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A Framework for Teaching West African Musics in Schools and Colleges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Robert Kwami
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Abstract

Existing classifications of West African musics seem to have a limited applicability as models for music education in schools and colleges. Hence, a more comprehensive classification, highlighting a range of syncretic forms, is merged with a structure in Ghanaian drum ensembles to yield a sequential, two dimensional, model. It is then argued that the model can be used as a framework for teaching West African musics in primary, secondary and tertiary educational institutions. A more general discussion is followed by an integrated arts application; finally, a musical perspective, including compositions by the present writer, is presented.

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British Journal of Music Education , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , November 1995 , pp. 225 - 245
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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