Arts and Africa - BBC African Service, London

ARTS, AFRICA, respect, Musicians, fire, Calender, Recording
Date: 
11 July 1986
Collection: 
Centre for African Literary Studies
Creator: 
BBC
Contributor: 
Bernth Lindfors Collection
Resource Type: 
Interviews
Language: 
English
Coverage: 
South Africa
Resource Identifier: 
ALS 4/5 - The Bernth Lindfors African Literature Collection - BBC African Service London
File Type: 
Document
Extent: 
4 pages
Rights Holder: 
UKZN - Centre for African Literary Studies

This episode looks back with pleasure and respect to one of Africa's great musicians, Ebeneezer Calender and his Maringar Band. A late legendary figure from Freetown, Sierra Leone. There is every chance that his music is going to be heard loud and clear for many years to come. The preservation of many of his recordings of the 1950's and the writing of his life story have been the task of a German musicologist, Dr. Wolfgang Bender who has been concerned in case the legend grew dim.

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