Khumalo, Andile
Andile Khumalo is a senior lecturer in music theory, orchestration, and composition at Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg. His compositions are influenced by jazz, different African musics (e.g., the Amhara people, the Nguni people of South Africa, the Amadinda from Uganda), French spectralism, and more. He has written about the traditional bow music of the Xhosa people arguing that contrary to the standing notion that rhythm is the most exciting aspect of African music, in some parts of Africa timbre plays a much more critical role than rhythm. He is passionate about the Indigineous African Music (IAM) transcription project, and with Bernett Mulungo has created a publishing company, Jiwe publishers, who continue to transcribe new IAM works.