flatinternational

KEEPING TIME

1964–1974

The Photographs and Cape Town Jazz Recordings of Ian Bruce Huntley

edited by CHRIS ALBERTYN
essays by Chris Albertyn, Jonathan Eato
image restoration by Cedric Nunn
design and layout by Siemon Allen
first published 2013
by Chris Albertyn & Associates CC, Durban; and Electric Jive
printed by Permanent Printing, China
160 pages
ISBN 978-0-620-58325-1

IMAGING SOUTH AFRICA

Collection Projects

by SIEMON ALLEN
essays by Ashley Kistler, Clive Kellner, Andrés Mario Zervigón
catalog for the exhibition Imaging South Africa curated by Ashley Kistler
first published 2010
by Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
printed by Permanent Printing, China
84 pages
ISBN 978-0-935519-31-0

RECORDS

A Collection Project

by SIEMON ALLEN
essays by Siemon Allen, Kendall Buster
catalog for the featured artist at the 2010 Johannesburg Art Fair
first published 2010
by Flatinternational, Richmond, VA
printed by Permanent Printing, China
18 pages

SINGING IN AN OPEN SPACE

Zulu Rhythm & Harmony, 1962 - 1982

liner notes by ROB ALLINGHAM
issued 1990
by Rounder Records (CD 5027), Cambridge, MA
made in Canada

DOROTHY MASUKA

Hamba Notsokolo & Other Original Hits from the 50s

liner notes by ROB ALLINGHAM African Classics Series
issued (?)
by Gallo Music Productions (CDZAC 60)
made in South Africa

THE VERY BEST OF THE MANHATTAN BROTHERS (1948 - 1959)

liner notes by ROB ALLINGHAM
issued 1999
by Gallo Record Company (CDZAC 77)
made in South Africa

WORLD MUSIC — THE ROUGH GUIDE

Africa, Europe and the Middle East

edited by SIMON BROUGHTON, MARK ELLINGHAM, & RICHARD TRILLO
published 1999
by Rough Guide, Ltd, london
printed in Spain by Graphy Cems
ISBN 1-85828-635-2

THE NATION OF VOICE

SPIRIT OF AFRICA

HIP KINGS, HIP QUEENS

HUGH TRACEY: PIONEER ARCHIVIST

DISCOGRAPHY—A MINEFIELD?

by ROB ALLINGHAM
in SASA Newsletter
Issue 2000 - 1, Jan - Mar 2000
published 2000
by the South African Society of Archivists (SASA)

The SASA ceased to function around 2005 and its archive seems not to be available on the web. A PDF of this newsletter can be viewed by clicking on the image.

THE HISTORY OF TOWNSHIP MUSIC (1944 - 1981)

liner notes by ROB ALLINGHAM
issued 2001
by Wrasse Records (WRASS 029)
made in the UK

BRA NTEMI AT MAVUTHELA VOL 1 - 1975

Ntemi Piliso & the Members

liner notes by ROB ALLINGHAM
first issue 1975 on Soul Jazz Pop label
reissued 2006
by Gallo Record Company (CDXU1 (JN))
made in South Africa

MUSIC IN THE MIX

The Story of South African Popular Music

by MUFF ANDERSSON
first published 1981
by Ravan Press Pty Ltd, Johannesburg, South Africa
190 pages
ISBN 0-86975-218-9

SOWETO BLUES

Jazz, Popular Music & Politics in South Africa

by GWEN ANSELL
first published 2005
by Continuum International Publishing Group Inc, New York
printed in the USA
350 pages
ISBN 0-8264-1753-1

INHLUPEKO - THE SOUL JAZZMEN

reissue liner notes by GWEN ANSELL
LP reissued 2015
by Matsuli Music (MM107)
published in the United Kingdom
available from Bandcamp

NIGHT EXPRESS - BLACK DISCO

reissue liner notes by GWEN ANSELL
LP reissued 2016
by Matsuli Music (MM108)
published in the United Kingdom
available from Bandcamp

BLACK FIRE - PACIFIC EXPRESS

reissue liner notes by GWEN ANSELL
LP reissued 2017
by Matsuli Music (MM109)
published in the United Kingdom
available from Bandcamp

GENES and SPIRITS - MOSES MOLELEKWA

reissue liner notes by GWEN ANSELL
LP reissued 2018
by Matsuli Music (MM111)
published in the United Kingdom
available from Bandcamp

MARABI NIGHTS

Early South African Jazz and Vaudeville

by CHRISTOPHER BALLANTINE
first published 1993
second impression 1994
by Ravan Press, Johannesburg
printed by Kohler Carton & Print (Natal)
116 pages, includes a cassette
ISBN 0-86975-439-4

MARABI NIGHTS

Jazz, 'race' and society in early apartheid South Africa

by CHRISTOPHER BALLANTINE
first published 1993
revised edition published 2012
by University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, Scottsville
printed by Intrepid Printers
248 pages, includes a compact disc
ISBN 978-1-86914-237-7

MUSIC, MASCULINITY & MIGRANCY UNDER EARLY APARTHEID:

Gender & Popular Song in South Africa, c 1948 - 1960

by CHRISTOPHER BALLANTINE

in POPULAR MUSIC STUDIES

MY SONG

A Memoir of Art, Race, and Defiance

by HARRY BELAFONTE with MICHAEL SHNAYERSON
first published 2011
paperback edition 2012
by Vintage Books, New York
printed in the USA
ISBN 978-0-307-47342-4

Belafonte discusses his contributions to the anti-apartheid movement and his role in establishing the US careers of Miriam Makeba and Hugh Masekela. He also gives a searing critique of Makeba's time in Guinea and her relationship to Sékou Touré.

MIRIAM MAKEBA: JAZZ SINGER IN PROFILE

by MIRIAM BENEDICT

in GENTLEMEN

JAZZ AND HOT DANCE IN SOUTH AFRICA 1946 - 1959

liner notes by HORST BERGMEIER
issued 1985
by Harlequin (HQ 2020)
a product of Interstate Music Ltd, England

KING KONG

The Superb African Jazz Opera

by HARRY BLOOM
lyrics by PAT WILLIAMS
published in 1961
by Fontana Books, London
printed in Great Britain
96 pages

TOM HARK (THE KWELA)

From the "Killing Stones" — Broadcast and Recorded on Decca by Tead Heath

by RUPERT BOPAPE
published 1958
by Southern Music Publishing, London
copyright by EMI (South Africa)
printed in England

MUSIEK IN SUID-AFRIKA

by JAN BOUWS
first published 1946
by Voorland, Brugge
printed by Walleyndruk, Brugge, Belgium
144 pages

KOMPONISTE VAN SUID-AFRIKA

by JAN BOUWS
first published 1971
by C.F. Albertyn, Stellenbosch
printed by Gothic Drukkery, Observatory, Cape Town
136 pages

BEYOND THE BLUES

Township Jazz in the '60s and '70s

photographs by BASIL BREAKEY
commentary by STEVE GORDON
first published 1997
by David Philip Publishers, Cape Town
printed by Clyson Printers, Cape Town
82 pages
ISBN 0-86486-242-3

SONGS OF ZION

The African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States and South Africa

by JAMES T. CAMBELL
first published 1995
by Oxford University Press, New York, NY
paperback edition published 1998
by The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC
printed in the USA
418 pages
ISBN 0-8078-4711-9

CULTURE IN ANOTHER SOUTH AFRICA (CASA)

edited by WILLEM CAMPSCHREUR and JOOST DIVENDAL
first published 1989
by Olive Branch Press
an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, New York

printed in the UK at The Bath Press
ISBN 0-940793-36-9

The book celebrates the historic conference of South African resistance culture which took place in Amsterdam in 1987.

REPEATED TAKES

A Short History of Recording & Its Effects on Music

by MICHAEL CHANAN
first published 1995
by Verso, London
printed by Biddlers Ltd, Great Britain
204 pages
ISBN 1-85984-012-4

THE DRUM DECADE

Stories from the 1950s

by MICHAEL CHAPMAN
introduction by JOHN MATSHIKIZA
first published 1989
second edition 2001
by University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg
printed by Interpak Books, Pietermaritzburg
242 pages
ISBN 0-86980-985-7

HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

by GARTH CHILVERS & TOM JASIUKOWICZ
first published 1994
by Toga Publishing, Braamfontein, South Africa
printed by Ultra Litho
172 pages
ISBN 0-620-18121-4

Festac '77

2nd World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture

decomposed, an-arranged and reproduced by CHIMURENGA
first published 2019
by Chimurenga and Afterall Books
printed by Die Keure, Belgium
448 pages
ISBN 978-3-96098-449-8

Includes interviews with Miriam Makeba, Johnny Dyani and discussions on how the Amandla group came into being.

COLUMBIA

Always the Best Entertainment with our Fleet on Columbia Records

Complete Catalogue on Columbia Records
published July 1960
by EMI (South Africa) Pty. Ltd.
16 pages

THE ZIGGURAT

by The Constructus Corporation
limited edition #1825
first published 2003
by African Dope Records and Bell-Roberts
printed in South Africa
78 pages with two CDs (one blank)

IN TOWNSHIP TONIGHT!

South Africa's Black City Music and Theatre

by DAVID B. COPLAN
first published 1985
second impression 1986
by Longman Group UK, Ltd, England
printed in Hong Kong
278 pages
ISBN 0-582-64400-3

IN TOWNSHIP TONIGHT!

Three Centuries of South African Black City Music and Theatre

by DAVID B. COPLAN
first published 1985
second edition 2007
by Jacana Media, South Africa
printed by CTP Books, Cape Town
456 pages
ISBN 978-1-77009-390-4

IN THE TIME OF CANNIBALS

The Word Music of South Africa's Basotho Migrants

by DAVID B. COPLAN
first published 1994
by Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg
and University of Chicago Press
printed in the USA
300 pages
ISBN 1-86814-276-0

LAST NIGHT AT THE BASSLINE

A Tribute

by DAVID B. COPLAN
photography by ÓSCAR GUITIÉRREZ
first published 2017
by Jacana Media, Aukland Park, South Africa
printed by Creda Communications
168 pages
ISBN 978-1-4314-2499-3

MOSSEL BAY SCRAPBOOK

by C.W. Courtney
unpublished scrapbook of paper ephemera from 1912 to 1944
134 pages

A fascinating collection of articles, letters, and photographs of cultural life in Mossel Bay from the 1910s and 1920s. This unique, unpublished document was compiled by C. W. Courtney, the proprietor of the local newsagent and book store in Mossel Bay who also managed many of the bookings of touring theatrical and musical performers. The book includes letters written to Courtney by various artists thanking him for his support. Articles include coverage of a visit by the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra conducted by Theo Wendt in 1914. Curiously, Courtney kept detailed records of all the door-takings for each performance, though oddly they are all written in code.

SONGS AND TALES FROM THE DARK CONTINENT

Recorded from the Singing and Sayings of C. Kamba Simango & Madikane Cele

by NATALIE CURTIS
first published 1920
by G. Schirmer, New York, NY
170 pages

Includes a fascinating account of Madikane Cele's time as a student at Hampton Institute in Virginia. Cele was nephew to John L. Dube, the first president of the South African Native National Congress (later ANC). The text references cylinder recordings of Cele made by Curtis which are now housed in the Archives of Traditional Music, at Indiana University, Bloomington, IA.

LOVELY LIES

music by MACKAY DAVASHE and words by TOM GLAZER

recorded by the MANHATTAN BROTHERS with MIRIAM MAKEBA

on London Record No. 1610

published 1955
by Burlington Music Corp., New York

copyright Gallo (Africa) Ltd

made in the USA

DURBAN CALLING

The Formative Years, and Beyond

by H. EDMUND DAWES
first published 1973
by Town's Clerk Department, City Hall, Durban
printed in South Africa
182 pages

A fascinating account of the early history of radio in Durban and South Africa.

SPRING IS REBELLIOUS

Arguments About Cultural Freedom by Albie Sachs & Respondents

edited by ENGRID DE KOK & KAREN PRESS
first published 1990
by Buchu Books, Cape Town, South Africa
150 pages
ISBN 0-9583957-1-4

UNSUNG

South African Jazz Musicians Under Apartheid

edited by CHATRADARI DEVROOP & CHRIS WALTON
first published 2007
by Sun Press, an imprint of African Sun Media, Pty, Ltd, Stellenbosch
printed by ASM/USD, Stellenbosch
144 pages
ISBN 978-1-920109-66-0

THE STORY OF SOUTH AFRICAN JAZZ

Volume 1

by STRUAN DOUGLAS
first published 2013
by Afribeat
printed by BK Bookbinders, Durban South Africa
344 pages
ISBN 978-0-620-52064-5

AMAGAMA ABANTU

A ZULU SONG BOOK

by JOHN L. DUBE & NOKUTELA DUBE
transliterated, translated and edited by DAVID RYCROFT
first published 1911
by Ohlange Institute, Phoenix, Natal
revised edition first published 1996
by Killie Cambell Africana Library, Durban
and University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg
printed by Rapid Results College, Durban
88 pages
ISBN 0 86980 910 5

SUID-AFRIKAANSE VOLKSPOËSIE

Bijdrae tot die Suid-Afrikaanse Volkskunde

by STEPHANUS JOHANNES DU TOIT
published October 1924
by Swets Zeitlinger, Amsterdam
310 pages

EMI CATALOGUE ON THE BEST IN BANTU MUSIC 1971

International Leaders in Electronics, Records and Entertainment

published 1971
by EMI (South Africa) Pty. Ltd.
8 pages

TOP HITS FOR TOP PEOPLE

published c1977
by EMI (South Africa) Pty. Ltd.
16 pages

ZULU WORKER CHOIRS

liner notes by VEIT ERLMANN
first issued 1986, reissued 1999
by Heritage (HT CD 43)
Arquivos de Musica, Portugal
made in the Czech Republic

MBUBE ROOTS

Zulu Choral Music from South Africa, 1930s - 1960s

liner notes by VEIT ERLMANN

issued 1988
by Rounder Records (CD 5025)

printed in Canada

AFRICAN STARS

Studies in Black South African Performance

by VEIT ERLMANN
first published 1991
by University of Chicago Press, Chicago

printed in the USA
214 pages
ISBN 0-226-21724-8

CALUZA'S DOUBLE QUARTET — 1930

liner notes by VEIT ERLMANN

issued 1992
by Heritage (HT CD 19)

Interstate Music, Ltd, England

made in France

NIGHTSONG

Performance, Power, and Practice in South Africa

by VEIT ERLMANN
first published 1996
by University of Chicago Press, Chicago

printed in the USA
446 pages
ISBN 0-226-21721-3

MUSIC, MODERNITY, AND THE GLOBAL IMAGINATION

South Africa and the West

by VEIT ERLMANN
first published 1999
by Oxford University Press, New York
printed in the USA
312 pages
ISBN 0-19-512367-0

TIME TO TELL

An Activist's Story

by BARRY FEINBERG
with a foreword by Z. PALLO JORDAN
first published 2009
by STE Publishers, Newtown, South Africa
printed by Pinetown Printers, South Africa
172 pages
ISBN 978-1-920222-34-5

Feinberg discusses his role as an anti-apartheid activist and as a founding member of Mayibuye, the music and poetry performance ensemble.

HOW IT FEELS TO BE FREE

Black Women Entertainers and the Civil Rights Movement

by RUTH FELDSTEIN
first published 2013
paperback edition 2017
by Oxford University Press, New York
printed in the USA
296 pages
ISBN 978-0-19-061072-2

LIBERATED THREADS

Black Women, Style, and the Global Politics of Soul

by TANISHA C. FORD
first published 2015
by University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill
printed in the USA
256 pages
ISBN 978-1-4696-2515-7

SONGS AND SECRETS

South Africa from Liberation to Governance

by BARRY GILDER
first published 2012
by Columbia University Press, New York
printed in India
360 pages
ISBN 978-0-231-70426-7

KING KONG

A Venture in the Theatre

by MONA GLASSER
photographs by IAN BERRY by courtesy DRUM Magazine
first published December 1960
by Norman Howell, Cape Town
printed by Rustica Press, Wynberg, South Africa
78 pages

KING KONG PROGRAMME

A Jazz Opera

produced and directed by LEON GLUCKMAN
music by TODD MATSHIKIZA
published 1959
by the King Kong Committee
printed by Manne & McCann (Pty.) Ltd., Johannesburg
12 pages

KING KONG PROGRAMME

The New London Version

produced and directed by LEON GLUCKMAN
music by TODD MATSHIKIZA
published c1960
by United Artists and The Edward Joseph Memorial Trust
printed by Frier & Munro (Pty.) Ltd.
80 pages

KING KONG

Jack Hylton Presents - A Jazz Musical

directed by LEON GLUCKMAN
music by TODD MATSHIKIZA
published February 1961
by the Princess Theatre, London
printed by Westby & Co. Ltd.
24 pages

BATSUMI - BATSUMI

Batsumi - Indigenous Afro Jazz Sounds

reissue liner notes by FRANCIS GOODING
LP reissued 2011
by Matsuli Music (MM102)
published in the United Kingdom
available from Bandcamp

AFRICAN SONGBIRD - BEA BENJAMIN with DOLLAR BRAND

A Long Way Home: Sathima Bea Benjamin's African Songbird

reissue liner notes by FRANCIS GOODING
LP reissued 2013
by Matsuli Music (MM103)
published in the United Kingdom
available from Bandcamp

MOVING ALONG - BATSUMI

Moving Along with Batsumi

reissue liner notes by FRANCIS GOODING
LP reissued 2014
by Matsuli Music (MM104)
published in the United Kingdom
available from Bandcamp

NDIKHO XABA and the NATIVES

reissue liner notes by FRANCIS GOODING
LP reissued 2015
by Matsuli Music (MM105)
published in the United Kingdom
available from Bandcamp

WITCHDOCTOR'S SON - OKAY TEMIZ / JOHNNY DYANI

reissue liner notes by FRANCIS GOODING
LP reissued 2017
by Matsuli Music (MM110)
published in the United Kingdom
available from Bandcamp

AFRICAN BASS SOLO CONCERT: WILLISAU JAZZ FESTIVAL 1978 - JOHNNY MBIZO DYANI

reissue liner notes by FRANCIS GOODING and NIKLAUS TROXLER
LP first issued 2018
by Sing A Song Fighter (SASF 019)
published in Sweden
available from Bandcamp

CELEBRATION - BHEKI MSELEKU

reissue liner notes by FRANCIS GOODING
LP reissued 2018
by Matsuli Music (MM112)
published in the United Kingdom
available from Bandcamp

VAN VOLKSMOEDER TOT FOKOFPOLISIEKAR

Kritiese Opstelle oor Afrikaanse Herinneringsplekke

by ALBERT M. GRUNDLINGH & SIEGFRIED HUIGEN
first published 2008
by Sun Press, Sun Media, Stellenbosch
printed by Sun Media
222 pages
ISBN 978-1-920109-54-7

DIE F.A.K. VOLKSANGBUNDEL VIR SUID-AFRIKA

edited by HUGO GUTSCHE, W.J. DU ERLANK, S.H. EYSSEN
first published 1937
this edition published 1940
by Firma J.H. De Bussy, Pretoria; and H.A.U.M., Cape Town
printed in South Africa
436 pages

AFRO-AMERICAN MUSIC, SOUTH AFRICA, AND APARTHEID

by CHARLES HAMM
I.S.A.M. Monograph: Number 28
first published 1988
by Institute for Studies in American Music, Brooklyn, NY
printed in the USA
390 pages
ISBN 0-914678-31-0

PUTTING POPULAR MUSIC IN ITS PLACE

by CHARLES HAMM
first published 1995
by Cambridge University Press
printed in the UK
390 pages
ISBN 0-521-47198-2

DUDU PUKWANA and the SPEARS

reissue liner notes by RICHARD HASLOP
LP reissued 2020
by Matsuli Music (MM115)
published in the United Kingdom
available from Bandcamp

AFRICAN JAZZ & VARIETY 1963

Musical Extravaganza

produced by ALFRED HERBERT
published in 1963
printed in South Africa
by Pioneer
4 pages

Show programme includes Dottie Tiyo, Irene Batchelor, Tandi Kumalo and the Lo Six amongst others.

NAUGHT FOR YOUR COMFORT

by FATHER TREVOR HUDDLESTON
first published March 1956
reprinted April 1956
published by Collins, St. James Place, London
printed in Great Britain
256 pages

THE HUDDLESTON JAZZ BAND

by REV. TREVOR HUDDLESTON
in HARPER'S MAGAZINE
November 1957
Vol. 215, No. 1290
published by Harper and Brothers
printed in the USA
5 pages

RETURN TO SOUTH AFRICA

by TREVOR HUDDLESTON
first published 1991
this edition published 1992
by Eerdmans Publishing Co, Grand Rapids, MI
and Africa World Press, Trenton, NJ
printed in the USA
140 pages

THE BANTU COMPOSERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

DIE BANTOE-KOMPONISTE VAN SUIDER-AFRIKA

by YVONNE HUSKISSON
first published 1969
by the South African Broadcasting Association

printed in the South Africa
336 pages

BLACK COMPOSERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

An Expanded Supplement to Bantu Composers of Southern Africa

by YVONNE HUSKISSON

edited by SARITA HAUPTFLEISCH
published 1992
by the Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria

printed by HSRC printers, South Africa
110 pages

ISBN 0-7969-1252-1

THE SHARPETOWN SWINGSTERS

Their Will to Survive

Dissertation Series No. 6

by IAN JEFFREY
published 1985
by the Development Studies Group (DSG)

printed by Central Print Unit, Johannesburg
120 pages

A dissertation submitted to the Department of Social Anthropology,

University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, February 1985

THAMI MNYELE + MEDU

Art Ensemble Retrospective

edited by CLIVE KELLNER & SERGIO-ALBIO GONZÁLEZ
first published 2009
by Jacana Media, Johannesburg

exhibition catalogue for: Thami Mnyele + MEDU, Retrospective Exhibition, Johannesburg Art Gallery, 30 November 2008 - 31 march 2009

printed by Imago
216 pages

ISBN 978-1-77009-688-2

This catalogue has great information on the MEDU Art Ensemble's MUSIC UNIT as well as Jonas Gwangwa and Shakawe

LIVE IN LESOTHO - HUGH MASEKELA and COMPANY

reissue liner notes by ATIYYAH KHAN
LP reissued 2019
by Matsuli Music (MM114)
published in the United Kingdom
available from Bandcamp

PRIMITIVE AND EXOTIC MUSIC

by PERCIVAL R. KIRBY
published as a booklet in 1928
by the South African Association for the Advancement of Science
printed in Johannesburg
8 pages

Reprinted from the "South African Journal of Science"
Vol. XXV, pp. 507–514, December, 1928

THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF THE NATIVE RACES OF SOUTH AFRICA

by PERCIVAL R. KIRBY
first published 1934
by Oxford University Press, London
printed in Great Britain
364 pages

Also first reprint published 1953
by Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg
printed in Great Britain
364 pages

A STUDY OF BUSHMEN MUSIC

by PERCIVAL R. KIRBY
in BANTU STUDIES, Vol. X No. 2
published June 1936
by the University of Witwatersrand Press, Johannesburg
printed in Johannesburg
48 pages, pp. 205–252

WITS END

An Unconventional Autobiography

by PERCIVAL R. KIRBY
first published 1967
by Howard Timmins, Cape Town

with sponsorship by the South African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO)

printed by Citadel Press, Landsdowne
372 pages

HIS MASTER'S VOICE / DE STEM VAN ZIJN MEESTER

The Dutch Catalogue

A Complete Numerical Catalogue of Dutch and Belgian Gramophone Recordings made from 1900 to 1929 in Holland, Belgium, and elsewhere by The Gramophone Company Ltd.
compiled by ALAN KELLY and JACQUES KLÖTERS
first published 1997
by Greenwood Press, Westpoint, CT
printed in the USA
154 pages
ISBN 0-313-29883-1

WHERE IS THE WAY

Song and Struggle in South Africa

by HELEN Q. KIVNICK
first published 1990
by Penguin Books
printed in the USA
378 pages
ISBN 0-14-01-2895-6

SPRING - IBRAHIM KHALIL SHIHAB QUINTET featuring MANKUNKU

reissue liner notes by VALMONT LAYNE
LP reissued 2020
by Matsuli Music (MM118)
published in the United Kingdom
available from Bandcamp

THE MUSICAL ARTISTRY OF BHEKI MSELEKU

by ANDREW LILLEY
first published 2020
by African Minds, Cape Town, South Africa
printed in United States
248 pages
ISBN 978-1-928331-66-7
available for free through open access from African Minds

AFRICANS ON STAGE

Studies in Ethnological Show Business

edited by BERNTH LINDFORS
first published 1999
by Indiana University Press

printed in the United States
302 pages

ISBN 0-86486-397-7

THE WORLD OF SOUTH AFRICAN MUSIC READER

edited by CHRISTINE LUCIA
first published 2005
by Cambridge Scholars Press, UK
368 pages

ISBN 1-904303-36-6

I'M NOT YOUR WEEKEND SPECIAL

Portraits on the Life+Style & Politics of Brenda Fassie

edited by BONGANI MADONDO
first published 2014
by Picador Africa
an imprint of Pan Macmillan South Africa
printed by Creda, Cape Town
ISBN 978-1-77010-366-5

THE WORLD OF AFRICAN SONG

by MIRIAM MAKEBA

music edited by Jonas Gwangwa and E. John Miller, Jr.

illustartions by Dean Alexander
first published 1971
by Quadrangle Books, Chicago

printed in the United States
120 pages

SBN 8129-0138-Xnn

MAKEBA - MY STORY

by MIRIAM MAKEBA with JAMES HALL
first published 1987
by New American Library (NAL)

NAL Penguin Books, New York

printed in the United States
250 pages

ISBN 0-453-00561-6

MAKEBA - THE MIRIAM MAKEBA STORY

by MIRIAM MAKEBA in conversation with NOMSA MWAMUKA
first published 2004
by STE Publishers, Johannesburg
printed by Paarl Printers, South Africa
262 pages
ISBN 1-919855-39-4

ZIMBABWE TOWNSHIP MUSIC

by JOYCE JENJE MAKWENDA
first published 2005
by Joyce Jenje Makwenda (Storytime Promotions), Zimbabwe

printed by ORT Printing Services, Zimbabwe
200 pages

ISBN 0-7974-2791-0

SOUTH AFRICAN MUSIC ENCYCLOPEDIA

edited by JACQUES P. MALAN
first issue published 1979
for the Human Science Research Council, Pretoria
by Oxford University Press, London
printed by Citadel Press, Cape
ISBN 0 86965 586 8 (English)
ISBN 0 86965 579 5 (Afrikaans)

Four Volume Set
Volume I, A - D
Volume II, E - I
Volume III, J - O
Volume IV, P - Z

THE LIFE AND TIMES SOUL BROTHERS

Through the Eyes of Black Moses Ngwenya

by SYDNEY FETSIE MALULEKE
edited by Max Mojapelo
second edition published 2017
by Maluks Books
printed Paarl Media, KZN
ISBN 978-0-620-75079-0

SONGS FROM THE VELD

14 Songs from South Africa

by JOSEPH MARAIS
first published 1942
by G. Schirmer Inc, New York

printed in the USA
32 pages

SOUNDING THE CAPE

Music, Identity and Politics in South Africa

by DENIS-CONSTANT MARTIN
first published 2013
by African Minds, Somerset West, South Africa
444 pages
ISBN 978-1-920489-82-3
available for free through open access from African Minds

STILL GRAZING

The Musical Journey of Hugh Masekela

by HUGH MASEKELA and D. MICHAEL CHEERS
first published 2004
by Crown Publishers, New York
a division of Random House
printed in the USA
uncorrected proof
ISBN 0-609-60957-2

CHOCOLATES FOR MY WIFE

by TODD MATSHIKIZA
first published 1961
by Hodder & Stoughton, London
printed in Great Britain by C. Tinling and Co.
128 pages

WITH THE LID OFF

South African Insights from Home and Abroad 1959–2000

by TODD MATSHIKIZA & JOHN MATSHIKIZA
first published 2000
by M&G Books
printed by Formset Printers, Cape Town
224 pages

CHRIS MCGREGOR AND THE BROTHERHOOD OF BREATH

by MAXINE MCGREGOR
first published 1995
by Bamberger Books, Flint, MI

printed in the United States
260 pages

ISBN 0-917453-32-8

SOUND OF AFRICA!

Making Music Zulu in a South African Studio

by LOUISE MEINTJES
first published 2003
by Duke University Press

printed in the United States
336 pages

ISBN 0-8223-3014-8

AFRICAN MUSIC ON LP

An Annotated Discography

by ALAN P. MERRIAM
first published 1970
by Northwestern University Press

printed in the Netherlands by Joh Eschede en Zonen
200 pages

SBN 8101-0305-2

VICTROLA FAVORITES

Artifacts From Bygone Days

by ROBERT MILLIS and JEFFERY TAYLOR
first published 2008
by Dust-To-Digital, Atlanta, GA
printed in China by C&C Offset Printing
144 pages, includes 2 compact discs
ISBN 978-0-9817342-0-0

BEYOND MEMORY

Recording the History, Moments and Memories of South African Music

from the diary of MAX MOJAPELO

A COMMON HUNGER TO SING

A Tribute to South Africa's Women of Song, 1950 to 1990

by Z.B. MOLEFE

photographs by MIKE MZILENI
first published 1997
by Kwela Books, Cape Town

printed by National Book Printers, Goodwood, Cape
128 pages

ISBN 0 7957 0064 4

KWAITO MUSIC

A Cultural Revolution

by MOHAU MOTLOI
first published 2007
by Ratsosa Publishing, Pretoria
printed by Spektrum, Pretoria
48 pages
ISBN 978-0-620-384-75-9

FOCUS: MUSIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

Second Edition — Focus On World Music Series

by CAROL A. MULLER
first published 2004
second edition 2008
by Routledge
an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group
printed in the USA by Sheridan Books
338 pages, includes a compact disc
ISBN 978-0-415-96071-7

MUSICAL ECHOES

South African Women Thinking in Jazz

by CAROL A. MULLER & SATHIMA BEA BENJAMIN
first published 2011
by Duke University Press
printed in the USA
348 pages
ISBN 978-0-8223-4914-3

BORN TO KWAITO

Reflections on the Kwaito Generation

by ESINAKO NDABENI & SIHLE MTHEMBU
first published 2018
by Blackbird Books, Aukland Park, South Africa
printed by ABC Press, Cape Town
216 pages
ISBN 978-1-928337-67-6

JAZZ IN EXILE

by LEWIS NKOSI

photographs by John Goldblatt

in TRANSITION

Number 24, pp 34 - 37
first published 1966
by Indiana University Press

on behalf of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute

available from JSTOR

MUSIC AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN SOUTH AFRICA

Maskanda Past and Present

by KATHRYN OLSEN
first published 2014
by Temple University Press, Philadelphia
printed by Marston Book Services, Oxfordshire, UK
224 pages
ISBN 978-1-4399-1136-5

COMPOSING APARTHEID

Music For and Against Apartheid

edited by GRANT OLWAGE
first published 2008
by Wits University Press
printed in South Africa by Creda Communications
312 pages
ISBN 978-1-86814-456-3

MKHUMBANE

Souvenir Programme

play and lyrics by ALAN PATON
music by TODD MATSHIKIZA
directed by MALCOLM WOOLFSON
first published 1960
by The South African Institute of Race Relations
printed in South Africa by Rowells
16 pages

SPONONO

PLAYBILL — the magazine for theatregoers

Vol. 1 April 1964 No.4, Cort Theatre

a play by ALAN PATON and KRISHNA SHAH

directed by KRISHNA SHAH

music arrangement by GIDEON NXUMALO
first published 1964
by Playbill Incorporated, New York

printed in the USA
56 pages

LISTEN ALL AROUND

The Golden Age of Central and Eastern African Music

A selection of field recordings by Hugh Tracey
compiled and edited by ALEX PERULLO
first published 2017
by Dust-To-Digital, Atlanta, GA
printed in China
84 pages, includes 2 compact discs
DTD-52

ABDULLAH IBRAHIM

A Discography — Second Edition

SATHIMA BEA BENJAMIN - EMBRACING JAZZ

contributers include Bruce Crowther, Denis-Constant Martin, Sally Placksin, Carol Muller, ZB Molefe, Amelia Blossom Pegram, Ed Anderson, Jules Epstein, Will Friedwald, Abdullah Ibrahim and Sathima Bea Benjamin

CAPE TOWN JAZZ, 1959 - 1963

The Photographs of Hardy Stockmann

JOE MOGOTSI with PEARL CONNER

MANTINDANE 'He Who Survives' — My Life with the Manhattan Brothers

JAZZ PEOPLE OF CAPE TOWN

MBIZO

A Book About Johnny Dyani

Booktrader's Jazz Profiles, vol. 6
edited by LARS RASMUSSEN
first published 2003
by The Booktrader, Copenhagen, Denmark
352 pages
ISBN 87-91443-01-6

includes amongst others contributions by Mal Waldron, Abdullah Ibrahim, Sathima Bea Benjamin, Louis Moholo, Peter Niklas Wilson and Johnny Dyani

COME BACK, AFRICA

Lionel Rogosin - A Man Possessed

AMACULO ESIZULU EMPI YOSINDISO

ZULU SONGS OF THE SALVATION ARMY

by the SALVATION ARMY
published 1954
by the Salvation Army Headquarters, Johannesburg
printed in South Africa by Citadel Press, Cape Town

320 pages

DRUM

A Venture into the New Africa

by ANTHONY SAMPSON
first published 1956
by Collins, London
printed in Great Britain
256 pages

NATIVE TOUNGES

An African Hip-Hop Reader

edited by P. KHALIL SAUCIER
first published 2011
by Africa World Press, Trenton, NJ
330 pages
ISBN 978-1-59221-837-0

K****R MUSIC *

by NORA SCULLY and WILLIAM CHARLES SCULLY
in THE PALL MALL MAGAZINE
Vol. XII, May to August 1897
edited by LORD FREDERIC HAMILTON
printed by Hazwell, Watson and Viney, London
8 pages, pp. 179–186

* Note the colonial term employed in the title here was commonly used in 19th Century texts to describe people of colour in Southern Africa. Today it is considered exceptionaly offensive and racist. While the text is acutely patronising, it is one of the earliest in the archive to feature a description of music from South Africa. A PDF of the text can be accessed below.

SQUASHBOX

Le Concertina Zoulou et Sotho en Arfique du Sud, 1930 - 1965

liner notes by HARRY SCURFIELD
issued 1993
by Silex Memoire (Y225107)
fabrique en France par MPO

ADAMS CLARKE DESMORE & DOLLAR BRAND

by WARREN SIEBRITS
published 2005
by Warren Siebrits Modern & Contemporary Art, Johannesburg
printing Ex Libris Press
12 pages
ISBN 0-620-34456-3

PHIRI

A Musical Comedy of Soweto

directed by BARNEY SIMON
music directed by MACKAY DAVASHE
show programme
published 1972
by the Phoenix Players
printed by Morton Press, South Africa
24 pages

DIE SINGER REEKS AFRIKAANSE MELODIË

Sheet music series
published by Gallo (Pty.) Ltd., Johannesburg
printed in South Africa

NO. 1 - BOLANDSE NOOINTJIE

NO. 6 - BOERESEUN

NO. 14 - MEISIE VAN MY DROME

URBAN ZULU - BUSI MHLONGO

reissue liner notes by KWANELE SOSIBO
LP reissued 2020
by Matsuli Music (MM117)
published in the United Kingdom
available from Bandcamp

KWAITO'S PROMISE

Music and the Aesthetics of Freedom in South Africa

by GAVIN STEINGO
published 2016
by University of Chicago Press
printed in the United States
308 pages
ISBN 978-0-226-36254-0

THE AUDIBLE PAST

Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction

by JONATHAN STERNE
published 2005
by Duke University Press, Durham, NC
printed in the United States
450 pages
ISBN 0-8223-3013-X

REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE POLICIES OF APARTHEID

Of the Government of the Republic of South Africa

compiled by DIALLO TELLI, Chairman; and the UN SPECIAL COMMITTEE
published 16 September 1963
by United Nations General Assembly
154 pages
A/5497

Includes references to Miriam Makeba's historic speech at the UN on July 16, 1963. The document is signed by Makeba.

CHAPITA - DICK KHOZA

Hello Chapita, How are you?

reissue liner notes by MATT TEMPLE
LP reissued 2010
by Matsuli Music (MM101)
published in the United Kingdom
available from Bandcamp

AFRICAN MUSIC

Journal of the International Library of African Music

edited by DIANE THRAM
first issue published 2007
by the International Library of African Music (ILAM), Grahamstown, South Africa
144 pages, includes compact disc
ISSN 0065-4019

Vol. 8 No. 1, first published 2007
Vol. 8 No. 2, first published 2008

This is the first re-lauch issue of the African Music Journal established by Hugh Tracey in 1954. See more information below.

FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

Hugh Tracey and the International Library of African Music

edited by DIANE THRAM
published 2010
by International Library of African Music (ILAM), Grahamstown, South Africa
104 pages
ISBN 978-1-920355-96-8

GENERATIONS OF JAZZ

At the Red Location Museum • Exhibition Catalogue

edited by DIANE THRAM
published 2013
by International Library of African Music (ILAM), Grahamstown, South Africa
printed in South Africa
64 pages
ISBN 978-0-620-57119-7

MAKING THE CHANGES

Jazz in South African Literature and Reportage

by MICHAEL TITLESTAD
published 2004
by UNISA Press

Univeristy of South Africa
printed by ABC Press, Epping

276 pages

ISBN 1-86888-291-8

CURRENTS OF POWER

State Broadcasting in South Africa

by RUTH TOMASELLI, KEYAN TOMASELLI & JOHAN MULLER
published 1989
by Anthropos, Belleville, Cape
printed by The Natal Witness Printing, Pietermaritzburg
228 pages
ISBN 0 620 11189 5

SONGS OF THE KRAALS OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA

by HUGH TRACEY
first published 1933 or 1934
this reprint 1934
by The Rhodesian Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd., Salisbury
64 pages

A very early publication by Hugh Tracey, uniquely in Shona and English. The introductory text by Tracey is dated July 1933, though a colophon note in the rear of the book states that it is "reprinted" in 1934. It is not clear if this implies that this is the second edition of the book or if it is simply reprinted from Tracey's notes.

CHIEF ABOVE AND CHIEF BELOW

NKOSIYAPHANSI NO NKOSIYAPHEZULU

A Musical Play for Africans based on a Zulu Legend

by HUGH TRACEY and K.E. MASINGA
illustrations by E.F. WATKINS
first published 1944
by Schuter and Shooter, Pietermaritzburg
printed by The Natal Witness, Pietermaritzburg

This book is unusal in that it was published bilingually in English and Zulu. The play was a collaboration between Tracey and Masinga.

CHOPI MUSICIANS

Their Music, Poetry and Instruments

by HUGH TRACEY
first published 1948
for the International African Institute
by Oxford University Press, London

NGOMA

An Introduction to Music for Southern Africans

ZULU PARADOX

LALELA ZULU

100 Zulu Lyrics

AFRICAN MUSIC SOCIETY — NEWSLETTERS

AFRICAN MUSIC TRANSCRIPTION LIBRARY

GRAMOPHONE RECORDS OF AFRICAN MUSIC — CATALOGUE JULY 1951

"Gramophone Records of African Music and semi-African music, recorded in many different territories on the continent of Africa by African Music Research, directed by Hugh Tracey"

AFRICAN MUSIC TRANSCRIPTION LIBRARY

GRAMOPHONE RECORDS OF AFRICAN MUSIC — CATALOGUE JULY 1952

AFRICAN MUSIC TRANSCRIPTION LIBRARY

LIBRARIAN'S HANDBOOK

by HUGH TRACEY
director, AFRICAN MUSIC REASEARCH
first published c1951
by Gallo (Africa) Limited, South Africa
printed by Electric Printing Works, Pty Ltd, Johannesburg, South Africa

AFRICAN DANCES OF THE WITWATERAND GOLD MINES

by HUGH TRACEY
photographs by Merlyn Severn
first published October 1952
by the African Music Society, Johannesburg, South Africa
designed and printed by Cape Times Ltd, Parow, CP

HUGH TRACEY / GEORGE WITTENBORN CORRESPONDENCE

by HUGH TRACEY and GEORGE WITTENBORN
vairety of paper ephemera from 1953 to 1954
published mostly by African Music Research (AMR), Johannesburg
21 items

A fascinating collection of paper ephemera documenting correspondences between Hugh Tracey and George Wittenborn—the seminal, New York based publisher and book dealer. Items include letters, an AMTL catalogue, card samples from the AMR library, flyers, pamplets and other promotional material relating to what would eventually become the ILAM archive. The collection gives an interesting window on how Tracey marketed the AMR and AMS internationally in the early 1950s. Tracey does himself a historical disservice in one letter where he speaks disparagingly about black American jazz.

AFRICAN MUSIC

Journal of the African Music Society

Journal de la Societe de Musique Africane

edited by HUGH TRACEY and/or ANDREW TRACEY
first issue published October 1954
by the African Music Society, Roodepoort, South Africa
printed by Frier & Munro, Johannesburg

Vol. 1 No. 1, first published 1954
Vol. 1 No. 2, first published 1955
Vol. 1 No. 3, first published 1956
Vol. 1 No. 4, first published 1957
Vol. 2 No. 1, first published 1958
Vol. 2 No. 2, first published 1959
Vol. 2 No. 3, first published 1960
Vol. 2 No. 4, first published 1961
Vol. 3 No. 1, first published 1962
Vol. 3 No. 2, first published 1963
Vol. 3 No. 3, first published 1964
Vol. 3 No. 4, first published 1965
Vol. 4 No. 1, first published 1966-1967
Vol. 4 No. 2, first published 1968
Vol. 4 No. 3, first published 1969
Vol. 4 No. 4, first published 1970
Vol. 5 No. 1, first published 1971
Vol. 5 No. 2, first published 1972
Vol. 5 No. 3, first published 1973-1974
Vol. 5 No. 4, first published 1975-1976
Vol. 6 No. 1, first published 1980
Vol. 6 No. 2, first published 1982
Vol. 6 No. 3, first published 1983
Vol. 6 No. 4, first published 1984
Vol. 7 No. 1, first published 1991
Vol. 7 No. 2, first published 1992
Vol. 7 No. 3, first published 1996
Vol. 7 No. 4, first published 1999

THE HUGH TRACEY KALIMBA

A New Musical Instrument from Africa — Instruction Manual

FACING THE MUSIC

by HUGH TRACEY

in THE AFRICA OF 1961 - A Continent of Change

first published 1967
by The Royal African Society
printed in England

The record of a course held at Guildhall, London, in February 1961.

THE LION ON THE PATH

And Other African Stories

by HUGH TRACEY
first published 1967
by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, London
reprinted 1974
printed by Butler & Tanner Ltd, London
ISBN 0 7100 2887 3

AFRICAN MUSIC CODIFICATION AND TEXTBOOK PROJECT

Practical Suggestions for Field Research

by HUGH TRACEY
with GERHARD KUBIK and ANDREW TRACEY
first published June 1969
by the International library of African Music (ILAM)
54 pages

THE SOUND OF AFRICA SERIES — CATALOGUE

210 LP Records of Music & Songs from Central, Eastern and Southern Africa

by HUGH TRACEY
first published 1972
by the International Library of African Music (ILAM)
printed by Frier & Munro
two volume set

182 pages, volume I

480 pages, volume II

SONG SAFARI

A Journey Through Light Music in South Africa

by RALPH TREWHELA
first published 1980
by The Limelight Press
printed by Bruce Attwood
160 pages
ISBN 0-620-04953-7

TRUTONE

Africa's Most Popular Record Announces the Very Latest Hit Tunes

Record Catalogue
published July 1953
by Trutone Africa Ltd.
4 pages

MUZIKI: JOURNAL OF MUSIC RESEARCH IN AFRICA

Special Issue: Music and Social Change in Africa

Volume 3, Number 1
guest edited by MAURICE VAMBE and ABEBE ZEGEYE
co-published 2006
by UNISA Press (The University of South Africa)
and Routledge an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group
140 pages
ISSN 1812-5980

ON RECORD

Popular Afrikaans Music & Society

by S.D. VAN DER MERWE
first published 2017
by Sun Press, Sun Media, Stellenbosch
printed in South Africa
192 pages
ISBN 978-1-928357-11-7

ETHNIC AND VERNACULAR MUSIC, 1898–1960

A Resource and Guide to Recordings

by PAUL VERNON
foreword by BENNO HAUPL
first published 1995
by Greenwood Press, Westpoint, CT
printed in the USA
346 pages
ISBN 0-313-29553-0

OPIKA PENDE

Africa at 78 RPM

compiled and edited by JONATHAN WARD
first published 2011
by Dust-To-Digital, Atlanta, GA
printed in China
112 pages, includes 4 compact discs
DTD-22

PHONOGRAPHIES

Grooves in Sonic Afro-Modernity

by ALEXANDER G. WEHELIYE
first published 2005
by Duke University Press, Durham, NC
printed in the United States
140 pages
ISBN 0-8223-3590-5

SOL PLAATJE

South African Nationalist 1876 - 1932

by BRIAN WILLAN
first published 1984
by University of Califirnia Press, Berkley, CA
436 pages
printed in Great Britain
ISBN 0-520-05334-6

THE ANGLO-GERMAN CONCERTINA

A Social History Volume 2

by DAN M. WORRALL
first published 2009
third edition, 2010
by Concertina Press, Fulshear, TX
printed in Middletown, DE
272 pages
ISBN 978-0-9825996-1-7