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A West African Folktale in the Classroom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Robert Kwami
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The author describes an investigation into the use of West African folklore in the school curriculum by means of an African folktale which became the basis for a project in the class music lessons. Starting with research into West African folklore, particularly children's stories and songs, in Ghana and Nigeria between 1979 and 1983, music was composed in a basically African style to go with an adaptation of one of the stories.

The practical work in a London primary school investigated ways of minimising the apparent dichotomy between African and Western musics in the curriculum.

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British Journal of Music Education , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , March 1986 , pp. 5 - 18
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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