- J. H. Kwabena Nketia
Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia (b.
Mampong ,Sekyere West District ,Ashanti Region ,Ghana ,June 22 ,1921 ) is a Ghanaian ethnomusicologist andcomposer .He studied at the
University of London from 1944 to 1949, beginning with two years of study in linguistics at theSchool of Oriental and African Studies . In 1949 he began three years' study at Birkbeck College,University of London , andTrinity College of Music , London, obtaining a B.A. degree. In 1958 aRockefeller Fellowship allowed him to come to the United States, where he attendedColumbia University (studying withHenry Cowell ), theJuilliard School , andNorthwestern University , studying musicology and composition. He is an emeritus professor of music at theUniversity of Ghana , where he began teaching in 1952. He currently directs the International Centre for African Music and Dance (ICAMD).He has composed for both Western and African instruments.
Books
*1974 - "The Music of Africa". W. W. Norton. ISBN 0393021777. ISBN 9780393021776.
*2004 - "African Art Music"/"The Creative Potential of African Art Music in Ghana". Companion booklet to ICAMD CD recordings (ICAMD - DMVI - ICAMD - DMV4). Accra: Afram Publications (Ghana) Ltd.Bibliography
*Akrofi, Eric A. (2003). "Sharing Knowledge and Experience: A Profile of Kwabena Nketia". Accra: Afram Publications. ISBN 9789964703424.
External links
* [http://www.africa-can.org/FILES/ghana/html/Nketiaindex.htm J. H. Kwabena Nketia biography]
* [http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/pop-up.php?ID=168 J. H. Kwabena Nketia biography]
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