The International Library of African Music (ILAM) is an organization dedicated to the preservation and study of African music. 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 is located in Msaho, South Africa and is currently affiliated with Rhodes University. Africa is a continent with a wide range of ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity. ... Hugh Tracey was an important twentieth century ethnomusicologist. ... Rhodes University is one of South Africas oldest and most famous university institutions. ...

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. Lamellaphone is a family of musical instruments. ... Mbira Dzavadzimu in deze (top), Mbira Nyunga Nyunga (bottom), Hosho (bottom left). ... Mozambique is a former Portuguese colony, and its native folk musics have been highly influenced by Portuguese forms. ...

Publications and Recordings

See also

• Music of Africa
• Music of Zimbabwe
• Music of Mozambique
• Mbira
• Zimbabwean Marimba
• Paul Berliner
• Hugh Tracey
• Ethnomusicology

Africa is a continent with a wide range of ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity. ... Zimbabwean music includes folk and pop styles, much of it based on the well-known instrument the mbira. ... Mozambique is a former Portuguese colony, and its native folk musics have been highly influenced by Portuguese forms. ... Mbira Dzavadzimu in deze (top), Mbira Nyunga Nyunga (bottom), Hosho (bottom left). ... The marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion family. ... Paul Berliner is an important twentieth century ethnomusicologist, best known for specializing in African Music as well as Jazz and other improvizational systems. ... Hugh Tracey was an important twentieth century ethnomusicologist. ... Ethnomusicology (from the Greek ethnos = nation and mousike = music), formerly comparative musicology, is the study of music in its cultural context, cultural musicology. ...

External links

• ILAM International Library of African Music