e
58
10. Re p o r t o n t h e I.L.A.M. Be c h u a n a l a n d Re c o r d in g To u r 62
11. Re p o r t o n t h e I.L.A.M. Ba s u t o l a n d Re c o r d in g To u r 69
12. Th e So c io l o g y o f Re c o r d in g in Af r i c a So u t h o f t h e Sa h a r a
Klaus W’achsmann . . . 77
13. NOTES AND N E W S ... 81 The Value of African culture—International Folk Music Council—Bibliography of African music—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kauffman—African music in America—Rembrandt Tobacco Corp.—Egyptian Folk Music—Uganda—A.M.S. Exhibition of Paintings—- Lecture tour in the U.S.A.—Errata.
14. LETTERS TO THE E D I T O R ... 83 From: Gerhard Kubik; Father Ch. v. Rythoven; Father Carroll.
15. BOOK R E V I E W S ... 84 (a) Symposium on:
St u d ie s i n Af r i c a n Mu s ic
Rev. A. M. Jones (B.K., B.B., J.M ., J.B.) . . . . 8 4 (b) To w a r d s a So l u t io n o f Af r ic a n Music Pr o b l e m s. An appreciation and review
of the work of
Father F. Giorgietti. (B.B.) . . . 90 (c) Yo r u b a Dr u m s
Laoye I, Timi of Ede. (J.F.C.) . . . 93
( d ) Yo r u b a Po e t r y
Bakare Gbadamosi and Ulli Bcier. (B.K.) . . . . 9 3
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16. RECORD R E V IE W S ...96 (a) Sound of Africa Series
I.L.A.M. ( A . M . J . ) ... 96 (b) Meantone Temperament and Just Intonation
Musurgia Records, Theory Series A. (D.T.) . . . . 9 7 17. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED BY THE LIBRARY DURING THE YEAR . . 99 18. CONTRIBUTORS AND C O N T R I B U T I O N S ...101 19. BOOKS AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY . . . . (Inside Back Cover)
The opinions expressed by contributors to the Journal are personal and not necessarily those of the African Music Society.
