Sharing Knowledge and Experience : A Profile of Kwabena Nketia, Scholar and Music Educator, Eric A. Akrofi : book review

Abstract

'Sharing knowledge and experience': in traditional Africa, knowledge and experience are shared in the communion of communal performance. In the contemporary global dispensation, sharing knowledge becomes increasingly a literary and technological process, and experiencing knowledge increasingly virtual, other-distancing. This book is presented as a biography of Kwabena Nketia, no doubt the most internationally-recognized pioneer-scholar in the field of African music. Nketia's life and career are presented in two parts. The first part, chapters 1 to 5, is a historical summation of Nketia's life as well as his professional and scholarly output. Part two, chapters 7 to 9, is the author's attempt to evaluate Nketia's contributions as a scholar and composer.

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