GROUP THEORY BLACK MUSIC: Remembering Dr AB Xuma

Tumi Mogorosi Presents Group Theory: Black Music - Remembering Dr Xuma

Black Music & Dr AB Xuma



"Within the historical memory of Sophiatown lies the debris of yesteryear’s urban Black life… We can think of Can Themba’s House of Truth and Bloke Modisane’s Shangri-la as such spaces that lie beneath the rubble of a once-was dream of freedom, perennially deferred. Dr Xuma’s house (which is the only house left after the demolition and forced removals) remains, within this historical memory of freedom fighters, as a site where Black theory as resistance was practiced. Group Theory: Black Music as an interrogation of the “afterlife” of Apartheid finds an articulation within the walls of Xuma’s house. The Black freedom project (unfinished) is revisited by Mogorosi’s insistence on Black Music as a socio-political terrain that drives, at its core, a meditation on continually deferred dreams of liberation. The concert at the Trevor Huddleston Centre is dedicated to Xuma and his comrades and is a way of marking the ongoing struggle of Black people in so-called ‘post-racial’ South Africa" Tumi Mogorosi

This video is a live recorded concert, supported by Concerts SA and The NAC
Curated By:
Tumi Mogorosi
Shado Twala
Kulani Nkuna

Band:
Themba Maseko-Opera Voice
Thulisile Nthetha- Opera Voice
Sbongile Mollo- Opera Voice
Cecilia Phetoe-Opera Voice
Siya Mthembu- Jazz Vocal
Michael Nkuna- Trumpet
Reza Khota- Guitar
Dalisu Ndlazi- Double Bass
Tumi Mogorosi- Drums
Crew:

Tshepo Mothwa..............Sound Engineer / Live Audio Recording
Tshidiso Setshogwe.......Camera
Davide Longari................Camera
Zen Marie........................Camera / edit / post
Kamva Matius.................Runner