Alan Paton Letters to Todd Matshikiza

Title: Alan Paton Letters to Todd Matshikiza
Alternative Title: Alan Paton Correspondence
Creator: Paton, Alan
Description: The Alan Paton Letters to Todd Matshikiza item set is a digitised archival group of correspondence between South African author and anti-apartheid activist Alan Paton and jazz musician/composer Todd Matshikiza, held within the African Heritage Collections at the Cory Library for Humanities Research. This set comprises five letters exchanged during the early 1960s, including both outgoing letters from Paton to Matshikiza and an incoming letter to Paton regarding the musical Mkhumbane and associated artistic collaborations. The letters shed light on creative collaboration, cultural production, and artistic networks in South Africa during a transformative period of social and political history. They are valuable for research into South African literature, music, theatre, cross-cultural communication, and heritage.
Date Issued: 1960–1961 (dates of letters)
Language: English
Provenance: Original letters held in the Cory Library and Historical Archives, Rhodes University
Type: Text; Correspondence
Genre: Letters (correspondence)
Subject: Paton, Alan — Correspondence; Matshikiza, Todd — Correspondence; South African literature and arts; Letters (correspondence); Mkhumbane (musical)
Format: Digital images
Coverage: South Africa — Cultural history; 1960s arts and letters -- South Africa