| LC control no. | n 50006178 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PL8751.9.N4 |
| Personal name heading | Nketia, J. H. Kwabena |
| Variant(s) | Kwabena Nketia, J. H. (Joseph Hanson) Nketia, J. H. K. Nketia, Joseph Hanson Kwabena |
| Associated country | Ghana |
| Associated place | England Great Britain United States Australia China |
| Birth date | 1921-06-22 |
| Death date | 2019-03-13 |
| Place of birth | Mampong (Ghana) |
| Place of death | Legon (Ghana) |
| Field of activity | Music Choral music Ethnomusicology Twi language |
| Affiliation | Presbyterian Training College (Akropong-Akuapem, Ghana) University of London Trinity College of Music University of Ghana Arts Council of Ghana International Centre for African Music and Dance International Folk Music Council Society for Ethnomusicology |
| Profession or occupation | Ethnomusicologists Composers Poets Linguists |
| Found in | His African music in Ghana, 1963. Horne, A. String music of Black composers, c1991 (Nketia, Joseph Hanson Kwabena; b. 6-22-21, Mampong, Ashanti Region, Ghana) The role of traditional festivals in community life, 19--: t.p. (J.H. Kwabena Nketia) p. 4 of cover (Prof. J.H.K. Nketia; currently the director of the International Centre of African Music and Dance of the Institute of African Studies, Legon) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March 19, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Nketia, J. H. Kwabena; Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia; ethnomusicologist, linguist, composer, poet; born 22 June 1921 in Ashanti Mampong, Ghana; graduated from the Presbyterian Training College at Akropong-Akwapim; taught music; studied Twi (Akan) language and linguistics, University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) (1944-46); received a BA, from the University of London; took courses at the Trinity College of Music and Birkbeck College; Presbyterian College in Ghana; published collection of Akan folk songs (1949); was a research fellow at the Department of Sociology, University of Ghana (1952); received a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship to study music in the United States (1958); founded the Institute for African Studies (1961); became the Arts Council chairman (1976-1979); published 3 major books on African music (early 1960s); was a member of executive board of International Folk Music Council (1959-1970), the board of directors of International Society for Music Education (1967-1974) and first vice president of Society of Ethnomusicology (1972); founded the International Centre for African Music and Dance in Ghana (1993)) GhanaWeb, J.H Nketia dies aged 97, 13 March 2019, viewed March 17, 2019 (Ghanaian ethnomusicologist Emeritus Prof. Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia has died at age 97, at Legon Hospital, on Wednesday [13 March 2019]; Mr. Nketia; the composer and writer is known for popular choral works, which include Adanse Kronkron, Morbid Asem, Monna N'Ase and Monkafo No; visiting professorships: Professor of Music at UCLA, Horatio Appleton Lamb Visiting Professor at Harvard University, Visiting Cornell Professor at Swarthmore College, Distinguished Hannah Professor of Integrative Studies at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Visiting Professor at the University of Brisbane in Australia, Visiting Professor at the China Conservatory of Music, Beijing, Andrew Mellon Professor of Music at the University of Pittsburgh, and Langston Hughes Professor at the University of Kansas, Lawrence) |
| Associated language | eng twi |
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