Anderson, Lois Ann (b. 1937)
Lois Anderson received her doctorate from UCLA in 1968. Her dissertation is entitled "The Miko System of Kiganda Xylophone Music." Anderson has conducted fieldwork in Uganda, Morocco, and Tanzania. She is currently a Professor of Ethnomusicology in the School of Music, University of Wisconsin at Madison. Her teaching and research interests focus on music cultures of the world, particularly Southeast Asia and Africa. She is the founder of the Javanese gamelan performance group, director of a Kiganda xylophone performance ensemble, and the former director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies.
Archive call number: Collection 67.3
50 sound tape reels: Field recordings made by Lois Anderson in Uganda, 1967-68. Contents: music of the Ganda, Makua, Nyole, Kenyi and Soga people of Uganda.