 When father Hugh Tracey died in 1977, Andrew Tracey took over his job and became Director of ILAM and editor of the Journal of African Music, roles he filed until his retirement in 2005.Andrew's wife Heather took over African Musical Instruments (AMI), the maker of the Hugh Tracey Kalimbas.In 1977, apartheid South Africa was seen internationally as a pariah state, and funding for ILAM dried up.