A Call to the Community
A warm invitation to help preserve our musical story
SAMuRA roep jou — kom bou saam ’n ruimte waar stories leef, waar kunstenaars veilig voel, en waar gemeenskap weer asemhaal.
SAMuRA calls you — come build together a space where stories live, where artists feel safe, and where community can breathe again.
SAMuRA uyakumema — woza sakhe kunye indawo apho amabali ephila, apho abaculi beve ukhululekile, kwaye apho uluntu luphinda luphefumle.
SAMuRA uyakumema — woza sakhe ndawonye indawo lapho izindaba ziphila khona, lapho izisebenzi zobuciko zizizwa ziphephile, futhi lapho umphakathi uphefumula kabusha.
South Africa's musical heritage lives in families, in memories, in communities, and in the stories passed from one generation to the next. It is one of the most powerful cultural legacies on the continent – and yet so much of it remains undocumented or at risk of being lost.
SAMuRA was founded with a simple belief: every artist deserves to be remembered. Their work, their stories, and their legacy matter – to us, to our history, and to the generations still to come.
Help us preserve the stories that shaped us.
Help us protect the voices that carried us.
Help us ensure that no artist is ever forgotten.
If you hold photographs, recordings, videos, documents, letters, posters, or personal stories – whether from global icons or local storytellers – we warmly invite you to share them with SAMuRA.
Your materials will be preserved with care, respect, and archival integrity. Your loved ones' legacies will be safeguarded. Their stories will live on.
This is more than an archive. It is a shared promise – to our past, to our present, and to the generations still to come.
If you are willing to contribute or collaborate, we would be honoured to hear from you.
Together, we can build a home for South Africa's musical memory.