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It is also intended to be a knowledge-sharing platform which offers guidance while motivating future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mabizela and music and musicology head of department, Dr Boudina McConnachie, officially robed and hooded Dr Madosini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn 2020, we honoured Gogo Madosini with the university\u2019s highest honour, the degree of Doctor of Music (honoris causa). Due to COVID-19 and lockdown restrictions at the time, we could not celebrate this honour in the conventional way we always do,\u201d said Professor Mabizela<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe is a worthy recipient, a formidable woman, a woman of substance, a woman of great dignity and humility and a doyenne of our cultural heritage. Today, we are delighted to have the opportunity to formally robe and hood Gogo Madosini and celebrate her with her family and the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is no exaggeration that she has single-handedly kept alive the South African heritage of Xhosa music through her performances and instruments,\u201d Mabizela added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture Minister, Nathi Mthethwa, applauded Rhodes University for having honoured Madosini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have been wondering, with so many universities in our country, why they do not see the need to honour Gogo Madosini while she is still alive. I am happy that Rhodes University saw it fitting to celebrate and honour her,\u201d Mthethwa said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Madosini is recognised worldwide for her sustained and exceptional contribution to the Xhosa culture through the preservation and popularising of isiXhosa music bows: uhadi, umrhubhe and isitolotolo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor her many years of distinguished and selfless service to our nation and its culture, it was proper and fitting that Rhodes University should honour Gogo Madosini by bestowing on her its highest honour. Our nation owes her an unpayable debt of gratitude for all that she has done to preserve, share and propagate our rich Xhosa cultural heritage of music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of our Chancellor, Justice Lex Mpati, our council, board of governors and the entire Rhodes University community, I offer our heartiest congratulations to Gogo Madosini on this well-deserved recognition,\u201d added Mabizela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Madosini played her instruments, accompanied by Rhodes University ethnomusicology PhD student, Thandeka Mfinyongo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eastern Cape Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture MEC, Nonceba Khontsiwe, was also in attendance, together with traditional leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe way I am so happy, I could start crying. I am shaking right now because of the joy in my heart. Who am I? I\u2019m an uneducated old woman who has never gone to school. Even if I could die, my heart is at peace after being honoured by Rhodes University in this way,\u201d said Madosini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGogo Madosini is a great inspiration for our nation. As Rhodes University, we are happy that we have honoured her while she is still alive. We are greatly proud of her. May God keep sustaining her so that the nation can keep benefiting from her unparalleled knowledge. 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