Vortrag im Rahmen der Öffentlichen Ringvorlesung

Musik – Religion – Global

Traditional Southern African Societies (pre-colonial Africa) was far more inclined in the realm of spirituality than religion. The latter became pervasive and popular in Africa through the malevolent imposition of unjust, prejudice and segregationist colonial concepts. Prior to encounters with colonial forces, Traditional Societies in Southern Africa congregated and gathered for family, spiritual and therapeutic purposes in what was then called “Ingcawe”. Ingcawe preceded the existence and establishment of a church structure in Southern Africa. Thus said, ancestral spirits were the most pivotal catalyst to music making in Traditional African Societies. With no modern technologies or innovation to assist their endeavours, the Bantu, Nguni’s, San and Khoi people made music by utilising hands kills, and through their improvisation, converted their crafts and weapons to African indigenous musical instruments. Equally important, music was a vehicle for intimacy with ancestral spirits and the maximum effect of this was achieved through singing, clapping, dancing and playing indigenous musical instrument playing.

Dizu Plaatjes is a Musician and a Lecturer in African Music at University of Cape Town, South Africa.

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