Projektnummer

0063642

Zusammenfassung

This project will explore the Free Peoples Concerts, an annual multi-racial festival that took place in South Africa from 1970-1991. The Free Peoples Concerts (the title was meant to denote concerts by and for free peoples) were conceptualised within the counter-culture and hippie movements of the 1970s. These events constituted multi-racial platforms where a variety of alternative South African musics could be heard, irrespective of race, during a time when such interaction was highly restricted by the apartheid government. The festivals were organised in conjunction with the South Af...