International Library of African Music
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The International Library of African Music (ILAM) is an organization dedicated to the preservation and study of African music. It is seated in Grahamstown, South Africa and is closely affiliated with Rhodes University.
ILAM is particularly known for its study of the lamellaphone mbira of Zimbabwe and Mozambique, as well as the Chopi people's Timbila, a variant of the marimba from southern Mozambique.
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[edit] Publications and Recordings
Journal of the International Library of African Music
[edit] History
ILAM was founded by ethnomusicologist Hugh Tracey in 1954. ILAM published the African Music Society Journal, now known as the Journal of the International Library of African Music. ILAM was initially located in Msaho (near Roodepoort,Gauteng).
[edit] See also
- Music of Africa
- Music of Zimbabwe
- Music of Mozambique
- Mbira
- Zimbabwean Marimba
- Paul Berliner
- Hugh Tracey
- Ethnomusicology
[edit] External links
- ILAM International Library of African Music
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