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Water, drought and song in the Kingdom of eSwatini
This project aims to explore ideas surrounding water within the musical world of eSwatini.
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Jan Bouws and the Instituut vir Volksmusiek (1960-1972) at Stellenbosch University
The proposed project looks into the activities of the Instituut vir Volksmusiek at Stellenbosch University.
Publication
Playing the Changes: Jazz at an African University and on the Road
Brubeck, Darius and Catherine Brubeck. 2023. Playing the Changes: Jazz at an African University and on the Road. UKZN Press. https://www.ukz...
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Survivre n’est pas toujours drôle… Les moppies, chansons comiques du Cap (Afrique du Sud)
Martin, Denis-Constant. 2013. Survivre n’est pas toujours drôle… Les moppies, chansons comiques du Cap (Afrique du Sud). Cahiers d’ethnomusi...
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Anwar Gambeno (1949-2022), The art of Cape Town singing
Martin, Denis-Constant. 2022. Anwar Gambeno (1949-2022), The art of Cape Town singing, Lesedi 25. (Carnets de terrain, IFAS Recherche, Johan...
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A Research Itinerary from Fieldwork to Archives: Cape Town (South Africa), Festivals, Music, ‘Identities,’ Politics
Martin, Denis-Constant. 2021. A Research Itinerary from Fieldwork to Archives: Cape Town (South Africa), Festivals, Music, ‘Identities,’ Pol...
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Cape Town Harmonies: Memory, Humour and Resilience
Gaulier, Armelle and Denis-Constant Martin. 2017. Cape Town Harmonies: Memory, Humour and Resilience. African Minds. https://www.africanmind...
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Cocooned in Harmony: Power, Agency and Multiple Realities in the Songs of Indigenous Ghanaian Seine Fisherfolk
Otchere, Eric D. 2022. Cocooned in Harmony: Power, Agency and Multiple Realities in the Songs of Indigenous Ghanaian Seine Fisherfolk. https...
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Pacing within sonic spaces: a psychology of music and work
Throughout history, the power of music to enhance productivity at work has been exploited.
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TRACES D’AVENIR: Mémoires musicales et ré conciliation en Afrique du Sud
Denis-Constant Martin. 2008. TRACES D’AVENIR: Mémoires musicales et ré conciliation en Afrique du Sud. Cahiers d’ethnomusicologie, 22/2008: ...
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Sounding the Cape: Music, Identity and Politics in Sourth Africa
Denis-Constant Martin. 2013. Sounding the Cape: Music, Identity and Politics in Sourth Africa. African Minds, 444 + xxvi pp. ISBN 978-1-9204...
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Les beautés de l’ambivalence en dispute, les nederlandsliedjies du Cap (Afrique du Sud)
Martin, Denis-Constant. 2015. Les beautés de l’ambivalence en dispute, les nederlandsliedjies du Cap (Afrique du Sud). Cahiers d’ethnomusico...
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My Voice in Contemporary Art Music
I experience contemporary art music as a marriage of two musical cultures, Kiganda of the Baganda in Uganda and the western art music, which have shaped my musical performance and creativity for the last 40 years.
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Cape Town’s Creole Songs, Nederlandsliedjies and moppies
Following up on the publication of Sounding the Cape, Music, Identity and Politics in South Africa ( African Minds, Somerset West, 2013) researched and published with support by STIAS, this project will focus on two song repertoires emblematic of Cape Town’s music: the Moppies (or comic songs) and the Nederlandslierdjies.
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The sense of beauty in the Nederlansliedjies of Cape Town’s sangkore
Nederlandsliedjiesare one of the two most important repertoires of creole songs which feature in the competitions of the Sangkore (also called: Nagtroepe, Hollandse Teams or Malay Choirs); they are also the repertoire that raises the strongest emotions among listeners and singers belonging to the group that was labelled coloured during apartheid.