SAMUS: South African Music Studies
peer-reviewed academic journal, and the official journal of the South African Society for Research in Music
SAMUS: South African Music Studies is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal and the official journal of the South African Society for Research in Music (SASRIM). The journal is abstracted and indexed in RILM and The Music Index. Online access is provided by Sabinet Online, and African Journals OnLine. The journal is a successor of the South African Journal of Musicology which was published by the former Musicological Society of Southern Africa. SASRIM was established in 2006 as an amalgamation of the Musicological Society of Southern Africa and the Ethnomusicology Symposium. The journal covers research in musicology, ethnomusicology, music theory and analysis, popular music, composition, performance, music therapy, and music education. The journal is published once a year.
Editors-in-Chief
1981-1982: Christoph Stroux
1983-1992: Robin Walton
1993-2003: Beverly Parker
2004-2008: Christine Lucia (guest editor: Stephanus Muller (2004))
2009: Jaco Kruger & Nishlynn Ramanna
2010-2011: Nishlynn Ramanna and Jeffrey Brukman
2012: Nishlynn Ramanna
2013: Jeffrey Brukman (guest editor: Ingrid Monson)
2015-2018: Willemien Froneman and Stephanus Muller
2019-2020: Stephanus Muller and Mia Pistorius
2021-2022: Lindelwa Dalamba, Jaco Meyer and Matildie Wium
2023-2024: Matildie Wium and Jaco Meyer
Significant Editorial Initiatives
Over the years, several editors have implemented distinct strategies to transform the journal into a more inclusive and decolonial platform.
Christine Lucia (2004–2008)
Lucia introduced major changes to SAMUS during her tenure. In addition to appointing a new publisher and editorial board, she expanded the journal’s scope to move beyond its earlier focus on Western classical music.
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