This book explores the music of Africa and its experience in modern education, offering music education analyses from African perspectives. The collection assembles insights from around Africa to bring African and non-African scholars into the world of music, education, policy, and assessment as played out across the continent. The music of Africa presents multiple avenues for the understanding of the reality of life from a cultural perspective. The teaching and learning of this music closely follows its practice, the latter involving a combination of artistic expressions. With international interest in world music, there is need to engage with concepts and processes of this music. The volume offers new research from culture bearers, scholars, and educators rooted in practices that provide deeper perceptions of the cultural expression of music. With sections focussing on Concepts in Musical Arts, Musical Arts Processes, and Music Education Practice, it captures and documents the concept of musical arts from an African experiential perspective. Articulating the processes of musical arts and their implications for teaching and learning in both African and international learning contexts, it presents a balanced view of music as a phenomenon and generates material for discussion. A valuable resource for those seeking insight into aspects of music practice in Africa, this book will appeal to scholars of Music Education, Ethnomusicology, Community Music, African Studies, and African Music.
"Contents Chapter 1 Music and Musicking: Continental Africa’s junctures in learning, teaching and research By Jean N. Kidula Chapter 2 ‘Tear open and enjoy eating’: Juxtaposing and merging knowledge systems By Anri Herbst, University of Cape Town, South Africa Chapter 3 Sharing Concerns: A direction for African music education Eric Debrah Otchere Chapter 4 Pertinent Concepts for Advancing Indigenous Epistemological Integrity for African Musical Arts Education Meki Nzewi Chapter 5 Africanising Assessment: Developing generic cross-cultural assessment standards Renee Human, University of Pretoria, South Africa Chapter 6 Music Education in Egypt: Identity& Culture By Nahla Mattar Chapter 7 The School of Arts and the Music Scene of Senegal Ibrahima WANE Chapter 8 ""In Class out of Place"": The substance of secondary school music curriculum Ernest Patrick Monte and Joyce M. Mochere Chapter 9 Interrogating Cultural Relevance in the Musicianship Class by Cleniece Owino and Emily Akuno Chapter 10 Incorporating Indigenous Songs into the Elementary School system in Nigeria By Olorunsogo, Ifeoluwa A. O. Chapter 11 Narrative perspectives of non-melodic praxis as a pedagogical approach for music education of children and youth By Julius Kyakuwa Chapter 12 Africanising the Music Classroom through Choral and Instrumental Ensembles: The Kenya Music Festival and Nairobi Orchestra as Music Education Resources Elizabeth Achieng’ Andang’o, Chapter 13 Karimojong Indigenous Education and the effect of the Non-Formal Education Curriculum and Contemporary Forces of Change Peter Ekadu-Ereu, Chapter 14 Pedagogical Attributes of the Lozi Silimba from Zambia Jessee Wanderi Chapter 15 Systematic Instruction for Musical Arts Education: Towards skill development and cultural growth Atinuke Adenike Idamoyibo and Emily Achieng’ Akuno Chapter 16 Composing Art Music from Indigenous African Musical Paradigms Christian Onyeji Chapter 17 Examining African Children's Musical Arts Experiences as Learning Resources for children Fred O. Atoh, Virginia N. Onyara, and Perminus Matiure, Chapter 18 Children's Songs: Education beyond the playground. Emily Achieng’ Akuno Chapter 19 Africanising the Music Classroom through Technology: The case of Uganda by Benon Kigozi"
Emily Achieng’ Akuno is a professor of music at the Technical University of Kenya, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic Affairs) at the Co- operative University of Kenya.
