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An African-American group (also called the [[Virginia Jubilee Singers]]), who visited South Africa in the 1890s with the impresario  [[Orpheus]]. Their tour began in Scotland where Orpheus met Lady Loch, the wife of the then British Governor of the Cape, who invited them to Cape Town.  
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An [[African-American]] group (also called the [[Virginia Jubilee Singers]]), who visited South Africa in the 1890s with the [[Impressario|impresario]] [[Orpheus]].
  
The Jubilee Singers became an unlikely overnight sensation in the Cape and are credited with shaping the performance style adopted by Cape Coon Carnival tradition.
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[[See the [[Virginia Concert Company]]]]  
   
 
In 2014 [[David Kramer]] wrote a musical based on this incident called  ''[[Orpheus in Africa]]''. It was first produced by [[Eric Abraham]] and the [[Fugard Theatre]] in January 2015.
 
 
 
An influential [[Jubilee|jubilee]] and [[Minstrels|minstrelsy]] group who visited South Africa in the 1890s under leadership of impresario [[Orpheus MacAdoo]].
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
Erlmann, 1991*
 
== For more information ==
 
  
  

Revision as of 15:54, 9 October 2014

An African-American group (also called the Virginia Jubilee Singers), who visited South Africa in the 1890s with the impresario Orpheus.

[[See the Virginia Concert Company]]


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