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Audiences in the Eastern Cape have witnessed the extraordinary return to Duncan Village of the legacy of the prodigal son – Johnny Mbizo Dyani. Composer of the landmark “Song for Biko,” album (1979), he was a hero of the solidarity movement in exile. Dyani co-founded the Jazz Against Apartheid event in Germany in 1985. The…
Makaya Ntshoko is celebrated, in the town of Basel, a centre for Jazz studies which has absorbed his influence, the Jazz Against Apartheid movement, a depository of the johnny Dyani compositions which has extended his collaborative approach to future generations in South Africa and Europe and by his nephew, new jazz drummer Kanu.
One thing of course, that is right at hand is to conduct oral histories with the individuals who have played such an important role in the establishment of the movement.
Audio technology or video technology could build a small oral history archive around Jazz as a movement for change.
In the video message to South African Jürgen Leinhos mentions “Stolpersteine” (stumbling stones), an initiative that “planted” thousands of stones with the names of Jewish people carved on it who were expelled from their houses and apartments and deported and killed. You can find those stones all over now – also in smaller towns such as…
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Since the early 1960s South African jazz musicians in exile together with their international counterparts have used the freedom of South African jazz to not only strongly influence European jazz music but also fight the struggle against apartheid. Their sacrifices made a significant contribution to the freedom and opportunities we…
Exile Heritage Exhibition is a living heritage communicating the significance and meaning of our exile heritage to current and future generations through education and raising awareness.
Institutionalized racism on the one hand, denial and defense of exile on the other – how are these experiences processed artistically? And how do they flow into the oeuvre and consciousness of artistic work?
JAA is first of all a series of concerts organized by both musicians and
political/cultural activists. It is searching for allies and supporters and
remains a free association of people dedicated to the cause of freedom and individual and social solidarity and responsibility.