{"id":5869,"date":"2021-10-25T11:11:47","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T09:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/?p=5869"},"modified":"2025-02-19T15:13:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T13:13:06","slug":"sounds-of-southern-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/blog\/sounds-of-southern-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast Series &#8220;Sounds of southern Africa&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-Sounds-Southern-Africa-sq-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-Sounds-Southern-Africa-sq-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-Sounds-Southern-Africa-sq-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-Sounds-Southern-Africa-sq-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-Sounds-Southern-Africa-sq-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-Sounds-Southern-Africa-sq-2.jpg 1084w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9 IFAS-Research<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>[English version below]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notre s\u00e9rie de podcasts intitul\u00e9e&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/uncategorized\/sounds-of-southern-africa-music-empowerment-freedom-2021-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sounds of southern Africa. Music, Empowerment, Freedom<\/a> <\/em>est enfin compl\u00e8te, apr\u00e8s la sortie des cinq premiers \u00e9pisodes en juillet puis des quatre derniers en octobre 2021. Avec l&#8217;aide de diff\u00e9rents experts, ces podcasts explorent les liens entre la musique, la politique, la libert\u00e9 d&#8217;expression et la censure dans plusieurs pays d&#8217;Afrique centrale et australe, du XX<sup>e<\/sup>&nbsp;si\u00e8cle&nbsp;\u00e0 nos jours. Les chercheurs et chercheuses interview\u00e9\u00b7es y analysent ces relations complexes et, pour notre plus grand plaisir, nous donnent l&#8217;occasion d&#8217;\u00e9couter des m\u00e9lodies et des sons m\u00e9connus. Nous vous invitons \u00e0 un voyage musical \u00e0 travers une histoire marqu\u00e9e par l&#8217;adversit\u00e9 et la r\u00e9silience, \u00e0 travers une vari\u00e9t\u00e9 de genres musicaux &#8211; des m\u00e9lodies sud-africaines et namibiennes \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00e9poque de l&#8217;apartheid \u00e0 la rumba congolaise \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00e9poque coloniale, en passant par le rap ou la musique populaire au Mozambique et en Angola contemporains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/a11agency\/ifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa-ep-1-w-stolen-moments-namibian-music-history-untold\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EPISODE 1. Le patrimoine musical\u00a0confisqu\u00e9 de la Namibie<\/a><br>(avec Aino Moongo &amp; Thorsten Schutte)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-mixcloud wp-block-embed-mixcloud wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ep. 1 W\/ Stolen Moments - Namibian Music History Untold (Ifas-Research: Sounds Of Southern Africa)\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fa11agency%2Fifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa-ep-1-w-stolen-moments-namibian-music-history-untold%2F&amp;hide_cover=1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dans ce premier \u00e9pisode consacr\u00e9 \u00e0 l&#8217;exploration du pass\u00e9 musical de la Namibie, la conservatrice Aino Moongo et le cin\u00e9aste Thorsten Sch\u00fctte pr\u00e9sentent le projet qu&#8217;ils m\u00e8nent tous deux actuellement, intitul\u00e9\u00a0<em>Stolen Moments \u2013 Namibian Music History Untold<\/em>. Leur objectif est de trouver, d&#8217;inventorier et de pr\u00e9server les archives musicales de Namibie, mais aussi de faire conna\u00eetre le riche patrimoine du pays qui, pour l&#8217;essentiel, a \u00e9t\u00e9 censur\u00e9 par le r\u00e9gime de l&#8217;apartheid apr\u00e8s l&#8217;annexion de facto du &#8220;Sud-Ouest africain&#8221; par l&#8217;Afrique du Sud.<br><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/a11agency\/ifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa-ep-2-w-chlo%C3%A9-buire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EPISODE 2. Le rap et la dissidence politique dans l&#8217;Angola contemporain<\/a><br>(avec Chlo\u00e9 Buire)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-mixcloud wp-block-embed-mixcloud wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ep. 2 W\/ Chlo\u00e9 Buire (Ifas-Research: Sounds Of Southern Africa)\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fa11agency%2Fifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa-ep-2-w-chlo%25C3%25A9-buire%2F&amp;hide_cover=1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dans le deuxi\u00e8me \u00e9pisode, le potentiel de contestation politique v\u00e9hicul\u00e9 par le rap est mis en \u00e9vidence par Chlo\u00e9 Buire, chercheuse au CNRS. Elle explique comment ce genre musical porte une dimension importante de critique sociale dans une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 en qu\u00eate de libert\u00e9 d&#8217;expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/a11agency\/ifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa-ep-3-w-lizab%C3%A9-lambrechts-david-marks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EPISODE 3. Les Hidden Years Music Archive: (Re)d\u00e9couverte du jazz, du rock et de la musique pop sud-africains underground des ann\u00e9es 1950-1980<\/a><br>(avec Lizab\u00e9 Lambrechts et David Marks)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-mixcloud wp-block-embed-mixcloud wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ep. 3 W\/ Lizab\u00e9 Lambrechts &amp; David Marks (Ifas-Research: Sounds Of Southern Africa)\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fa11agency%2Fifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa-ep-3-w-lizab%25C3%25A9-lambrechts-david-marks%2F&amp;hide_cover=1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lizab\u00e9 Lambrechts et David Marks sont les invit\u00e9s du troisi\u00e8me \u00e9pisode, consacr\u00e9 aux&nbsp;<em>Hidden Years Music Archive<\/em>. Cette collection contient une grande vari\u00e9t\u00e9 de documents datant de l&#8217;\u00e9poque de l&#8217;apartheid : disques, enregistrements, affiches de concerts, archives priv\u00e9es, etc. Elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 cr\u00e9\u00e9e et constitu\u00e9e par le musicien David Marks lui-m\u00eame ; Lizab\u00e9 Lambrechts est l&#8217;actuelle conservatrice en chef des archives \u00e0 l&#8217;universit\u00e9 de Stellenbosch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/a11agency\/ifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa-ep-4-w-charlotte-grabli\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EPISODE 4 : Du Congo belge \u00e0 l&#8217;ind\u00e9pendance : le parcours de la rumba congolaise<\/a><br>(Charlotte Grabli)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-mixcloud wp-block-embed-mixcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ep. 4 W\/ Charlotte Grabli (Ifas-Research: Sounds Of Southern Africa)\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fa11agency%2Fifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa-ep-4-w-charlotte-grabli%2F&amp;hide_cover=1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dans cet \u00e9pisode, l&#8217;historienne Charlotte Grabli nous emm\u00e8ne au Congo. Elle analyse les relations entre la musique congolaise et la musique afro-cubaine jusqu&#8217;aux derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es de la colonisation belge. La colonie, devenue un pays ind\u00e9pendant, a export\u00e9 la &#8220;rumba congolaise&#8221; dans tout le continent africain (et notamment en Afrique australe).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/a11agency\/ifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa-ep-5-w-euclides-goncalves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EPISODE 5. Musique populaire et protestation sociale au Mozambique<\/a><br>(avec Euclides Gon\u00e7alves)<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-mixcloud wp-block-embed-mixcloud wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ep. 5 W\/ Euclides Gon\u00e7alves (Ifas-Research: Sounds Of Southern Africa)\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fa11agency%2Fifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa-ep-5-w-euclides-goncalves%2F&amp;hide_cover=1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dans cet \u00e9pisode, Euclides Gon\u00e7alves \u2013 anthropologue et directeur de Kaleidoscopio (un centre de recherche sur la politique et la culture) \u2013 explore comment la musique populaire, en particulier les chansons, est devenue un important v\u00e9hicule de protestation politique et un canal privil\u00e9gi\u00e9 de &#8220;commentaire social&#8221; au Mozambique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/a11agency\/ep-6-w-christopher-ballantine-ifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>EPISODE 6. Les d\u00e9buts de la musique populaire noire en Afrique du Sud<\/strong><\/a><br><strong>(avec Christopher Ballantine)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-mixcloud wp-block-embed-mixcloud wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ep. 6 W\/ Christopher Ballantine (Ifas-Research: Sounds Of Southern Africa)\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fa11agency%2Fep-6-w-christopher-ballantine-ifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa%2F&amp;hide_cover=1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dans ce sixi\u00e8me \u00e9pisode consacr\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019exploration du pass\u00e9 musical de l\u2019Afrique du Sud, le professeur \u00e9m\u00e9rite de l\u2019universit\u00e9 du Kwazulu-Natal, Christopher Ballantine, explore cent ans de l\u2019histoire de musique noire des XIX<sup>e<\/sup>&nbsp;et XX<sup>e<\/sup>&nbsp;si\u00e8cle. Auteur d\u2019un livre remarquable,&nbsp;<em>Marabi Nights: Jazz, \u2018Race\u2019 and Society in Early Apartheid<\/em>, publi\u00e9 en 1993, le professeur Ballantine retrace cette histoire mouvement\u00e9e, de 1860 jusqu\u2019aux ann\u00e9es 1960, au moment o\u00f9 elle r\u00e9gresse sous le r\u00e9gime d\u2019apartheid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/a11agency\/ep-7-w-atiyyah-khan-ifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>EPISODE 7. \u201cLive in Lesotho\u201d de Hugh Masekela : un album de l\u00e9gende<\/strong><\/a><br><strong>(avec Atiyyah Khan)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-mixcloud wp-block-embed-mixcloud wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ep. 7 W\/ Atiyyah Khan (Ifas-Research: Sounds Of Southern Africa)\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fa11agency%2Fep-7-w-atiyyah-khan-ifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa%2F&amp;hide_cover=1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Journaliste au Cap, DJ et organisatrice d\u2019\u00e9v\u00e9nements musicaux, Atiyyah Khan est l\u2019invit\u00e9e de ce septi\u00e8me \u00e9pisode, consacr\u00e9 aux combats politiques des musiciens en exil sous l\u2019apartheid sud-africain. Pour illustrer son propos, elle nous emm\u00e8ne \u00e0 la d\u00e9couverte de l\u2019album du musicien de jazz Hugh Masekela, v\u00e9ritable pied-de-nez au r\u00e9gime de Pretoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/a11agency\/ep-9-w-calum-macnaughton-ifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EPISODE 8.\u00a0Zamrock: rock et engagement politique dans la Zambie des ann\u00e9es 1970<\/a><br>(avec Calum MacNaughon)<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-mixcloud wp-block-embed-mixcloud wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ep. 8 W\/ Calum Macnaughton (Ifas-Research: Sounds Of Southern Africa)\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fa11agency%2Fep-9-w-calum-macnaughton-ifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa%2F&amp;hide_cover=1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L\u2019\u00e9crivain et cin\u00e9aste sud-africain Calum MacNaugton aborde l\u2019histoire de la Zambie, nouvellement ind\u00e9pendante des ann\u00e9es 1970. Il analyse la dimension politique du \u00ab\u00a0Zamrock\u00a0\u00bb, un style musical urbain et cosmopolite inspir\u00e9 du rock occidental. Une grande partie des morceaux pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s ici sont extraits des archives de la maison de disque \u00ab\u00a0Zambian Music Parlour\u00a0\u00bb, dont Calum est le conservateur.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/a11agency\/ep-9-w-denis-constant-martin-ifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EPISODE 9.\u00a0La tradition du carnaval du Nouvel An au Cap<\/a><br>(avec Denis-Constant Martin)<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-mixcloud wp-block-embed-mixcloud wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ep. 9 W\/ Denis-Constant Martin (Ifas-Research: Sounds Of Southern Africa)\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fa11agency%2Fep-9-w-denis-constant-martin-ifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa%2F&amp;hide_cover=1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sociologue et politologue rattach\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019universit\u00e9 de Bordeaux (France), Denis-Constant Martin a longtemps \u00e9tudi\u00e9 les traditions musicales des carnavals de Cape Town.&nbsp;Il a dirig\u00e9 l\u2019ouvrage&nbsp;<em>Sounding The Cape: Music, Identity and Politics in South Africa<\/em>, publi\u00e9 en 2013 chez African Minds. Les chansons diffus\u00e9es dans cet \u00e9pisode on \u00e9t\u00e9 enregistr\u00e9es par le choeur The Tulips sous la direction de Mr Anwar Gambino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ouvrage cit\u00e9 dans l&#8217;\u00e9pisode : Sylvia Bruinders,&nbsp;<em>Parading Respectability: The Cultural and Moral Aesthetics of the Christman Bands Movement in the Western Cape, South Africa<\/em>,&nbsp;\u200e&nbsp;NISC (Pty) Ltd, 2017<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">D\u00e9couvrez\u00a0les \u00e9pisodes sur la\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/a11agency\/playlists\/sounds-of-southern-africa-ifas-research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plateforme MixCloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our podcast series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/uncategorized\/sounds-of-southern-africa-music-empowerment-freedom-2021-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Sounds of southern Africa. Music, Empowerment, Freedom<\/em><\/a> is finally complete, with the first five episodes released in July and the final four in October 2021. With the help of&nbsp;various experts, these podcasts explore the links between music, politics, freedom of expression and censorship in several southern and central African countries, from the 20th century to the present day. The researchers interviewed here analyse these complex relationships and, to our great delight, give us the opportunity to listen to little-known melodies and sounds.&nbsp;We invite you on a musical journey through a history marked by adversity and resilience,&nbsp;through a variety of musical genres \u2014 from South African and Namibian melodies in the apartheid era to Congolese rumba in the colonial period, and rap or pop music in contemporary Mozambique and Angola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/a11agency\/ifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa-ep-1-w-stolen-moments-namibian-music-history-untold\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EPISODE 1. Musical \u201cstolen moments\u201d in Namibia under South Africa\u2019s rule<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><br><strong>(with Aino Moongo &amp; Thorsten Schutte)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-mixcloud wp-block-embed-mixcloud wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ep. 1 W\/ Stolen Moments - Namibian Music History Untold (Ifas-Research: Sounds Of Southern Africa)\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fa11agency%2Fifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa-ep-1-w-stolen-moments-namibian-music-history-untold%2F&amp;hide_cover=1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>In this first episode exploring Namibian musical past, curator Aino Moongo and film-maker Thorsten Sch\u00fctte present the project they are both currently conducting, called&nbsp;<em>Stolen Moments&nbsp;\u2013 Namibian Music History Untold<\/em>. Their aim is to find, inventory and preserve Namibia&#8217;s music archives, but also to raise awareness of the country\u2019s rich heritage which, for the most part, was censored by the apartheid regime after the&nbsp;<em>de facto<\/em>&nbsp;annexation of &#8216;South West Africa&#8217; by South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/a11agency\/ifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa-ep-2-w-chlo%C3%A9-buire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EPISODE 2. Rap and political dissent in contemporary Angola<\/a><\/strong><br><strong>(with Dr Chloe Buire)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-mixcloud wp-block-embed-mixcloud wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ep. 2 W\/ Chlo\u00e9 Buire (Ifas-Research: Sounds Of Southern Africa)\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fa11agency%2Fifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa-ep-2-w-chlo%25C3%25A9-buire%2F&amp;hide_cover=1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the second episode, the potential for political protest conveyed by rap music is highlighted by Dr Chlo\u00e9 Buire, a researcher at the CNRS (French National Centre for Research). She explains how this musical genre carries an important dimension of social criticism in a society in search for free speech.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/a11agency\/ifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa-ep-3-w-lizab%C3%A9-lambrechts-david-marks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>EPISODE 3. The\u00a0<em>Hidden Years Music Archive<\/em>: (Re)discovering underground South African jazz, rock, and pop music from the 1950s-1980s\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><br><strong>(with Dr Lizab\u00e9 Lambrechts and David Marks)<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-mixcloud wp-block-embed-mixcloud wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ep. 3 W\/ Lizab\u00e9 Lambrechts &amp; David Marks (Ifas-Research: Sounds Of Southern Africa)\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fa11agency%2Fifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa-ep-3-w-lizab%25C3%25A9-lambrechts-david-marks%2F&amp;hide_cover=1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Lizab\u00e9 Lambrechts and David Marks are the guests of the third episode, devoted to the H<em>idden Years Music Archive<\/em>. This collection contains a wide variety of documents dating back to the time of apartheid: records, recordings, concert posters, private archives, etc. It was started and built up by musician David Marks himself; Dr Lizab\u00e9 Lambrechts is the current head curator of the archive at Stellenbosch University.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/a11agency\/ifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa-ep-4-w-charlotte-grabli\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>EPISODE 4. From Congo belge to the independence: the journey of Congolese rumba<\/strong><\/a><br><strong>(Dr Charlotte Grabli)<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-mixcloud wp-block-embed-mixcloud wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ep. 4 W\/ Charlotte Grabli (Ifas-Research: Sounds Of Southern Africa)\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fa11agency%2Fifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa-ep-4-w-charlotte-grabli%2F&amp;hide_cover=1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this episode, historian Charlotte Grabli takes us to the Congo. She analyses the relationship between Congolese and Afro-Cuban music until the last years of Belgian colonisation. The colony, which became an independent country, exported &#8220;Congolese rumba&#8221; throughout the African continent (and particularly in southern Africa).\u00a0<br><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/a11agency\/ifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa-ep-5-w-euclides-goncalves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>EPISODE 5. Popular music and social protest in Mozambique<\/strong><\/a><br><strong>(with Dr Euclides Gon\u00e7alves)<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-mixcloud wp-block-embed-mixcloud wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ep. 5 W\/ Euclides Gon\u00e7alves (Ifas-Research: Sounds Of Southern Africa)\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fa11agency%2Fifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa-ep-5-w-euclides-goncalves%2F&amp;hide_cover=1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this episode, Dr Euclides Gon\u00e7alves \u2014 a social anthropologist and director of Kaleidoscopio (a centre for research in politics and culture) \u2014 explores how popular music, especially songs, became an important vehicle for political protest and a privileged channel for &#8220;social commentary&#8221; in Mozambique.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/a11agency\/ep-6-w-christopher-ballantine-ifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EPISODE 6.\u00a0Early Black South African Popular Music<\/a><br>(with Christopher Ballantine)<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-mixcloud wp-block-embed-mixcloud wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ep. 6 W\/ Christopher Ballantine (Ifas-Research: Sounds Of Southern Africa)\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fa11agency%2Fep-6-w-christopher-ballantine-ifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa%2F&amp;hide_cover=1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this sixth episode exploring South Africa&#8217;s musical past, Christopher Ballantine, Professor Emeritus at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, explores 100 years of black music history in the 19th and 20th centuries. Author of the remarkable 1993 book <em>Marabi Nights: Jazz, &#8216;Race&#8217; and Society in Early Apartheid<\/em>, Professor Ballantine traces this turbulent history from 1860 to the 1960s, when it regressed under the apartheid regime.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/a11agency\/ep-7-w-atiyyah-khan-ifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EPISODE 7. Hugh Masekela\u2019s \u201cLive in Lesotho\u201d: a legendary album<\/a><br>(with Atiyyah Khan)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-mixcloud wp-block-embed-mixcloud wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ep. 7 W\/ Atiyyah Khan (Ifas-Research: Sounds Of Southern Africa)\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fa11agency%2Fep-7-w-atiyyah-khan-ifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa%2F&amp;hide_cover=1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cape Town-based journalist, DJ and music event organiser Atiyyah Khan is the guest in this seventh episode, devoted to the political struggles of musicians in exile under South African apartheid. To illustrate her point, she takes us on a tour of jazz musician Hugh Masekela&#8217;s album, a real mockery to the Pretoria regime. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/a11agency\/ep-9-w-calum-macnaughton-ifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EPISODE 8. Zamrock: Rock music and political commitment in Zambia in the 1970s<\/a><\/strong><br><strong>(with Calum MacNaughon)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-mixcloud wp-block-embed-mixcloud wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ep. 8 W\/ Calum Macnaughton (Ifas-Research: Sounds Of Southern Africa)\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fa11agency%2Fep-9-w-calum-macnaughton-ifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa%2F&amp;hide_cover=1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South African writer and filmmaker Calum MacNaugton discusses the history of newly independent Zambia in the 1970s. He analyses the political dimension of &#8216;Zamrock&#8217;, an urban and cosmopolitan musical style inspired by Western rock. Many of the tracks presented here are taken from the archives of the Zambian Music Parlour record company, curated by Calum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/a11agency\/ep-9-w-denis-constant-martin-ifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EPISODE 9.\u00a0The tradition of the New Year Carnival in Cape Town<\/a><br>(with Denis-Constant Martin)<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-mixcloud wp-block-embed-mixcloud wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ep. 9 W\/ Denis-Constant Martin (Ifas-Research: Sounds Of Southern Africa)\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fa11agency%2Fep-9-w-denis-constant-martin-ifas-research-sounds-of-southern-africa%2F&amp;hide_cover=1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Denis-Constant Martin is a sociologist and political scientist at the University of Bordeaux (France). 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