Emerging Issues in African Musicology

Emerging Issues in African Musicology is an embedment of various pieces of work by music practitioners who, through their research, connect in a wider field of music disciplines in the African setting.  This collection focuses on both theory and practice as relates to African Musicology. It discusses trends and issues affecting music in Africa. From music therapy to use of imagery in African music to the position of women and review of practical musicianship in African schools, the authors point out the African experience to the field of Musicology. Colonialism, acculturation, contemporary society and cultural dynamics are what stand out as core features discussed in this book. Together the authors contribute to the promotion of Musicology in the African perspective creating recognition of the history of Music in Africa and its development in the contemporary society. To a large appreciation, African musicology as expressed in this book has drawn Music practitioners into appreciating the cultural heritage which as observed requires conserving and disseminating in their communities of origin.