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Center for African Diaspora Sacred Music and Musicians

The Center for the Study of African Diaspora Sacred Music and Musicians (ADSMM) is the world’s preeminent site for the study and preservation of music of composers and performers of music of the African Diaspora. Housed on the campus of California State University Dominguez Hills, it is an archiving, research and performance program of the College of Arts and Humanities of the University, implemented in partnership with the University Library. The Center offers a multidimensional program that includes the Georgia and Nolan Payton Archive of Sacred Music, the Dominguez Hills Jubilee Choir, and the African Diaspora Sacred Music and Musicians Network and Forum.