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Publications

Books and Papers

1. 1949 Akanfo ø Ananses e m . (Akan Folktales). London: Oxford University Press.
2. Akanfoø Nnwom Bi (Collection of Traditional Akan Songs). London: Oxford University Press.
3. "West African Voices: A Note on Akan Poetry," African Affairs 48(191): 156-158, April.
4. 1951 Ananwoma (A Play in Akan ). London: Oxford University Press.
5. BøYadeƒ Ano. (Translation of Science Booklet ). Accra: Presbyterian Book Depot.
6. Kwabena Amoa (Fiction). London: Oxford University Press.
7. Mframa Mu Akwantuo Ho Mpaninsƒm. (Translation of Science Booklet). Accra: Presbyterian Book Depot.
8. 1952 Akwansos ƒm Bi (Akan Poetry). Accra: Presbyterian Book Depot.
9. Anwonsƒm (Akan Poetry). Cape Coast: Methodist Book Depot.
10. Ayaresa Ho Mpaninsƒm. (Translation of Science Booklet). Accra Presbyterian Book Depot.
11. 1953 Adƒƒ (Account of the Adae Festival). London: Macmillan and Co.
12. "Progress in Gold Coast Education," Transactions of the Gold Coast and Togoland Historical Society 1(3):1-9.
13. Wokø A Na Wohunu (Fiction). London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd.
14. 1954 "The Role of the Drummer in Akan Society," African Music 1(1):34-43.
15. Sƒmødƒ (Tales from Traditional History). Kumasi: Presbyterian Book Depot.
16. 1955 "Births, Puberty and Death," Christianity and African Culture. Christian Council of Ghana, Accra.
17. Funeral Dirges of the Akan People. Legon: University of Ghana; Achimota, Ghana, and Exeter: James Townsend and Sons.
18. The Writing of Twi: Asante Spelling. Accra: Scottish Mission Book Depot.
19. 1956 "The Gramophone and Contemporary African Music in the Gold Coast," West African Institute of Social and Economic Research Fourth Annual
Conference, Proceedings, Ibadan, pp. 191-201.
20. "The Role of the Drummer in Akan Society," West African Institute of Social and Economic Research Third Annual Conference, proceedings
21. 1957 "Customs and Christianity," Pax Romana 6.
22. "Modern Trends in Ghana Music." African Music 1(4):13-17.
23. "Organization of Music in Adangme Society," Universitas 3(1):9-11, December.
24. "Possession Dances in African Societies," Journal of the International Folk Music Council 9:4-9.
25. 1958 "Akan Poetry," Black Orpheus (Ibadan) 3:1-27.
26. "The Contribution of African Culture to Christian Worship," The Church in Changing Africa. New York: International Missionary Council, pp. 59-64.
27. "The Contribution of African Culture to Christian Worship," International Review of Missions 47(187):365-378, July.
28. "The Development of Instrumental African Music in Ghana." Music in Ghana 1(1):5-27, May.
29. "Drum Proverbs," Voices of Ghana. Accra: Ministry of Information. pp. 49-53.
30. "Folklore of Ghana," The Ghanaian 1.
31. "Festivals of Ghana," The Ghanaian 2.
32. "The Ideal in African Folk Music: A Note on Klama," Universitas 3(2): 40-42, March.
33. "Organisation of Music in Adangme Society," African Music 2(1):28-10.
34. "The Poetry of Drums," Voices of Ghana. Accra: Ministry of Information, pp. 17-23.
35. "Traditional Music of the Ga People," African Music 2(1):21-27.
36. "Traditional Music of the Ga People," Universitas 3(3):76-81, June.
37. "Yoruba Musicians in Accra," Odu: Journal of Yoruba and Related Studies 6:35-44, June.
38. 1959 "African Gods and Music," Universitas 4(1):3-7, December.
39. "Changing Traditions of Folk Music in Ghana," Journal of the International Folk Music Council 11:31-36.
40. "Drums, Dance and Song," Atlantic Monthly 203 (4): 69-72, April.
41. Kookoo Ho Mpaninsƒm (The Story of Cocoa: A Historical Account of the Growth of the Cocoa Industry in Ghana). Accra: Bureau of Ghana Languages.
42. "Literatur und Dichtung in Ghana (Literature and Poetry in Ghana)," Mitteilungen: Instutut fur Auslandsbezeihungen
(German translation by Jehennes Stockle) 4:265- 271, December.
43. "The Poetry of Drums" in New World Writing. New York: New American Library 15:190-197.
44. 1960 "Akan Poetry" in An African Treasury: Articles/Essays/Stories/ Poems by
Black Africans edited by Langston Hughes. New York: Crown Publishers, pp. 105-111.
45. "The Music of Africa," Journal of Human Relations (Central State College, Wilberforce, Ohio) 8(3-4):730-738, Spring-Summer.
46. 1961 "African Music: An Evaluation of Concepts and Processes," AMSAC
Newsletter (Supplement Number 19), 3(5/6):3-6, January / February; 3 (7/8):4-8, March / April.
47. "African Music: An Evaluation of Concepts and Processes," Music in Ghana 2:1-35, May.
48. Book Review. "Neo-African Culture," International Review of Missions, pp. 486-489.
49. "Continuity of Traditional Instruction" in The Preservation of Traditional Forms of the Learned and Popular Music of the Orient and the Occident
edited by William Kay Archer. Urbana: Centre for Comparative Psycholinguistics, Institute of Communications, University of Illinois, pp. 203-213.
50. "Drums and Language (1)," Daily Graphic, May 16, p. 5.
51. "Drums and Language (2)," Daily Graphic, May 23, p. 5.
52. "Drums and Language (3)," Daily Graphic, June 2, p. 5.
53. "Drums and Language (4)," Daily Graphic, June 9, p. 5.
54. "Drums and Language (5)," Daily Graphic, June 13, p. 5.
55. "Heroic Odes (1)," Daily Graphic, July 4, p. 5.
56. "Heroic Odes (2)," Daily Graphic, July 11, p. 5.
57. "Musical Instruments," Daily Graphic, May 9, p. 5.
58. "La Musique Africaine," Afrique Nouvelle No. 750, December 20, pp. 8-9.
59. "Praise Singing," Daily Graphic, May 2, p. 5.
60. "The Problem of Meaning in African Culture," Daily Graphic, April 27 and 28, p. 5.
61. 1962 African Music in Ghana: A Survey of Traditional Forms. London: Longmans Green and Co.
62. History and the Organization of Music in West Africa. Legon: Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana.
63. "The Hocket-Technique in African Music," Journal of the International Folk Music Council. 14:44-52.
64. "The Problem of Meaning in African Music," Ethnomusicology: Journal of
65. the Society for Ethnomusicology 6(1):1-7, January.
65. "Worship in West African Religions," Ghana Bulletin of Theology 11(2): 1-28.
66. 1963 African Music in Ghana: A Survey of Traditional Forms. Evanston,
Illinois: Northwestern University Press, Northwestern University African Studies No. 11.
67. Drumming in Akan Communities of Ghana. Edinburgh and London: University of Ghana and Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd.
68. Folk Songs of Ghana. London: Oxford University Press.
69. "Prayers at Kple Worship," Ghana Bulletin of Theology 11(4):19-29.
70. Preparatory Exercises in African Rhythm. Legon: Institute of African Studies, School of Music and Drama, University of Ghana.
71. "Traditional and Contemporary Idioms of African Music," The World of Music 5(6):132-133.
72. 1964 "The Artist in Contemporary Africa:The Challenge of Tradition," Okyeame (1): 57-62.
73. "Continuity of Traditions in Contemporary Africa," The Pan Africanist Review 1(1): 59- 64.
74. "Historical Evidence in Ga Religious Music" in The Historian in Tropical Africa: Studies Presented and Discussed at the Fourth International
African Seminar at the University of Dakar, Senegal 1961 edited by J. Vansina, R. Mauny, and L.V. Thomas. London: Oxford University Press, pp. 265-283.
75. "National Theatre Movements and the African Image," The Pan Africanist Review 1(2):88-93.
76. "The Techniques of African Oral Literature," Proceedings of the Ghana Academy of Sciences 1(2).
77. "Traditional and Contemporary Idioms in African Music," Journal of the International Folk Music Council 16:34-37.
78. "Unity and Diversity in African Music: "A Problem of "Synthesis," The Proceedings of the First International Congress of Africanists, Accra,
December 11-18, 1962. London: Longmans Green and Co., pp. 256-263.
79. 1965 "The Interrelations of African Music and Dance," Studia Musicologia 7(1-4):91-101.
80. Music, Dance and Drama: A Review of the Performing Arts of Ghana. 10 Accra-Tema: Ghana Information Services.
81. 1966 Adowa Songs (Words only). Legon: Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana.
82. Apaeƒ (Poems Recited by the Abrafo of the Asantehene on State Occasions). Legon: Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana.
83. "Artistic Values in African Musc," Composer: Journal of the Composer's Guild of Great Britain 19:16-19, Spring.
84. Ayan, Volume 1 (The Poetry of the Atumpan Drums of the Asantehene). Legon: Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana.
85. Book Review. The Anthropology of Music by Alan P. Merriam. Current Trends in Anthropology 7(2):226-227, April.
86. "The Dimensions of Musical Studies" in Artistic Values in Traditional Music: Proceedings of a Conference Held in Berlin from the 14-16 July
1965 edited by Peter Crossley-Holland. Berlin: International Institute for
Comparative Music Studies and Documentation, pp. 34-48.
87. "El Artista en el Africa Contemporanea y el Reto a la Tradicion" (The Artist in Contemporary Africa. Spanish), La Gaceta de Cuba
5(48/49):11-13, January/February
88. "Music Education in African Schools: A Review of the Position in Ghana," International Seminar on Teacher Education in Music, Proceedings, pp. 231-243.
89. Music in African Cultures: A Review of the Meaning and Significance of Traditional African Music. Legon: Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana.
90. "Musik in Afrikanische Kulturen" (Music in African Cultures. German), Afrika Heute. Sonderbeilage, June 1.
91. 1967 "Multi-part Organisation in the Music of the Gogo of Tanzania," Journal of the International Folk Music Council 19:79-88.
92. "Musicology and African Music: A Review of Problems and Areas of Research" in Africa in the Wider World: The Inter-relationships of Area
and Comparative Studies edited by David Brokensha and Michael Crowder. Oxford and New York: Pergamon Press, pp. 12-35.
93. "La Musique dans la Culture Africaine," ler Festival Mondial des Arts Negres (Dakar, 1-24 Avril 1966). Colloque sur l'Art Negre (Dakar, 30
Mars-8 Avril 1966): Fonction et Signification de l'Art Negre dans la Vie du Peuple et pour le Peuple. Rapports: Tome I. Paris: Presence
Africaine, pp. 147-191.
94. "The Place of Authentic Folk Music in Music Education," Music Educator's Journal 54(3):40-42, 129-133, November.
95. "The Place of Traditional Music in the Musical Life of Ghana," Notes on Education and Research in African Music 1: 26-31, July.
96. 1968 "Music in African Traditions," Colloquium: Function and Significance of 11 African Negro Art in the Life of the People and for the People. Paris:
Presence Africaine, pp. 143-186.
97. Our Drums and Drummers. Accra: Ghana Publishing House.
98. "Traditional Music in Ghana" in Creating a Wider Interest in Traditional Music: Proceedings of a Conference held in Berlin in Cooperation with
the International Music Council 12th to the 17th June 1967 edited by Alain Danielou et al. Berlin: International Institute for Comparative
Studies and Documentation, pp. 120-127.
99. 1969 Discussant's Comments. Wachsmann, Klaus P., "Ethnomusicology in African Studies: The Next Twenty Years" in Expanding Horizons in
African Studies edited by Gwendolen M. Carter and Ann Paden. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, pp. 143-146.
100. "Improvisation in African Music," Paper Delivered at the University of Chicago in the Spring of 1969 As Part of the Series of Recitals:/Lectures
on I m provisation i n M u sic: E ast a n d W e st , Sponsored by the Department of Music.
101. "The Instrumental Resources of African Music," Papers in African Studies. Accra: Ghana publishing Corporation, 3: 1-23.
102. "The Place of Authentic Folk Music in Education," Jahrbuch der Orff Institut 3: 100-206.
103. "The Place of Non-Western Music in General Education," The Report of the Proceedings of the First National Conference of the Australian Society
for Music Education Held at the University of Queensland, St. Lucia Brisbane, August 17-21, 1969, pp. 139-147.
104. "The Poetry of Akan Drums," Black Orpheus (Ibadan) 2(2): 27-35, June-September 1968.
105. 1970 African Gods and Music. Legon: Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana.
106. "Approach to the Study of Non-Western Music," Music in Tertiary Education
(Proceddings of the Conference of the Australian National Commission for Unesco) pp. 51-52.
107. "The Arts in Traditional Society," Ghana News (Washington, D.C.: Embassy of Ghana) 2(5):4-6, 8, November-December.
108. "The Ashanti," Man, Myth and Magic 5: 134-136.
109. "The Creative Arts and the Community," Proceedings of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences 8: 71-76.
110. Ethnomusicology in Ghana: An Inaugural Lecture Delivered on 20th November 1969 at the University of Ghana, Legon. Accra: Ghana
Universities Press.
111. "Facilities for the Study of Non-Western Music in Australia," Music in Tertiary Education (Proceedings of the Conference of the Australian
National Commison for UNESCO), pp. 137-140. 12
112. The Ghana Dance Ensemble: Sponsored by the Arts Council of Ghana and the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon,
Director, J.H. Kwabena Nketia, Artistic Director, A.M. Opoku. Legon: Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana; Accra: Pierian Press.
113. "Music Education in Africa and the West: We Can Learn From Each Other," Music Educator's Journal 57(3):48-55, November.
114. "Musikundervisning i Afrika: Musikens Roll i Samhallet" (Music Instruction in Africa: Music's Role in the Community. Swedish),
Musik-Kultur (Stockholm) 34(7):19-20, 22.
115. "The Role of Non-Western Music in Tertiary Education," Music in Tertiary Education (Proceedings of the Conference of the Australian
National Commision for UNESCO), pp. 40-50.
116. 1971 "Changing Patterns of Performer-Audience Relationship," Symposium on Sociology of African Music and Dance, UCLA Spring Quarter.
117. "History and the Organisation of Music in West Africa" in Essays on Music and History in Africa edited by Klaus P. Wachsmann.
Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, pp. 3-25.
118. "The Linguistic Aspect of Style in African Languages," Current Trends in Linguistics: Linguistics in Sub-Saharan Africa edited by Thomas A.
Sebeok. The Hague: Mouton 7:737-747.
119. "The Music of Africa and African Unity," Insight and Opinion 5(4):90-103.
120. "Surrogate Languages of Africa," Current Trends in Linguistics:Linguistics in Sub-Saharan Africa edited by Thomas A. Sebeok.
The Hague: Mouton 7:699-732.
121. 1972 "Les Langages Musicaux de l'Afrique Subsaharienne: Etude Comparative," La Musique Africaine (Meeting in Yaounde, the
Cameroon, 23-27 February 1970, Organized by UNESCO). Paris: La Revue Musicale, pp.7-42.
122. "The Musical Languages of Subsaharan Africa," African Music (Meeting in Yaounde, the Cameroon, 23-27 February 1970, Organized by UNESCO).
Paris: La Revue Musicale, pp. 7-42.
123. "Music (of Akwapim)" in Akwapim Handbook edited by David Brokensha. Accra: Ghana Publishing Corporation, pp. 166-176.
124. "The Present State and Potential of Music Research in Africa," Perspectives in Musicology: The Inaugral Lectures of the Ph.D. Program
in Music at the City University of New York edited by Barry S. Brook, Edward O.D. Downes, and Herman van Solkema. New York: W.W.
Norton and Co., Inc., pp. 270-289.
125. "Les Sources de Documentation Historique sur les Traditions Musicales de l'Afrique," La Musique Africaine (Meeting in Yaounde, the
Cameroon, 23-27 February 1970, Organized by Unesco). Paris: La Revue Musicale, pp. 43-49.
126. "Sources of Historical Data on African Music," African Music (Meeting 13 in Yaounde, the Cameroon, 23-27 February 1970, Organized by Unesco),
Paris: La Revue Musicale, pp. 43-49.
127. "Sovremennaia Muzykal 'Naia Zhizn' Afriki," (Russian) by K. Nketia et. al. Sovetskaia Muzyka 36:59-62, March.
128. 1973 Abøfodwom (Songs of Akan Hunters. Annotated in Twi, with Introductory Essay). Accra: Ghana Publishing Corporation.
129. "African Music: An Evaluation of Concepts and Processes" in Peoples and Cultures of Africa: An Anthropological Reader edited by Elliott P.
Skinner, Garden City: New York: Natural History Press, pp. 580-599.
130. "Edinstvo i Mnogoobrazie Afrikanskoj Muzyki" (Unity and Diversity in African Music. Russian) in Ocerki Muzykal'noi Kul'tury Narodov
Troliceskoj Afriki edited by Lija Golden. Moskwa: Muzyka.
131. Folk Songs of Ghana (Reprint of 1963 edition). Accra: Ghana Universities Press.
132. "The Musician in Akan Society" in The Traditional Artist in African Societies edited by Warren L. d'Azevedo. Bloomington:
Indiana University Press for International Affairs Center, pp. 79-100.
133. "The Study of African and Afro-American Music," The Black Perspective in Music 1(1):7-15, Spring.
134. "Universities as Centres of the Creative Arts," The Times Higher Education Supplement, August 17, pp. 11-12.
135. 1974 "Community-Oriented Education of Musicians in African Countries," International Society for Music Education Yearbook (Mainz) 2:38-42.
136. Funeral Dirges of the Akan People. (Reprint of 1955 edition). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.
137. The Music of Africa. New York: W.W. Norton and Co., Inc.
138. "The Musical Heritage of Africa," Daedalus: Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences pp. 151-161, Spring.
139. "The Musical Heritage of Africa" in Slavery, Colonialism and Racism
edited by Sidney W. Mintz. New York: W.W. Norton and Co., Inc., pp. 151-160.
140. "The Place of the Young Musician in Community Life," Music Education in the Modern World (Materials of the Ninth Conference of the
International Society for Music Education). Moscow: Progress Publishers, pp. 39-50.
141. "Universities as Centres of the Creative Arts," Commonwealth Universities and Society.
The Association of Commonwealth Universities. London, pp. 98-102.
142. 1975 Anwonsƒm, 1944-49 (Akan Poetry, Revised Edition). Accra: Afram Publication, Ghana Ltd.
143. Ayan (A Collection of Texts of Akan Drum Language). Accra: Ghana 14 Publishing Corporation.
144. "Music and Dance of the Black Peoples of Africa" in World Encyclopedia of Black Peoples. St. Clair Shores, Michigan: Scholarly Press, 1:67-80.
145. The Music of Africa (Reprint of 1974 edition). London: Gollancz.
146. "Musikerziehung in Afrika und im Westen (Music Education in Africa and the West. German)," Musik un Bildung (Mainz) 7(1):7-11, January.
147. "Understanding African Music," National Centre for the Performing Arts Quarterly Journal (Bombay) 4(2):8-14, June.
148. 1975/76 "The Preservation and Presentation of Traditional Music and Dance: African Cultures," Les Cahiers Canadiens de Musique (Montreal)
11-12:303-315, Autumn-Summer.
149. 1976 Development Programmes for Music and the Performing Arts of Africa. UNESCO.
150. Music in Traditional African Worship and Christian Worship. Legon: Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana. Reprinted from Report
of the All African Conference of Churches (AACC) Consultation on African Music April 17-23, 1976, edited by J.H.Kudadje. pp. 22-42.
151. "The Place of Traditional Music and Dance in Contemporary African Society," The World of Music 18(4):5-15.
152. The Role of the University in Cultural Development in Africa. Legon: Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana. Reprinted from
Conference Report: Association of African Universities.
153. "Traditional Festivals in Ghana and Community Life," Cultures (Paris). UNESCO 3(2):33-44.
154. "Understanding African Music," Australian Journal of Music Education. Challenges in Music Education: Proceedings of the
XI International Conference of the International Society for Music Education Held in
Perth, Western Australia, 5-12 August 1974. Perth: Department of Music, University of Western Australia, pp. 362-367.
155. 1977 Collating and Disseminating Oral Sources of Musical Information. Legon: Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana.
156. "New Perspectives in Music," Australian Journal of Music Education 20:23-28.
157. "New Perspectives in Music," International Music Education pp. 104-111.
158. "New Perspectives in Music," National Centre for the Performaning Arts Quarterly Journal (Bombay) 6(2):1-11, June.
159. 1978 Amoma (Annotated Texts of Traditional Sung and Recited Praise Poetry). Accra: Ghana Publishing Corporation.
160. "The Performing Musician in a Changing Society," National Centre for the Perfroming Arts Quarterly Journal (Bombay) 7(1):18-23, March. 15
161. "Tradition and Innovation in African Music," Jamaica Journal 11(3-4):2-9, March.
162. 1979 "African Roots of Music in the Americas," Jamaica Journal 43:12-17,March.
163. "African Traditions of Folklore," Internationale Gesellschaft fur Urhebrerrecht Jahrbuch 4: 221-230.
164. "African Traditions of Folklore," National Centre for the Performing Arts Quarterly Journal (Bombay) 8(4):8-14, December.
165. Die Musik Afrikas ins Deutsche uebertragen von Claus Raab. (German edition of The Music of Africa, 1974) Wilhelmhaven: Heinrichsofen,
Schriften des Internationales Instituts fur Vergleichende Musikstudien, Band 59.
166. "Gegenseitige Beziehungen von Musik und Tanz" (German), Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik 140(6):579-84, November-December.
167. "The Performing Musician in a Changing Society," The World of Music 21(2): 65-74.
168. 1980 "Africa in the Wider World of Music," The World of Music 22(3):19-27.
169. "African Traditions of Folklore," International Society for Music Education Yearbook 7: 157-64.
170. "Ashanti" in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians edited by Stanley Sadie. London: Macmillan Publishers, 1: 651-652.
171. "Ghana" in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians edited by Stanley Sadie. London: Macmillan Publishers, 7: 326-332.
172. 1981 "African Roots of Music in the Americas: An African View" in International Musicological Society: Report of the Twelfth Congress,
Berkeley 1977 edited by Daniel Heartz and Bonnie Wade. Kassel: Barenreiter; Philadelphia: American Musicological Society, pp. 82-88.
173. "The Juncture of the Social and the Musical: The Methodology of Cultural Analysis," The World of Music 23(2):22-39.
174. "On the Historicity of Music in African Cultures," Kongressbericht Bayreuth, pp. 48-57.
175. "Sobre la Historidad de la Musica en las Culturas Africanas" (On the Historicity of Music in African Cultures, Spanish). Revista Musical
Chilena 35(156): 34-52, October-December.
176. 1982 "Developing Contemporary Idioms Out of Traditional Music," Studia Musicologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 24:81-97.
177. Feizhou Yinyue (Chinese Edition of The Music of Africa, 1974). Translated by Tang Yating. Copy edited by Hu Bingfang, Beijing:
Renmin Yinyue Chubanshe.
178. "Interaction Through Music: The Dynamics of Music-Making in African 16 Societies," International Social Science Journal, Makings of Music 94
(UNESCO) 34(4):639-656.
179. "The Musical Traditions of the Akan," Tarikh No. 26, Akan History and Culture 7(2):47-59.
180. "On the Historicity of Music in African Cultures," Journal of African Studies 9(3): 90, 92-100, Fall.
181. "Promoting Cultural Awareness Through Music Education," Educafrica: Bulletin of the UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Africa. Dakar:
UNESCO, 8: 93-110.
182. 1983 "African Music and Dance" in Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia edited DjeDje) Selected Reports in Ethnomusicology, Volume V: Studies
in 189. "Universal Perspectives in Ethnomusicology," The World of Music 26(2):3-24.
190. 1985 "Integrating Objectivity and Experience in Ethnomusicological Studies," The World of Music 27(3):3-22.
191. 1986 "African Music and Western Praxis: A Review of Western Perspectives on African Musicology,"
Canadian Journal of African Studies 20(1):36- 56.
192. La Musica dell' Africa (Italian Edition of The Music of Africa, 1974). Torino: Societa Editrice Internationale.
193. "Perspectives on African Musicology" in Africa and the West: The Legacies of Empires edited by Issac James
Mowoe and Richard Bjornson. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, pp. 215-253.
194. "Processes of Differentiation and Interdependency in African Music. A Case Study of Asante and
Her Neighbours," The World of Music 28(2)41:55.
195. 1987 "Asante Court Music" in The Golden Stool: Studies of the Asante Center and the Periphery edited by Enid Schildkrout. Anthropological Papers of
the American Museum of Natural History 65(Part 1):200-208.
196. "Music and Religion in Sub-Saharan Africa" in The Encyclopedia of Religion .. edited by Mircea Eliade. London: Macmillan Publishing Company 10: 172-176
197. 1988 "The Intensity Factor in African Music" in Performance in Contemporary African Arts edited by Ruth Stone. Bloomington, Indiana: Journal
of Folklore Research and African Studies Program 53-86.
198. "Observations on the Study of Popular Music in Africa" in Review of Popular Music 12: 11-14. International Society for the Study of Popular Music
199. "Exploring Intercultural Dimensions of Music in Education" International Music Education. ISME YEAR BOOK XV: 96-106
200. 1989 "The Aesthetic Dimensions of African Musical Instruments" in Sounding Forms:
African Musical Instruments edited by Marie-Therese Brincard. New York: The American Federation of Arts 17
201. "Musical Interaction in Ritual Events," Concillium, International Review of Theology 2 :111-124
202. Japanese Edition of The Music of Africa Tokyo: Shobun-Sha Publisher
203. 1990 "Contextual Strategies of Inquiry and Systematization" Charles Seeger Memorial Lecture, Ethnomusicology 34 (1):75-97
204. 1991 "Music and Cultural Policy in Contemporary Africa" in Music in the Dialogue of Cultures:
Traditional Music and Cultural Policy edited by Max Peter Bauman. Wilhelmshaven : Florian Noetzel Verlag 77-94
205. 1992 African Roots and Contemporary manifestations of Blues and Jazz in African Popular music A Hundred Years of Jazz and Blues Festival
Brooklyn: 651 Kings Majestic Corporation 44-50
206. The Formulation of Research in the Humanities: Perspectives from the Creative Arts M. E Kropp Dakubu and F. S. Tsikata eds, Proceedings of
a Seminar on the Conduct of Research from Formulation to Disseminaton: 20-26 Legon: University of Ghana Research and Conferences Committee
207. 1994 National Development and the Performing Arts of Africa The Muse of Modernity . New York : The Red Sea Press
208. 1995 Breaking the Code The Culture of Dependency. Accra: Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences
209. 1997 Coping with Change and Diversity in African Music . Jinko KATSUMURA and Yoshiko TUKAMURA eds. Report of World Musics Forum Hamamatsu
1996 24-32
210. The Play Concept in African Music ed. Thomas Vernnum Jr.: The Laura Boulton Ethnomusicology Lecture Series. Phoenix The Heard Museum
211. 1999 Introduction . A Guide for the Preparation of Primary School African Music Teaching Manuals (ed.) J. H. Kwabena Nketia . Accra: Afram Publications
(Ghana) Ltd.
212. 2000 Recording and Dissemination of Traditional Music Rethinking African Arts and Culture ed. Dele Layiwola. )
Book Series 4, Cape Town Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS) 55-67.
213. Forthcoming The Poetry Of Atumpan Drums. Accra, Afram Publications
214. SANKUDWOM Solo Songs with Piano Accompaniment Accra: Afram Publications
215. Sound Instruments of Ghana. Accra. Ghana Publishing Corporation
216. The Linguistic Aspect of Style in African Music in The study of African Music and Dance: Problems and Prospects. Bellagio Conference Papers
African Music and Ethnomusicology:
217 Musicology and Linguistics: Integrating the Phraseology of Text and Tune in the Creative Process. CMBR Journal
218 Ethnomusicology and African Music Collected Papers Volume I : Modes 18 of Enquiry and Interpretation Afram Publications.

Musical Compositions 1942-1965

Choral Works

1. Adanse Kronkron SATB
2 Monkamfo No SATB
3. Hann no Bƒda Adi SATB
4. Onyame Øbøadeƒ SATB
5. Nsuro SATB
6. Nante Yie SATB
7. Mmøbrø Asƒm SATB
8.Yƒn Agorø yi SATB/ also TTBB
9. Baamo SATB/ also TTBB
10.Øyamuønwonofo Nko Nyi Døm SATB/ also TTBB
11.Nkyirimma Nyƒ Bi SATB
12.Akura Akyere Agyinamoa TTBB
13. Buronya AbaSATB
14.Deƒ Øman wø no SATB

Solo Songs with Piano Accompaniment

15. Wonya Amane a na Wohu Wo Døfo 31. Aprannaa Sa me
16. Yaanom Montie 32.Øbarima Nifahene
17. Onipa Dasani M'ayeyie ni ? 33. Obi Reba a, Mane Me
18. Onipa Bƒyƒƒ Bi 34. Me Wura, Gya Me Kwan
19. Maforo Patahunu 35. Asuo Meresen
20. Mmerƒ Nyinaa Nsƒ
21. Mpere Nto Akyamfoø Tuo
22. Merekøse Hwan ni ?
23. Mo! Agya no a Øøkø
24.Dwaben Heneba Foriwaa
25.Kaakari Kwasi
26.Økwan Asi
27.Nnansa Ne Nnƒ
28.Kwasi Boø, Mo !
29. Wo Ho Te Sƒn ?
30. Mƒda Wo Ase
31.Aprannaa Sa Me

Instrumental Works

36. Three Piano Pieces: Volta Fantasy, Contemplation, Dagarti Work Song
37. Playtime (Six piano pieces in African Rhythm for the young musician) Playtime, Øwora, Crossroads, Rays of Hope, Libation, Builsa Work Song
38. Four Flute Pieces
39. Suite for Flute and Piano ( Seven Movements)
40. Bolga Sonata (for Violin and Piano )
41. Antubam (Dirge for Cello and Piano )
42. Quartet ( Nos 1 and 2) for Atƒntƒbƒn (bamboo flutes)

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