Experiencing indigenous East African dance songs : reflections from North West University (South Africa)

After democracy (1994) the doors of teaching and learning in music opened widely to include local indigenous music and culture in South Africa. Since 2005, African music has been a vibrant aspect of the music curriculum within the School of Music, North West University, South Africa. Globally tertiary music educators are challenged to include informal pedagogy of indigenous musics within the formal context of university courses. University music courses in South Africa are still predisposed towards ‘western’ music pedagogies. In October 2012, the School of Music invited a visiting expert in African music and dance to offer onsite teaching and learning of Ugandan dance songs to tertiary students. The initiative to include Ugandan music as part of the teaching and learning workshops on African music at the School of Music was funded by the South African Music Rights Organization. The School of Music has an ongoing policy to invite and include culture bearers to share their skills and expertise with students and academics. Such sharing provides culture bearers the opportunity to transmit much needed skills, which are not often offered by academics. UNESCO (2012) identifies scarce knowledge and skills as intangible heritage.

America the beautiful : four-part song for mixed voices /

Caption title.

Songs and hymns of the Gael : with translations and music and an introduction /

Unacc. melodies in staff and tonic sol-fa notations.

The uncommon commoner, and similar songs of democracy,

Reprinted in part from various periodicals.

The glen path, and other songs,

Reprinted in part from various sources.

Songs for a little house,

Reprinted in part from various periodicals.

Sailor town; sea songs and ballads,

Reprinted in part from various periodicals.

Soldier poets : songs of the fighting men.

"First edition, September 1916 ... Reprinted August 1917."

Songs.

Forms part of Student life, v. 9, no. 9.

A compendious book of godly and spiritual songs, commonly known as 'The gude and godie ballatis', reprinted from the edition of 1567;

With facsim. of the t.-p. of the editions of 1576, 1600, and 1621, and of 2 pages of the edition of 1567.

French songs /

Mostly unaccompanied melodies; some songs have piano accompaniment.

The new Yale song-book : a collection of songs in use by the Glee Club and students of Yale University /

Includes photographs of the Yale campus.

Negro folk-songs.

Forewords by Natalie Curtis Burlin.

Songs and satires,

Blue cloth

Columbia University songs /

English, Latin or German words, in part printed as text.