2. Photographs

41 photographs (1972 to 2015).

Author: Denis-Constant Martin, unless otherwise stated.

Identifier: https://doi.org/10.34847/nkl.632arx0m 

01. My two primary partners, without whom I would not have been able to carry out my research in Cape Town: Anwar Gambeno (left) and Melvyn Matthews (right).

02. First meeting with Chris McGregor, Polegate (East Sussex), April 1972.

03. Program for Woza Albert! show, Market Theatre, Johannesburg, July 1st, 1981.

04. New Year’s Eve 1993-1994, Malay Choir parade in Bo Kaap, one of the oldest neighbourhoods in Cape Town, formerly ‘reserved’ for Muslim coloureds.

05. Klopse parade through the city centre, Wale Street, January 3rd, 1994.

06. Troupes entering the grounds of the klopse carnival, Green Point Track, January 3rd, 1994: the Penny Pinchers All Stars, preceded by their drum majors.

07. The revellers’ fun and feeling of freedom (tariek) during the Grand March Past (orderly parade), Green Point Stadium, January 3rd, 1994.

08. Each troupe displays a painted or sculpted board (subject to a best board competition): the Cape Town Entertainers wish spectators a Happy New Year, Green Point Track, January 3rd, 1994.

09. In the particular context of 1994 (a few months before the first elections by universal suffrage; pre-electoral period marred by violence) many troupes also carried the peace symbol, Green Point Track, January 3rd, 1994.

10. English comic song (English moppie) competition: the Cape Town Hawkers (mostly composed of hawkers), Green Point Track, January 8th, 1994.

11-12. President Nelson Mandela’s visit to the klopse carnival, January 1st, 1996 (photos courtesy of Melvyn Matthews).

13. Festival of the Tulips-Cape Traditional Singers (names of the choir led by Anwar Gambeno), June 22nd, 2005; soloist: Johaar Kenny; young girls sing in the group but are not allowed to take part during competitions.

14. Rehearsal for a concert involving the Tulips-Cape Traditional Singers and Hlanganani, a marimba ensemble based in Langa, September 26th, 2007; then a rare, possibly unique, case of a Malay Choir and a black African orchestra sharing a stage.

15-16-17. The Tulips-Cape Traditional Singers at the Hauts de Garonne festival, Bordeaux, outdoors, and in the Mollat bookstore; July 3rd and 7th, 2004.

18-19-20. Street band parade, June 16th, 2005. The Western Cape Street Bands Association was created in 2005, in association with the Kaapse Klopse Karnaval Assosiasie to provide training for young musicians (instrumental technique, reading, ensemble practice), allowing them to subsequently join the orchestras playing with the klopse during the New Year carnival, and potentially participate in other musical activities.

21. Langarm evening (a dance meeting which is very popular among the coloureds, during which fashionable tunes are played, as well as vastrap, a dance which possibly dates back to the nineteenth century) organized for the benefit of the Kaapse Klopse Karnaval Assosiasie; November 7th, 2009.

22. Rehearsal of the Las Vegas Lentegeur choir (name of a coloured township) in a school; November 8th, 2009.

23. Rehearsal of the Tulips-Cape Traditional Singers lead by Anwar Gambeno: Afrikaans moppie, ‘Katrina Die Voorloeper’ (the words that the singers must memorise are written
on paper boards hanging on the wall of a large room adjoining the choirmaster’s
house); Mogamat Petersen, banjo; November 24th, 2009. See videos: https://doi.org/10.34847/nkl.ad346cxc

24. When the klopse choir rehearsals begin, a banner bearing the klops colours is stretched across the street beside the klopskammer (headquarters, rehearsal place) of the klops; Bishop Lavis (coloured township), October 23rd, 2011.

25. Rehearsal of the Carnival Boys klops choir, in the covered courtyard in front of the house of the troupe ‘captain’; Lavender Hill, October 30th, 2011.

26. Rehearsal of the Fabulous Playboys klops choir; the paper boards are replaced by a slide show; Silvertown, October 30th, 2011.

27. Rehearsal of the Kenfac Entertainers klops led by young actor Waseef Piekaan (grey T-shirt, CD in his hand); Factreton, October 23rd, 2011.

28. Young singer from the Woodstock Starlites klops; Woodstock, October 23rd, 2011.

29. Rehearsal of the Woodstock Starlites klops choir; Woodstock, October 23rd, 2011.

30. Rehearsal of the Tulips-Cape Traditional Singers led by Anwar Gambeno, with string quartet, for the Combined Chorus competition (choir without soloist), in a large room adjoining the choirmaster’s house; February 22nd, 2012.

31-32. Same as above, during a power outage.

33. The Cape Traditional Singers in Malay Choir costume, comic song (moppie) soloist: Johaar Kenny; Festival d’automne à Paris, April 28th, 2013. See videos: https://doi.org/10.34847/nkl.ad346cxc

34. The Cape Traditional Singers in klops costume, Festival d’automne à Paris, April 28th, 2013. See videos: https://doi.org/10.34847/nkl.ad346cxc

35. Young singer from the Cape Traditional Singers, Festival d’automne à Paris, April 28th, 2013. See videos: https://doi.org/10.34847/nkl.ad346cxc

36. The Fezeka Youth Choir (from Fezeka Secondary School in Gugulethu, black African township), led by Phume Tsewu, Festival d’automne à Paris, April 28th, 2013. See videos: https://doi.org/10.34847/nkl.ad346cxc

37. The Fezeka Youth Choir performing ‘Stimela’ (steam locomotive, train, in isiZulu), a song about the train journeys made by migrant workers from Mozambique, Malawi, Rhodesia, etc.; Festival d’automne à Paris, April 28th, 2013. See videos: https://doi.org/10.34847/nkl.ad346cxc

38. Advertising for the Cape Traditional Singers and iGugu Le Kapa (Fezeka Youth Choir) concerts at the Holland Festival, Amsterdam, June 17th, 2015.

39-40. Workshop led by Phume Tsewu and by iGugu Le Kapa singers with Dutch amateur singers, Holland Festival, Amsterdam, June 18th, 2015.

41. Riverside Roses, competition final for the Malay Choirs from the Keep the Dream Malay Choir Board, March 22nd, 2015.