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William J. Zick

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William J. Zick is a 63-year-old retired Administrative Law Judge for the Michigan Employment Security Commission (MESC) and a former Training Officer for the Michigan Department of Civil Rights (MDCR). Zick began researching the lives and recordings of Black classical composers and musicians via the Internet, and in 2000 launched a website which later became www.AfriClassical.com. In July of 2007 he launched AfriClassical Blog as a companion to the website. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Blog: http://africlassical.blogspot.com/

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J. S. Mzilikazi Khumalo, South African Composer Born June 20, 1932

James Stephen Mzilikazi Khumalo is a South African composer, arranger and choral director, and a Professor Emeritus of African Languages. He was born on June 20, 1932 on a Salvation Army farm called KwaNgwelu, in Natal. SAMRO, the Southern African Music Rights Organization, maintains a comprehensive biography which is the primary source for this post: [...]

Tunde Jegede (b. 1972), Composer of Nigerian Descent

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Tunde started his career at age 12, he became a composer at 14.

Paul Konye, Nigerian Conductor & Violinist

On April 17, 2008 the Spring Concert at Sienna College in New York will feature Dr. Paul Konye, Assistant Professor, as conductor of the Sienna Chamber Orchestra and violinist in the Sienna Community String Quartet. The program will consist of Franz Schubert: Rosamunde Overture and Andrew Lloyd Weber: A Concert Celebration.
Biographical Sketch
Paul Konye was [...]

Mokale Koapeng - South African Composer and Choral Director

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Mokale Koapeng (b. 1963), the choral director of University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. He’s one the most eclectic South African composers.

Ignatius Sancho (1729-1780): From African Slave to Composer & Author

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An African composer and author who grew up as a house slave in an aristocratic household in Greenwich, England.

William H. Chapman Nyaho, Pianist Raised in Ghana After U.S. Birth Dec. 28, 1958

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Nyaho has compiled and edited an unprecedented five-volume anthology, Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora.

Dr. Timothy K. Njoora, Composer, ‘claiming Kenya’s place in the world of concert music’

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Timothy sees his compositions as a tool for ‘construction of a personal artistic and stylistic space’.