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CURRICULUM VITAE
Dr Luis Gimenez Amoros (PhD, Rhodes University) (MMus, Rhodes University), (BA Music, School
of Oriental and African Studies, SOAS)
29/10/1980
Current Employment: Postdoctoral fellow at the Unit of Zimbabwean Studies at Rhodes University
in South Africa. In 2015, the activities for this fellowship are (ask for additional information to the
author about these activities):
- The repatriation of the Zimbabwean recordings from the International Library of African
Music (ILAM) at the University of Great Zimbabwe (UGZ) in Masvingo, Midlands State
University (MSU) in Gweru, Zimbabwe College of Music (ZCM) in Harare and the
University of Zimbabwe (UZ) in Zimbabwe).
- Music workshops at the Universities mentioned by the Unit of Zimbabwean Studies in June
2015.
- The publication of a book on Zimbabwean music related to the repatriation and revitalization
of the Zimbabwean recordings at ILAM.
- Revitalisation of the Zimbabwean recordings at ILAM by an international Zimbabwean artist,
Hope Masike: Live performances, seminars and recordings.
- Five peer reviewed articles for accredited journals (two articles related to my doctoral thesis).
- The revitalization of njari music: The most popular mbira before independence in Zimbabwe.
- Music and land reform: Songs from the third chimurenga in relation to the songs during the
liberation war.
- Internships on “music and popular struggles” with Prof Pravin Jah in India, Prof Mamdani in
Uganda and Prof Holloway in Mexico through the Unit of Zimbabwean Studies during 2015-
2016.
Publications (peer reviewed)
- Desert blues: La guitarra en la música saharaui, Contratiempo (Colombia) 22,
(http://acontratiempo.bibliotecanacional.gov.co/?ediciones/revista-22/artculos/desert-blues-la-
guitarra-en-la-msica-saharaui.html), 2013.
- Comercialización de la música saharaui en el mundo occidental a través de Nubenegra (Madrid,
1998-2011) Resonancias (Chile)33, 147-166, 2013.
- Un gwenyambira español en Rhodes University (Sudáfrica): Podrías imaginar un guitarrista
sudafricano enseñando flamenco en Andalucia?Sineris(Spain) 13
(http://www.sineris.es/un_gwenyambira_espanol_en_rhodesuniversity.html), 2013.
- Mariem Hassan: La participación primordial de la mujer saharaui en la música Haul,
Quadrivium(Spain)5, 167-174, 2014.
- I play Wassoulou, jeli, Songhay and Tuareg music: Adama Drame in postcolonial Mali, bimusical
or multimusical?. El OidoPensante (Argentina)2 (2)
(http://ppct.caicyt.gov.ar/index.php/oidopensante), 2014.
- Music and Islam in the Sahrawi refugee camps of the Hamada desert, Algeria: the practice of
medej as a syncretic musical evolution. Communicatio 1 (South Africa), 2015
- The translocal identification of Saharawi music through cultural values and nationalism in the
refugee camps of the Hamada desert in Algeria. African music, 2015(forthcoming)
- An ethnomusicological approach to orientalism: The musical and historical reenactment of the
festivity of Moors and Christian in Villena (Spain), 2015 (forthcoming).
Reviews in academic journals
- Review: Umm Kulthum: Artistic Agency and the Shaping of an Arab Legend, 1967-2007 (L.
Lohman, 2010), African music (South Africa) 9 (2), 186-188, 2012.
- Review: Hip Hop Africa: New African Music in a Globalizing World (E. Charry, 2012), African
music (South Africa), 9 (3), 192-194, 2013.
- Review: East African hip hop: Youth culture and globalization (M. Ntarangwi, 2009). African
Music, 154-158, 2014 (4).
- Review Taarab music in Zanzibar in the twentieth century: A story of ´old is gold´ and flying
spirit (J. T. Fargion). African Music, 2015 (forthcoming).
- Review Music and social change in South Africa: Maskanda past and present (K. Olsen, 2014).
African Music, 2015 (forthcoming).
Conferences
- MOSHITO 2011 (Johannesburg), “Los mares del desierto: modes and rhythms in Saharaui music
created in refugee camps”.
- IPGC 2011 (Grahamstown, South Africa) “Adama Drame and postcolonialism in Mali”.
- South African Society for Research in Music 2011 (Grahamstown),“Haul music:
Transnationalism and musical performance in the Saharaui refugee camps of Tindouf, Algeria”.
- British Forum ethnomusicology 2012 (Durham), “Performance interaction between poets,
guitarists and singers in the refugee camps of Tindouf”.
- South African Society for Research in Music 2013 (East London),“Saharaui musical culture as
refugee and transnational”.
- AVAMUS 2013 (Carcaixent, Spain), “La participación primordial de la mujer en la música
Haul”.
- South African Society for Research in Music 2014 (WITS, Johanesburg), “I play Wassoulou, jeli,
Songhay and Tuareg music: AdamaDrame in postcolonial Mali, bimusical or multimusical?”
Publications (visual and audio)
- Los mares del desierto (DVD),Visualsonora: Alicante, 2006 (documentary on Saharaui music).
- Music albums composed by Luis Gimenez and published in the global market: Todo se ira con la
musica (2005); Dimeiwe (2006); Pobreza-Riqueza (2007); El desapego (2008); C´estfou (2009);
La banda de Saba (2010); Massai Mara (2011); Cafe con leche (2012).
Academic experience as a lecturer at Rhodes University (2011-2014):
- Senior lecturer in ethmusicology at Rhodes University on theory and methods, West African
music, Middle East music and “transcription and analysis”.
- Mbira dza vadzimu teacher.
- Guitar teacher in jazz, Latin, flamenco and diverse African styles such as: chimurenga
(Zimbabwe), Malian (Wassoulou, griots musical tradition and Songhay), desert music (Touareg
and Saharaui), soukous (Congo), gnawa (Morocco and Algeria) and Malagasy (Madagascar).
- “African ensemble” teacher (percussion, guitar and bass guitar) at Rhodes University.
- Music performer with “Café con Leche” (South Africa/ Spain) and Mariem Hassan (Western
Sahara).
- Researcher at the International Library of African Music (ILAM) at Rhodes University.
Ethnomusicological research and community engagement
- Algeria (2004) sponsored by Asociacion de amigos del pueblo saharaui
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzalqY4fmB0.
- Mali (2006)(not sponsored) National tour with AdamaDrame and Diarra.
- Malawi and Zimbabwe (2009) concerts and workshops sponsored by the Spanish
embassy.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENutbeIySPc.
- Kenya: Massai Mara sponsored by ADCAM (2011) concerts and compostions to raise up
money to build a music school.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajuZCLH-uPM.
- Senegal with Edukaolak(2013)https://www.facebook.com/pages/Asociaci%C3%B3n-
Edukaolack/491498784250740.
- Marikana mines in South Africa (2014-2015) and the musical culture in the mines sponsored
by UHURU (Rhodes University)
- The repatriation of Zimbabwean recordings in Zimbabwe (2015) sponsored by UZS
- The study of orientalism in the music of the Moors and Christians in Spain (2015)
- Music and land reform in Delhi sponsored by JNU and UZS (2015)
Musical collaborations with international artists: Ramata Diakite, Stella Chiwese, Ahmed Muktar,
Hope Masike, Adama Drame, Safar Gnawa, Adam Chisvo and Mariem Hassan.
Composer and arranger of Mariem’s Hassan album El Aaiun egdat (2012) awarded number two in the
“World Music Charts Europe” in 2012
Academic awards
DFee: 2001-2004 8000€/ ILAM: 2012-2014 180 000 ZAR/ Mellon Postdoctoral fellowship 150 000
ZAR annually.
Languages
English - High level and fluent /Spanish - Mother tongue/ French- Medium level/ Italian - Medium
level/ Portuguese - Medium level/ Arabic – Low level
Academic referees
Lee Watkins: [email protected]/ Kirk Helliker: [email protected]/ Richard Pithouse:
[email protected]/ Diane Thram: [email protected]
