INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF AFRICAN MUSIC RHODES UNIVERSITY
Director and Editor
Prof. Diane Thram, Ph.D. (Indiana University) Editorial Board
Prof. Kofi Agawu, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Prof. Daniel Avorgbedor, University of Ghana, Legon
Prof Christopher Ballantine, Fellow of the University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban Prof. James Burns, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
Prof. Eric Charry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT Prof. Veit Erlmann, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Prof. Steven Friedson, Univesity of North Texas, Denton, TX Prof. Deborah Kapchan, New York University, New York, NY Prof. Jaco Kruger, North-West University, Potchefstrom Prof. David Tocke, Tufts University, Boston, MA Prof. Meki Nzewi, University of Pretoria, Pretoria
Dr. Patricia Opondo, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban Dr. Janet Topp-Fargion, British Museum, Tondon
Prof. Emeritus Andrew Tracey, Rhodes University, Grahamstown
African Music (ISSN 0065-4019) is an annual peer-reviewed journal published by the International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa. The journal publishes original articles, not previously published, pertaining to contextualized studies of African music and related arts.
The editor welcomes submissions of article manuscripts and book, website, film, CD and DVD reviews. Submissions should be sent as MSWord documents via email to the editor at [email protected]. Instructions for authors with a style guide are available for download from the ILAM website www.ru.ac.za/ilam or from the editor.
Readers are encouraged to access the ILAM website for a complete listing with contents pages of all previously published issues of African Music since its inception in 1954.
Print or electronic copies of back issues and/or scans of individual articles are available upon request.
Front cover: Wulomei including from left to right: Nii Nortey (Pelley), Big Boy, Nii Odartei (younger boy standing behind seated Big Boy), Yaovi (next to younger boy), Nii Yarboi (palm drummer bent over), Nii Tetteh (Tennison), Naa Fedua (young girl).
This image was taken during the photo shoot for the cover of their first LP “W alatu W alasa” (1973). Photo courtesy of Naa Amanua.
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