Background
For many years, African knowledge was always associated with the aural tradition that has slowly lost its relevance in a world dominated by media and technology. Many social events that provided a conducive environment for the practice of aural tradition (particularly music, storytelling, among others) have since been eroded. This has, in turn, meant that some African cultures and knowledge risk being lost entirely.
CDs and in some rare cases videos are used to preserve and cultivate the music tradition. Over and above the use of Multimedia platforms, music notation is one major aspect that needs to be developed and utilized in a more aggressive way to preserve and make African music knowledge more accessible to the future generation.
Notating African music will allow it to exists in platforms that were originally not favourable to its existence but agreeable to the forms of acquiring knowledge today. Jiwe Music aim to create a platform in which wider African music can be archived in written format and distributed to a community (both local and international) using print and online publications.