Kulturelle Diversität in der empirischen Rhythmusforschung. Drei Analysen eines Audio-Korpus von Percussion-Ensemblemusik aus Mali by Rainer Polak, Nori Jacoby, Justin London

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Towards Sustainable Preservation: Revitalising Indigenous African Instruments and Craftsmanship by Ntshengedzeni Evans Netshivhambe

“…This study addresses a critical gap in the scholarship of indigenous African music by shifting the focus from preventing the extinction of musical traditions to ensuring the sustainability of indigenous African instruments within academic frameworks. …”
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Im Labyrinth – György Ligetis Étude pour piano Nr. 1 Désordre im Höranalyse-Unterricht by Irmgard Brockmann

“…The audio examples not only prove to be a methodically useful compass in the polyrhythmic labyrinth of this work, but also offer appealing analogies to Ligeti‘s sources of inspiration, both to African music and the methods by which African music can be studied and to the machine aesthetics in the Studies for Player Piano by Conlon Nancarrow.…”
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The Local, The Global, or Somewhere in Between? by Peter J. Verdin

“…This research examines the way that ideas of locality and globality are negotiated, reinvented, and reimagined at Africa Festival in Würzburg, an annual festival that celebrates African music and culture in the Lower Franconian region of Germany. …”
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The Good, The Bad and The Legacy of Kwaito by Madimabe G. Mapaya, Thulani G. Zulu

“…Data collection also included interviews with key South African music industry figures such as former record executives and musicians. …”
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