209 - J H Kwabena Nketia
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Classical
History
Music
Categories Via RSS |
History
Music
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Nov 29, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:03:30
On September 27, 2017, the nation of Ghana gathered to celebrate the life and music of 96 year old composer Kwabena Nketia. On that day it was declared that, “…Professor Nketia’s life symbolizes the evolution of our nation in the 20th century…a bridge between our indigenous culture and modern culture, non-literate and literate traditions, old and young artists, Ghana and Africa...” The event was also held to raise funds to archive Nketia’s lifelong work of ethnomusicology. According to the University of Ghana, Nketia had collected, “thousands of archival files and field notes on Ghanaian culture, history, language and arts.”

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