Preservation of Traditional African Instruments

$40K USD

Funder	Department of State
Recipient Organization	U.S. Government - Department of State
Country	South Africa
Start Date	Mar 20, 2005
End Date	Apr 24, 2009
Duration	1,496 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`77255-48`

Grant Description

To enable the research and revival of the making of traditional African instruments with the elders who currently make and play them.

South African youth are growing up without the knowledge of indigenous African instruments and music, while the society is rapidly losing the elders who retain the knowledge. It is urgent to preserve indigenous music education.