| International Library of African Music | |
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| 33°18′39″S 26°31′08″E / 33.310801°S 26.518761°E | |
| Location | Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Scope | African music |
| Established | 1954 |
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| Director | Dr Lee Watkins |
| Website | www |
The International Library of African Music (ILAM) is an organization dedicated to the preservation and study of 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.[1] ILAM, as the largest repository of indigenous African music,[2] is particularly known for its study of the lamellophone mbira of Zimbabwe and Mozambique, as well as the Chopi people's Timbila, a variant of the marimba from southern Mozambique.
- ^ "About ILAM". The International Library of African Music (ILAM). Rhodes University. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Allen, Siemon (29 June 2016). "Photographing at the International Library of African Music". The Con Magazine. Retrieved 19 November 2018.