Diaspora & Music
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John Pfumojena, “Storytelling through Mbira Music”

John will be sharing his work on the history embedded within the oral traditions of Southern Africa with a focus on traditional and contemporary ritual and performance in Zimbabwe.

Pete Yelding, “Awakening historic threads through musical translation”

Pete’s research awakens dormant historic threads through the process of translating embodied musical knowledge from one mode to another. He will share the musical lineage of his Ustad and the history of the sarod and the cello. He will also reflect on the movement of performers of Romani origin and how this is entangled in his work. His presentation will be followed by a 10-minute performance on cello.

In this seminar/concert hybrid, we explore artistic movements, performances, and the ever-evolving musical exchanges between the past and the present and across continents and borders. Specifically, we invite participants to think about music and performance as possible sites of preservation, transformation and negotiations of diasporic identities.

More details
Date: 1 November 2022, 14:30 (Tuesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room & Zoom
Speakers: John Pfumojena (University of Oxford), Pete Yelding (University of Bath Spa, University of Exeter)
Organising department: Faculty of History
Organisers: Madeleine Jane (University of Oxford), Adrita Mitra (Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: admin@oxfordtghs.com
Part of: Transnational & Global History Seminar
Booking required?: Not required
Booking url: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diaspora-music-tickets-452892302067
Audience: Public
Editors: Pak Hei Hao, Adrita Mitra, Madeleine Foote