January 22, 2025
On 30 January, the duo Erick Manana and Jenny Fuhr will perform at the Institut français Mainz together with Solofo and Ralah' Trio from Madagascar at the Invitation of the AMA and AoM.
November 5, 2024
WDR Zeitzeichen looks at historical topics from antiquity to the present, Europe and the world, and historical personalities and inventions. African Music Archives (AMA) Director Hauke Dorsch talks about the life and music of this legend of blues inspired guitar music from Mali.
October 21, 2024
A brand new episode of African Presence Special with Globalwize host Jean Trouillet and African Music Archives (AMA) Director Hauke Dorsch is online. Jean and Hauke are joined by their guest Jürgen Leinhos, who has been organising the ‘Jazz against Apartheid’ concert series for almost 40 years
August 23, 2024
We are excited to present you episode #454 of the Globalwize Radioshow. WeltBeat host and selector Jean Trouillet's presents another 'African Presence' special in cooperation with Hauke Dorsch, director of the African Music Archives at the University of Mainz. The new episode focusses on the history of African popular music.
July 4, 2024
We are excited to present you episode #449 of WeltBeat host and selector Jean Trouillet's far-reaching broadcasts, another 'African Presence' special in cooperation with Hauke Dorsch, director of the African Music Archives at the University of Mainz. The show offers an introduction to the music of Tanzania by special guest, Prof. Dr. Imani Sanga.
July 4, 2024
Show #447 of WeltBeat host and selector Jean Trouillet's far-reaching Globalwize format happens to be another 'African Presence' special broadcast. Recorded in the Bali Bistro in February 2024, this edition of the Globalwize Radioshow features the African Music Archives' (AMA) latest 'Artist in Residence' Eric '1key' Ngangare.
June 6, 2024
Starting on Wednesday, June 26, 5 pm at the AMA Lounge (Central Library), Prof. Martin Stokes from Kings College London presents his three lectures on "Listening beyond landscape".
November 6, 2023
Martin Stokes is King Edward Professor of Music at King's College London. He studied music and social anthropology at Oxford and taught at the Queen's University of Belfast (1989-1997), the University of Chicago (1997-2007) and Oxford University (2007-2012) before joining King's College London.
February 13, 2024
In the series of three public lectures, I will discuss both recent and ancient thinking about water and its relationship to landscape, cities and human life, focusing on my recent research along the Euphrates.