International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance

A Non-Governmental Organization in Formal Consultative Relations with UNESCO

ICTM Study Group on African Musics

Mission Statement

The key function of the SGAM is to promote, preserve, disseminate, and protect African musics and all their aspects, functions, and geographical locations in Africa and in the diaspora. The SGAM encourages studies of and advocacy for indigenous and traditional musics, including contemporary and evolving forms.

Executive Committee

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 posted to the Study Group on African Musics Facebook page, found here.

4th Symposium of the ICTMD Study Group on African Musics: Final Programme

The International Council for Traditional Music and Dance Study Group on African Musics is pleased to announce its Fourth Symposium, which will be held online from the 8th to the 12th of July 2024. 

Please find the final programme attached here.

We are looking forward to welcoming you to our sessions.

4th Symposium of the ICTMD Study Group on African Musics

4th Symposium of the ICTMD Study Group on African Musics

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.