Luis Gimenez Amoros


Fellow: Artist in residence, Postdoctoral

Luis Gimenez Amoros is a research fellow at the Centre for Humanities Research (CHR) at the University of the Western Cape. Previously, he has served as an Ethnomusicology lecturer at the University of Fort Hare and Rhodes University in South Africa. The author has conducted research in six African countries (Algeria, Western Sahara, Mali, Zimbabwe, Zambia and South Africa), India and Spain regarding transcultural music, postcolonial studies and new/old mobilities in pre-colonial music.

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List of Articles (2016-present)

Staff and Fellows of the Centre for Humanities Research regularly publish articles and reviews in local and international journals, applying the centre’s intellectual inquiries across a wide range of disciplines and interests.

Luis Gimenez Amoros CD Launch

The CHR is delighted to introduce the A.W. Mellon Artist in Residence in Sound, Image and Movement for 2019, musician and musicologist, Dr Luis Giminez.

Luis Gimenez Amoros Performance at Casa Labia Cultural Centre

CHR Artist in Residence and postdoctoral fellow Luis Gimenez will perform on 1 February.

New Book by Luis Gimenez Amoros

Tracing the Mbira Sound Archive in Zimbabwe