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Abdulkadir Ahmed Said, Director Acacia Entertainment (Mauritius/Somalia) and Bridget Thompson, Director Tomas Films (South Africa) are pleased to announce that this acclaimed series is finally being shown on SA television

Rhythms from Africa, a four-part documentary series on African music, will be shown at 21:00 on SABC1 on 15 January and 5, 12, 19 February 2008. It recognises that the loss of any one of Africa’s musicians who hold the musical memory of a community in their hands, voices and ears is the loss of an entire orchestra, and delves into the beauty of the music, the humility of the musicians and the profound message they have for society.

‘Taarab, an Ocean of Melodies’ is about the music of Zanzibar and the East African Coast. The next two episodes in the series, ‘Our Language, Our Music, Our City?’ and ‘Gold, Tears and Music’ look at the music of Cape Town and Johannesburg respectively. The final episode, ‘Scratch, Mix and ?’ looks at youth music in those three centers and poses the question of which way ahead for the musical traditions created in the three cities over many years.

The series has been warmly received in town and township around South Africa and in S and N America in Australia, New Zealand, Mlaysia, England, Poland, France and on the rest of the African continent at film festivals, in art exhibitions and to open concerts. It has won many accolades and prizes in particular a DAC heritage grant to enable screenings in a tour of Eastern and Western Cape townships in 2005,

The series was supported by AFRICALIA, AIR TANZANIA, BASA, Caltex Pty LTD, Cape Town City Council Cultural fund and SMME Fund, CWCI of the EU, Ford Foundation, NFVF, NLDTF, Public Eye for the Royal Netherlands Embassy, Southern African Initiatives Office & OVPR of the University of Michigan, Public Eye of the Royal Netherlands Embassy and many wonderful musicians and friends.

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PO Box 101
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Phone +27 +21 7881008
Fax +27 +21 7882442

Tomas Films cc
PO Box 101
Woodstock 7915

Phone +27 +21 7881008
Fax +27 +21 7882442