Past projects

Genadendal, founded under colonial circumstances by Moravian missionaries from Herrnhut, Germany, in the 18th century, is a most significant cultural transfer hotspot. The Genadendal Mission Museum keeps a collection of different types of items, such as musical instruments, music manuscripts and prints, and others. These physical documents have been catalogued and digitised in the GMA. Furthermore, interviews with people involved in the town’s music life have been conducted. 

Thanks to funding from the German Foreign Ministry and Stellenbosch University, GMA could commence in 2020. The project, which has been hosted by the AOI, is now collaborating with the Moravian Knowledge Network (MKNetwork) at the Technische Universität Dresden. 

The material, i.e. images and metadata of the items, is successively being made available online on this website. The GMA aims at fostering further research into the role of music in the process of mission by the Moravian Church.