It is based on the African Choir’s first tour to Victoria England in 1981 and comprises five songs re-created by the composers from an original nineteenth-century concert programme. That’s a contemporary multimedia installation titled the African Choir 1891 Re-Imagined opening at the Apartheid Museum next week.
Members of the choir included Charlotte Maxeke, her sister Katie Makanya and Paul Xiniwe who later became leading social activists and reformers in South Africa. The installation features five re-created songs by the composers Philip Miller and Thuthuka Sibisi.
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