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| − | + | The [[African Own Entertainers]] was a black [[Music hall|vaudeville]] group founded in 1929, whose repertoire consisted of a mixture of jazz, ragtime, comic sketches, jubilee and church (amakwaya) music. It was one of many which had developed out of the [[Minstrel shows in South Africa|minstrelsy]] tradition of the 1920s, and they took their shows on the road throughout the Union of South Africa and beyond. | |
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| + | ==Sources== | ||
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| + | [[Ballantine]] 1993]*** | ||
| + | [[Loren Kruger]] 29,33, | ||
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The African Own Entertainers was a black vaudeville group founded in 1929, whose repertoire consisted of a mixture of jazz, ragtime, comic sketches, jubilee and church (amakwaya) music. It was one of many which had developed out of the minstrelsy tradition of the 1920s, and they took their shows on the road throughout the Union of South Africa and beyond.
Sources
Ballantine 1993]*** Loren Kruger 29,33,
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