The Storming: Insurrections Ensemble by Dilip Menon, Centre for Indian Studies in Africa, University of Witwatersrand, June 2017
… operetta, various strains and styles of music circulate: Indian classical ragas, blues, isicathamiya or Zulu a capella … calling upon music hall, folk, political songs, opera and Indian classical and folk traditions. The operetta reminds us … acts are three moods deriving from the raga tradition of Indian classical music. The first act is in Yaman, usually …