2025: Djembe Drum – Elementary. UNISA Press, Pretoria. Co-author with Jose Alberto Chemane. Publication (forthcoming)
2025: Djembe Drum – Intermediate. UNISA Press, Pretoria. Co-author with Jose Alberto Chemane. Publication (forthcoming)
Culture, Memory and Trauma(Editor) – Proceedings of the 3rd Annual National Oral History Conference. Pretoria: Unisa Press, 2013
Studies in African Musical Heritage (Co-Editor with Elina Seye). Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Forthcoming 2018).
Culture, Memory and Trauma (Editor) – Proceedings of the 3rd Annual National Oral History Conference. Pretoria: Unisa Press, 2013
Chapters in Books
2024: Contributions, memories, and reflections on my time in OHASA’s Founding Years. In Celebrating 20 Years of OHASA: Reflecting on our Oral History Journey, Edited by Christina Landman, 10-11. Author.
2023: Building sustainable global collaborative networks: Recommendations from music studies and the social sciences. In the Science-Music Borderlands: Reckoning with the Past, Imagining the Future, Edited by E. H. Margulis, D. Loughridge, and P. Loui, MIT Press. Co-author. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14186.003.0032
2022: ICTM Study Group on African Musics. In Celebrating the International Council for Traditional Music: Reflections on the First Seven Decades, 227-233, Ljubljana: Ljubljana University Press and ICTM. Author.
2020: Reframing Teaching African Music and Dance in the Tertiary Education Context: Alternatives and Pedagogical Solutions for Non-Contact Teaching in the Face of the Covid-19 Pandemic. In Learner and Subject at Dawn of Digital Research-Led Teaching and Learning in the Time of COVID-19. Editors Johannes A. Smit, Nobuhle Ndimande-Hlongwa, Nhlanhla Mkhize, Labby Ramrathan, 100-126. Co-author. https://doi.org/10.29086/978-0-9869936-5-7/2020/AASBS04
“African Music in Global Diasporic Discourse: Identity Explorations of South African Artist Johnny Mbizo Dyani” in Music and Identity: Transformation and Negotiationedited by Eric Akrofi, Maria Smit and Stig-Magnus Thorsen, pp. 257 – 276. Stellenbosch: Sun Media,
2002. “Strategies for Survival by Luo Female Artists in the Rural Environment in Kenya” in Stepping Forward: Black Women in Africa and the Americasedited by B.A Moss, C. Higgs and E. R. Ferguson, pp. 205 – 226. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press,
Journal Articles
2024: Globally, songs and instrumental melodies are slower and higher and use more stable pitches than speech.Sciences Advances, Volume 10, Issue 20. ISSN: 2375-2548. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adm9797 Co-author.
2024: Does synchronized singing enhance social bonding more than speaking does? A global experimental Stage 1 Registered Report. PsyArXiv Preprints. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/pv3m9 Co-author.
2022: Globally, songs and instrumental melodies are slower, higher, and use more stable pitches than speech.PsyArXiv Preprints. https://doi.org/10.24072/pci.rr.100469 Co-author.
2020: Opondo, P. Chemane JAD, Sunu Doe, Eric. Reframing Teaching African Music and Dance in the Tertiary Education Context: Alternatives and Pedagogical Solutions for Non-Contact Teaching in the Face of the Covid-19 Pandemic.Learner and Subject at Dawn of Digital Research, Teaching, and Learning Led in the Time of COVID. Editors: Johannes A. Smit, Nobuhle Ndimande-Hlongwa, Nhlanhla Mkhize, Labby Ramrathan, 100-126. Co-author.
2004: Opondo, P. Setting up a Tertiary Level Programme in African Music and Dance. The Talking Drum, 21, 3-5.
2006: Song-Gesture-Dance: Redefined Aesthetics in the Performance Continuum as South African Women’s Indigenous Groups Explore New Frontiers.Critical Arts: A Journal of South North Cultural and Media Studies, Volume 61-74. Author.
2000: The Nexus between Song and Speech in Dodo Performance.Voices: Journal of Oral Studies, Volume 202-228. Author.
2000: Cultural Policies in Kenya.Arts Education Policy Review – Symposium on Arts Education in Africa, Vol. 101 No. 5, 18-24. Author.
Community Involvement
(1996-Present), Director of the African Music Project, The AMP focuses on music education, research, and performance. The AMP has a strong community outreach program, which extends the Music Discipline’s involvement and impact on artistic life in general. The mission statement of the AMP is to be an important vehicle for community reconstruction by advocating for African Music to occupy a central space in the institution, and by developing strong relations with the communities in which we live
(2005-Present) Curator of the Annual African Cultural Calabash Festival, Durban
(2000-Present) Artistic Director of Ikusasa Lethu African Music & Dance Ensemble. Secure international tours. Fundraise for participation at such events. Secure local performance opportunities
(2022-Present), South African Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), Sub-panel Review for Creative Outputs Evaluation in Music
(2000-2003) National Indigenous Music Project (NIMP) Panelist appointed by the Minister of the South African National Department of Art & Culture to assist in the formulation of a national strategy and plan to collect, preserve, promote indigenous music of South Africa to re-engineer the National Sound Film and Video Archives
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Teaching Expertise
MUSC3AE/310: African Music Outreach A: Music Education
MUSC3CD/312: African Music Outreach B: Community Development
MUSC344: Practical Studies 3B – AMD Stream: Public Exit Recitals
MUSC7EV: Ethnographic and Video Documentation
MUSC7EC: Public Sector Ethnomusicology & Community Development
Student Supervision
Honours
Masters
PhD
Honours
Xola Thebekile Queen Kunene (2025) uDloko and Ingungu in Urban Spaces: Sustaining Zulu Musical Heritage in Durban
Lebogang Trevor Sejamoholo (2023) Umembeso Practice through Music and Dance
Nomthandazo Makhanya (2022) Music and Spirituality: Looking into Umembeso Ceremony (Ziyenda Ziyemula)
Waziwe Thabiso Zondo (2020). Umzansi as a Tool for Social Rehabilitation: A Study of Amalanda Amahlope of Steadville, Ladysmith
Sakhile Vincent Khumalo (2020) The Evolution of isipantsula Township Dance and the Birth of South African Contemporary Dance Forms
Silindile Veracious Shazi (2019). Advocating for an African Music and Dance Program through an Intervention Program Conducted at Hunt Secondary School, Durban
Khanyiso Dube (2019) A Study on the Use of Isicathamiya as a Tool to Promote Peace and Raise Social Awareness in Amatikwe in Inanda
Slindile Dlamini (2019). Gender stereotypes in Zulu indigenous dance: Reflection from female interpretation of Umzansi traditional dance.
Zoliswa Michelle Mchunu (2019) Yimi lo: reflection on staging an uMakhweyana performance
Nomfundo Precious Zuma (2018) The role of music in traditional sangoma ceremonies and Zionist church services as a medium that connects humans to spirits
Lihle Precious James (2018) Xhosa Intonjane Ceremony in Contemporary Society
Siphamandla Ngcobo (2018) Passing on the Baton
Nontobeko Sibiya (2017) Phila Ekuphileni Nezion (The role of Isigubhu in healing and Prophetic process in Zion Church Spiritual Journey).
Lindani Phumlomo (2015) Perfekt Sense
Nozuko Nguqu (2015) Maskandi. Kuyoze Kube Nini? For How Long?
Jose Alberto Chemane (2015) Demarcating Traditional Music and Dance from Mozambique in the Townships of Ethekwini Municipality: The Case of Ngalanga Group from Clermont Township
Thabile Buthelezi (2014) An Ethnographic Study of Umkhosi Womhlanga: Cultural Procedures of the Zulu Maidens
Nhlakanipho Ngcobo (2014) Revolutionary Songs: New Meaning Y-tjukutja
Isaac Machafa (2011) The Role of Karigamombe, Nhemamusasa and Bangiza Song Composition in Sustaining Mbira Music Repertoire and Performances in Shona Society. Title of accompanying ethnographic film: Mbira Music Repertoire: Past, Present, and Future.
Zamahlobo Ntombela (2011) African Music and Storytelling: A role Music plays in Storytelling
Khethiwe Memela (2010) The Role of Traditional Music and Dance in Women’s Life of Kwanokweja and Donnybrook
Lungile Gumbi (2010) Umkhumbane Kwela Timers
Bongiwe Dlamini (2008) An Ethnography of ithwasa Initiation
Nokuthula Mnguni (2006) The Story of Gibson Mtshali Gumboot Dancer
Ramodise Buller Sello (2005) The Introspection
Marumo Ncube (2004) Mbira Teaching and Learning Pedagogies
Mashaya Mkwetshana-Dambuza (2003) Nuba Wrestling in Southern Sudan
Lindokuhle Mpungose (2003) Reed Dance Ceremony
Patricia Giddy (2002)
Astrid Treffry-Goatley (2002) Brother Clement Sithole: Inyoni Kayiphumuli
Masters
Thando Nyameni (Current) Reimagining Applied Ethnomusicology through Music Business Intervention: Advancing Africa’s Music Ecosystem with a Focus on IP Literacy, Technological Access, and Value Chain Reform
Lebogang Trevor Sejamoholo (Current) African Music and Dance Archives in a Higher Education Institution
Mfundiseni Victor Ndwalane (2024). The Interrogation of Power Dynamics and Students’ Cultural Beliefs through the Performing Arts in a University Context: The Case of Sisukaphi?
Nozuko Nguqu (2022). Indigenous African Music (IAM) Performance Assessment: Evaluating the Role of Teachers During the Grade 12 External Practical Examination.
Jose Alberto Chemane (2019) A Study on the Creative Processes of Ngalanga Traditional Music and Dance from Mozambique: Expressions of the Mozambican Immigrant Community of Clermont Township in Durban
Zamahlobo Ntombela (2019) Isikwapha: Dancing on the Footprints of Bhaca at Umzimkhulu
Innocent Tinashe Mutero (2013) An Ethnography of Subversive Performances of Chinyambera Traditional Music and Dance in Gweru, Zimbabwe: A ase Study of Tavirima Traditional Dance Group
Isaac Machafa (2013) The Impact of Cultural Policy and Music Festivals in Shaping and Preserving Mbira Music Performances in Zimbabwe
Praise Zinhuku (2013). Adaptation and Recontextualisation of Muchongoyo Traditional Dance Performance by Community Arts Groups in Zimbabwe
Victoria Vicky Thela (2012) Songs as Part of Healing Praxis? An Ethnographic Study on the Use and Significance of Songs in Phekolo Ritual Ceremony amongst the Bongwato of Shoshong in Botswana
Bongiwe Dlamini (2011) An Ethnographic Study of the Music and Dance Performed during the Ithawsa Initiation Process in KwaZulu-Natal
Muthoni Maureen Charity Njenga (2011) Mwomboko within Mugithi: Music as a form of Social Cohesion Amongst the Agikuyu People of Kenya
Perminus Matiure (2007) The Relationship between Mbira dza Vadzimu Modes and Zezuru Ancestral Spirit Possession
Astrid Treffry-Goatley (2004) Transmitting Historical Practices to Present Day Reality: A Biography and Anthology of Brother Clement Sithole’s Music and Work with Inyoni Kayiphumuli Children’s Home
PhD
Nozuko Nguqu (Current) Assessment of Indigenous African Music (IAM) in Grades 10-12: Centering the learners in the performance curriculum.
Jose Alberto Daniel Chemane (Current) The Dynamics of Neotraditional Music Practices in Contemporary Urban Maputo, Mozambique
Futhi Ntshingila (Current) The Healing Power of Music in Indigenous Ceremonies and Rituals
Caleb Mauwa (2021) The Role of Chingondo/ Chimaisiri Dance on Makasva and Humwe Rites in Zimunya Communal Area, Zimbabwe
Eric Sunu Doe (2021) Ghanaian Palmwine Music: Revitalising a Tradition and Maintaining a Community
Perminus Matiure (2013) Archiving Indigenous and Contemporary Legacies of Shona Mbira Dzavadzimu in the Context of Kurova Guva and Dandaro Practices
Jerry Rutsate (2011) Efficacious and Symbolic Representation of Mhande Dance in Mutoro and Kurova Guva Spiritual Ceremonies: The Karanga Epistemology
