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ArchiveAfrica Depository of African Music and Heritage

  • inter-generational know-how and skills transfer filling the gaps in cultural memory caused by apartheid
  • a free association of activists dedicated to restoring positive cultural memory and its role in the freedom and individual and social solidarity of today
  • From Story of South African Jazz Book Series to Jazz Against Apartheid, afribeat has preserved and promoted some of the key voices of freedom through music
  • Archive Africa is a sustainable archive platform for the purpose of Preservation and Promotion of legacy through narrative.

LIBERATION HISTORY FOUNDATION

Born in 1936 Graham fought for human rights from all angles. He saw himself as a white man in Africa, here to set right the wrongs of his tribal line. He shared a deep spirituality with the ancestral heritage of the African continent and thanked the great architect of Africa for his grace. He found no greater enemy than South Africa's apartheid government. From 1952 – 1974 he was labeled a notorious criminal and incarcerated in many jails from which he escaped. In jail he was starved and tortured, out of jail he was hunted. He fled South Africa in 1969 by foot in a futile attempt to join the P.A.C. in Tanzania. On learning to read he overcame his dyslexia and by swallowing his bed springs freed himself from jail. In 1975 he married Jenny Clark. Jenny had polio as a child and is 95% physically disabled. Graham was never involved in any political party and fought for freedom, justice and equality from the unwavering truths of his heart.

Bailey's African History Archives

Jim Bailey is the founder of Baileys African History Archives. He brought Drum magazine out in the 1950s. Drum was great mover on the African continent. It was a complet rol ecall of the creative geniuses of an era of South African history and heritage, whilst contributing to Africa's liberation march during the 1960's. Bailey was a personal friend and benefactor of a number of African leaders. They included Jomo Kenyata and Tom Mboya (Kenya), Kwame Nkrumah (Ghana), Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (Nigeria), Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu (South Africa). These memoirs and others are documented in the posthumous poetry collection, 'Airborne to Africa'.

Towards a South African Music Museum

Addressing the big gap about a serious South African music museum is a vision of national and personal importance. A South African music museum will provide the balance between the long history of South African music heritage thereby bringing long-term sustainability t and creating a legacy that will outlive this generation. The South African Music Museum is envisaged as a teaching museum/interpretive centre, placing innovative accents on music heritage, music resources, business, education and community outrea



House of Memory

Vusi Mchunu is the founder of House of Memory. Activations, preservations and disseminations including arts, books, proverbs, teachings, ground-up knowledge and foundation courses in African arts culture and spirituality, House of Memory is a resource for the worldwide Black Consciousness movement as a multi-disciplined arts practice.