{"product_id":"ethnomusicology-and-african-music-j-h-kwabena-nketia-9789964704001","title":"Ethnomusicology and African Music","description":"The volume in hand deals with modes of inquiry and interpretation broadly organised into sections on theory, and historical and creative studies. The section on theoretical issues comprises papers on: the problem of meaning in African music; musicology and African music; the juncture of the social and the musical; integrating objectivity and experience in ethnomusicological studies; the aesthetic dimension in ethnomusicological studies; universal perspectives in ethnomusicology; and contextual strategies of inquiry and systematisation. The section on creative and historical topics covers the following: the history of music in African culture; history and the organization of music in West Africa; historical evidence in Ga religious music; processes of differentiation and interdependency in African music; African musical roots in the Americas; and developing contemporary idioms out of traditional music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. H. Kwabena Nketia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9964704003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789964704001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Afram Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.05h x 5.01w x 1.04d","brand":"J. H. Kwabena Nketia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941415649535,"sku":"9789964704001","price":66.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b0eeba3f-63c5-4424-a69e-c7f7ad94eb03.jpg?v=1681452797","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ethnomusicology-and-african-music-j-h-kwabena-nketia-9789964704001","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}