Veranstaltungen

South African music was the topic of the University of Basel seminar hold last year by BAB staff. The exhibition itself will of course be visible from every internet connected spot in the world - starting 7 February 2018! BAB invite to the Launch of the respective Online Exhibition, with an eciting music session event with:

• Benedikt Reising & Vuma Levin Project - “Mzansi encounters”
• The "Mzansi encounters" is a collaborative musical project with South African and Swiss Jazz musicians:
  Line-up: Benedikt Reising (alto), Vuma Levin (guitar), Thandi Ntuli (piano), Martina Berther (bass), Kesivan Naidoo (drums)

• Musicians from South Africa and Switzerland join up and bring to life sounds of the diverse jazz scene pulsating between Cape Town and Johannesburg.

The entrance is free and drinks and snacks will be available!

The Exhibition: South African Soundscapes – A century’s popular music history

The bilingual online exhibition on South African popular music history emerged within a course for the Department of History (University of Basel). 10 students researched on specific South African musical genres and examined its strong connections to the country’s political history. In the exhibition you will find music examples for the respective genres that are also part of the library’s sound collection. You can browse over a century full of different music styles including Marabi, Jazz, Vaudeville, Mbaqanga, Hip Hop and Kwaito. In addition, you will find information about the cultural boycott that had been adopted by the UN to weaken the apartheid regime and about what this in turn meant for South African musicians in the country and in exile.

Opening: Wednesday, 7th February 2018, 6:00pm

BAB, Klosterberg 23, 4051 Basel

Duration: 3 months

Online Exhibition Launch:

Date / Time: 7 February 2018, 6.00pm

Venue: BAB, Klosterberg 23, 4051 Basel

Further information:www.baslerafrika.ch