The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is:

Understanding African Music by Mandy Carver

‘Understanding African Music’ is designed for high school music majors aged 15-18, but will also appeal to the general public because of the nature of its content. The book is beautifully illustrated with many images from Hugh Tracy’s field excursions taken from the late 1930s through the 1960s. Lessons designed by music educator, Mandy Carver, feature 96 audio tracks selected from Tracy and his son Andrew Tracy’s field recordings. The audio tracks and several video clips that are essential to the lessons are provided on a multimedia disc that accompanies the book.

Access: https://univofpretoria.on.worldcat.org/oclc/821039599

This book is available at Special Collections, housed on level 5 of the Merensky 2 Library, and is part of our FZ van der Merwe South African Music Collection.

The Special Collections unit of the Department of Library Services plays a stewardship role in the acquisition and preservation of the Library's rare and valuable information resources, making them accessible to students, staff and researchers, as well as safeguarding them for future generations.