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The '''International Library of African Music''' (ILAM) is an organization dedicated to the preservation and study of [[Music of Africa|African music]]. Seated in [[Grahamstown]], [[South Africa]], ILAM is attached to the Music Department at [[Rhodes University]] and coordinates its [[Ethnomusicology]] Programme which offers undergraduate and post-graduate degrees in [[Ethnomusicology]] that include training in performance of [[African music]].<ref>{{cite web|title=About ILAM|url=http://www.ru.ac.za/ilam/ilam/aboutilam/|website=The International Library of African Music (ILAM)|date=15 July 2011 |publisher=Rhodes University|accessdate=7 May 2016}}</ref> ILAM, as the largest repository of indigenous African music,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Allen |first1=Siemon |title=Photographing at the International Library of African Music |url=http://www.theconmag.co.za/2016/06/29/photographing-at-the-international-library-of-african-music/ |website=The Con Magazine |accessdate=19 November 2018 |date=29 June 2016}}</ref>  is particularly known for its study of the [[lamellophone]] [[mbira]] of [[Zimbabwe]] and [[Mozambique]], as well as the [[Chopi people]]'s [[Music of Mozambique#Timbila|Timbila]], a variant of the [[marimba]] from southern Mozambique.

[[Image:ILAMinstruments.jpg|thumb|Some of the instruments inside ILAM.]]

[[Image:ILAMinstruments2.jpg|thumb|The akadinda (large xylophone), [[kalimbas]]
on the wall, and a photo of Hugh Tracey.]]

== Publications and recordings ==

* ''Journal of the International Library of African Music'' albums are available for digital download at [[Smithsonian Folkways]] Recordings' website.<ref name="SI Folkways" />
* As part of the [[Rhodes University]]'s support for [[Open Access]] to research output and primary research materials, the journal ''[[African Music (journal)|African Music]]''<ref name="jour_Arch" /> in being made accessible freely online, with a two-year embargo on the latest issues.

== History ==

ILAM was founded by [[ethnomusicologist]] [[Hugh Tracey]] in 1954, made possible through grants received from the [[Nuffield Foundation]] and the [[South African Department of Education]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Tracey|first1=Hugh|title=The International Library of African Music|journal=African Music: Journal of the International Library of African Music|date=1954|volume=1|issue=1|pages=71–73|url=http://journal.ru.ac.za/index.php/africanmusic/article/view/232/173|accessdate=7 May 2016| doi=10.21504/amj.v1i1.232|doi-access=|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

ILAM published the ''[http://journal.ru.ac.za/index.php/africanmusic/issue/archive African Music Society Journal]'', now known as the [[African Music (journal)|''African Music'']]. ILAM was initially located in Msaho (near [[Roodepoort]], [[Gauteng]]). When [[Hugh Tracey]] died in 1977, his son [[Andrew Tracey|Andrew]] took over as director.  Private funding had dried up, but [[Rhodes University]] agreed to host ILAM, and both ILAM and AMI moved to [[Grahamstown]] in 1978.
[[Andrew Tracey]] served as director until 2005, after which Diane Thram served as the director.<ref>Diane Thram, For Future Generations: Hugh Tracey and the International Library of African Music. International Library of African Music, 2010</ref> The current director is Dr. Lee Watkins.

== Notable collections ==
The following collections are available online:
* Hugh Tracey Audio Collections<ref name="seals1" /><ref name="seals2" />
* Jaco Kruger Collections<ref name="seals3" />

== See also ==

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* [[Music of Africa]]
* [[Music of Zimbabwe]]
* [[Music of Mozambique]]
* [[Hugh Tracey]]
* [[Andrew Tracey]]
* [[Paul Berliner (ethnomusicologist)|Paul Berliner]]
* [[Mbira]]
* [[Kalimba]]
* [[Marimba#Zimbabwean|Zimbabwean Marimba]]
* [[Ethnomusicology]]
* [[Rhodes University]]
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==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="SI Folkways">{{Cite web | title = International Library of African Music (I.L.A.M.)  | author =  | work = Smithsonian Folkways | date =  | accessdate = 2016-05-07 | url = http://www.folkways.si.edu/international-library-of-african-music-ilam/smithsonian | quote =  }}</ref>
<ref name="seals1">{{Cite web | title = Hugh Tracey Broadcast Series | author =  | work = Rhodes Digital Commons | date =  | accessdate = 2016-05-07 | url = http://contentpro.seals.ac.za/iii/cpro/CollectionViewPage.external?lang=eng&sp=1000653&suite=def | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150711215452/http://contentpro.seals.ac.za/iii/cpro/CollectionViewPage.external?lang=eng&sp=1000653&suite=def | url-status = dead | archive-date = July 11, 2015 | language =  | quote =  }}</ref>
<ref name="seals2">{{Cite web | title = Hugh Tracey Music of Africa Series | author =  | work = Rhodes Digital Commons | date =  | accessdate = 2016-05-07 | url = http://contentpro.seals.ac.za/iii/cpro/CommunityViewPage.external?lang=eng&sp=1000368&suite=def | language =  | quote =  | archive-date = 2015-07-12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150712013310/http://contentpro.seals.ac.za/iii/cpro/CommunityViewPage.external?lang=eng&sp=1000368&suite=def | url-status = dead }}</ref>
<ref name="seals3">{{Cite web | title = ILAM Jaco Kruger Cassettes | author =  | work = Rhodes Digital Commons | date =  | accessdate = 2016-05-07 | url = http://contentpro.seals.ac.za/iii/cpro/CollectionViewPage.external?lang=eng&sp=1000660&suite=def | language =  | quote =  | archive-date = 2015-07-11 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150711224424/http://contentpro.seals.ac.za/iii/cpro/CollectionViewPage.external?lang=eng&sp=1000660&suite=def | url-status = dead }}</ref>
<ref name="jour_Arch">{{Cite web | title = African Music: Journal of the International Library of African Music | author =  | work = Rhodes Digital Commons | date =  | accessdate = 2016-05-07 | url = http://journal.ru.ac.za/index.php/africanmusic/issue/archive | quote =  }}</ref>

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== External links ==
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* {{official website|http://www.ru.ac.za/ilam/}}
* [http://journal.ru.ac.za/index.php/africanmusic/issue/archive ''African Music: Journal of the International Library of African Music'']
* [http://www.kalimba.co.za African Musical Instruments (AMI)]

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