Bender, Wolfgang, 1946-

LC control no.	n 83142217
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Bender, Wolfgang, 1946- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	Germany
Birth date	1946
Field of activity	Popular culture--Africa Music trade--Africa--History--20th century
Affiliation	Universität Bayreuth Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Center for World Music (Hildesheim, Germany) Bembeya African Music and Culture Research Institute
Profession or occupation	Ethnologists
Found in	His Kolonialismus, Bewusstsein und Literatur in Afrika, c1980: t.p. (Wolfgang Bender) LC data base, 9/1/83 (hdg.: Bender, Wolfgang) His Sweet mother, c1985: t.p. (Wolfgang Bender) jkt. (b. 1946; ethnologist) Music traditions, change and creativity in Africa, 2019: page 193 (Wolfgang Bender; contribution: The run for the African sound : the commercial recording industry in the 20th century for and in Africa) pages 238-239 (ethnologist with a specialisation in popular culture in Africa and the West Indies; set up Iwalewa-Haus, a museum for modern African art, at the University of Bayreuth as assistant of Ulli Beier; founded the African Music Archive at the University of Mainz (AMA) in 1991; called to become founding director of the Center for World Music at Hildesheim University, 2008; retired in 2011, made honorary professor at University of Bayreuth; established Bembeya African Music and Culture Research Institute in his home country; he has published widely on African modern modern music and art, including Sweet Mother; Modern African Music was translated into English and French; over the years he has been instrumental in saving music archives in African countries from disappearing)
Not found in	Kürschners deutsch. Gelehrten-Kalender, 1992.
Associated language	ger eng