International Council for Traditional Music

A Non-Governmental Organization in Formal Consultative Relations with UNESCO

ICTM Study Group on African Musics

Mission Statement

The key function of the African Musics Study Group (AMSG) is to research, promote, preserve disseminate and pro- tect African musics and dance in all their aspects, functions and geographi- cal locations, in Africa and in the dias- pora; with a particular emphasis on indigenous/traditional African musics in sub-Saharan and diasporic Africa.

Executive Committee

  • Sylvie Le Bomin, Chair
  • Patricia A. Opondo, Vice Chair
  • Ana Flávia Miguel, Secretary
  • Cara Stacey, Webmaster

The African Musics Study Group is pleased to invite submissions for its weblog, which, along with the mailing list, serves as a central communication site for members. Any items of interest to members of the Study Group, including conference announcements, calls for abstracts, events, descriptions of research or publications, and similar newsworthy items, can be sent to the webmaster, Alvin Petersen, at alvin.petersen@nwu.ac.za, and/or posted directly to the mailing list (see below).

Programme - 3rd Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on African Musics

Programme

3rd Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on African Musics

3rd Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on African Musics

 
Dear SGAM Members,

We are pleased to announce that the third SGAM symposium will take place from 13 to 16 June 2022 via video conference. You will find the different organisational elements in the attached documents, namely the programme and the programme with abstracts. The sessions will take place from a single link. All times are given in GMT.

Online Conference: "La décolonisation du Congo belge"

This online conference may be of interest to our study group members:

MuseumTalks

More info here: https://www.africamuseum.be/fr/discover/museumtalks/jean_omasombo_30june20

Jean Omasombo Tshonda

On 30 June 1960, King Baudouin and Patrice Lumumba each defended their views on colonisation. Their speeches expose diametrically opposed visions and constitute the dominant image of the decolonisation of the Belgian Congo.

Update on SGAM Maputo Symposium

Dear participants of the SGAM Symposium in Maputo, dear members of the SGAM, 

ICTM Study Group on African Musics: Past meeting in Bangkok, 2019

Our facebook page has some photos from our past study group meeting in Bangkok, 2019. Check out the link here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1383757191740433/

 

Call for Proposals: 3rd Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on African Musics

The International Council for Traditional Music Study Group on African Musics is pleased to announce its Third Symposium on the theme, “Dialogue of African musics and cultures through space and time”. The symposium will be hosted by the Eduardo Mondlane University (Maputo, Mozambique) from 23-26 September, 2020.  

News about the 2nd Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on African Musics

Last update: 12 March 2018

The Study Group on African Musics 2nd Symposium will be hosted by the Department of Music in the School of Performing Arts, University of Ghana, Legon August 9th – 12th 2018.

Call for Proposals: 2nd Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on African Musics

(Updated on 5 September 2017)

The International Council for Traditional Music Study Group on African  Musics is pleased to announce its Second Symposium on the theme,  “African Music Scholarship in the Twenty-first Century: Challenges and Directions.” The symposium will be hosted by the Department of Music, School of Performing Arts, University of Ghana, Legon  August 9 – 12, 2018.  Professor V. Kofi Agawu (Princeton University) will be our special Keynote Speaker for this event.