J. H. Kwabena Nketia

J. H. Kwabena Nketia

Musician · Ghana · 1921–2019

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Achievements

Award
Prince Claus Award
Award
Distinguished Africanist Award
Award
Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Country

GH

Born

1921-06-22

Died

2019-03-13

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ISNI

0000000108633230

Description

ethnomusicologist (1921-2019)

Extract from Wikipedia

Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia was a Ghanaian ethnomusicologist and composer. Considered Africa's premier musicologist, during his lifetime, he was called a "living legend" and "easily the most published and best known authority on African music and aesthetics in the world", with more than 200 publications and 80 musical compositions to his credit.

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