DL/A-Z//TRACE - [Correspondence with Andrew Tracey]

DL/A-Z//TRACE

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[Correspondence with Andrew Tracey]

1993

2 Letters (typescript)

Tracey, Andrew
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013

2 items, highlighted. Personal correspondence between Andrew Tracey and Doris Lessing regarding Tracey's father, Hugh Tracey, a Zimbabwean musician.

DL/A-Z//TRACE/001 [from Andrew Tracey to Doris Lessing, 13/09/1993]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Discusses his mbira, Zimbabwean music, research. Writes of African Laughter and how Lessing had referenced his father, Hugh Tracey, in it. Asks Lessing if she has any other memories of him.

DL/A-Z//TRACE/002 [from Doris Lessing to Andrew Tracey, 16/10/1993]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes of the "absolute crassness of the whites ... towards blacks". Discusses people who learned Shona, "a kaffir-lover", and people who were interested in Shona culture, "kaffir-lovers". Writes of Tracey's father, who "was known to travel about listening to and recording Shona music". Mentions how he was spoken of "grudgingly". Writes that he lived with Africans whilst he learned their music, and "this was the unforgivable thing".