J. H. Kwabena Nketia
| birth_date = | birth_place = Mampong, Gold Coast | birth_name = Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia | death_date = | death_place = Accra, Ghana | other_names = | education = Presbyterian Training College, Akropong | alma_mater = | discipline = African music | workplaces = | notable_works = ''Music of Africa'' (1974) }}Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia (22 June 1921 – 13 March 2019) 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. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Th. J.J. Leyenaar, Annemarie de Waal Malefijt, G.D. van Wengen, J.H. Kwabena Nketia, G.D. van Wengen, G.D. van Wengen, Hans Kähler, A. Teeuw, W.F. Wertheim, Robert van Niel, A.A. Guber, L. Sluimers, E. Wittermans, Robert R. Ray, Herbert W. Phillips, Gustav Jahoda, Friedrich F.W. Funke, E. Postel-Coster, Waldemar Stöhr, K.A.H. Hidding, P. van Emst, J.R. Swart, H. Riemens, C.J. du Ry, J.M. Guarch, A.J. Jawad, Ahmad Hasan Dani, J. Tennekes, J. Boissevain, M. Molendijk, Jan SchaapGet full text
Published 1966-10-01
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