Remembering Andrew Tracey: African music scholar & advocate – Rhodes University

Andrew Tracey was born in Durban, South Africa on 5 May 1936 to Ursula Tracey (nee Campbell) and Hugh Travers Tracey, who was then Director, SABC Durban. When Andrew first heard African music as a young boy, he jumped up to join in with the competing teams of Zulu dancers. In the family’s garden, a 16-piece Chopi timbila xylophone orchestra from Mozambique in residence to assist with Hugh Tracey’s research gave him close-up exposure. He lived in…