2008/07/01 by Kofi Agawu · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · #Diverse Musicological Studies #Music History and Culture #Musicology and Musical Analysis
paper · doi:10.2989/jmaa.2008.5.1.1.784
openalex publication_date 2008/07/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
This article offers a critical appreciation of the contributions of Nigerian ethnomusicologist, composer and scholar, Meki Nzewi, to the scholarly discourse on African music. It identifies a number of recurring themes in Nzewi's work (notably the human-centredness of African music making), comments on Nzewi's language, method and manner (including the Africa-centredness of his overall stance), and points to the resonance of Nzewi's ideas and formulations within the context of postcolonial writing on Africa.