Abstract:                                                          For many people outside of Africa, the idea of an African performer singing African derived or inspired music with English text is regarded as "inauthentic" and/or "incongruous". Having worked with African vocal music that uses English text - as a composer, music director and performer in theatre productions, educational and community settings, for concert works and as a band leader, this writer found that the use of English text in African music sometimes helped people of non African backgrounds to understand ideas behind the creation and use of songs within specific African heritages and contexts. Examining "Orality in modern creative processes", this paper will consider notions of authenticity and congruence (or the lack thereof) ascribed to performers singing African music with English texts, raising the question "Is the use of English (in any of its regional dialects or varieties) as a medium always more notable than any message an African music performer intends to convey through using it?" While English text has already established its effectiveness as a communicative tool in music created by a diverse range of African musicians including Fela Sowande, E.T. Mensah, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and many others, it is clear that present and future generations of African Diaspora composers and performers will need to find and express what is truthful for their individual creative voices, using the languages they communicate in most fluently and regularly.

 This paper is available to read on request.

 It was presented on the 14th of August 2010 at Churchill College Cambridge in a symposium and festival organised by the Centre for Intercultural Musicology at Churchill College.

 The Symposium was entitled: Bridging Musicology and Composition: The Global Significance of Bartok's Method"

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