| LC control no. | n 86078895 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Akpabot, Samuel Ekpe |
| Variant(s) | Akpabot, Sammy |
| Associated country | Nigeria |
| Birth date | 1932-10-03 |
| Death date | 2000-08-07 |
| Place of birth | Uyo (Nigeria) |
| Place of death | Uyo (Nigeria) |
| Affiliation | King's College, Lagos Royal College of Music (Great Britain) Michigan State University Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation University of Nigeria, Nsukka University of Uyo |
| Profession or occupation | Ethnomusicologists Composers Organists Arrangers (Musicians) Band directors Journalists College teachers |
| Found in | Foundation of Nigerian traditional music, 1986: t.p. (Samuel Ekpe Akpabot, Ph. D.; Inst. of African Stud., Univ. of Ibadan, Nigeria) LC data base, 2/6/87 (hdg.: Akpabot, Samuel Ekpe) String music of Black composers, c1991 (Akpabot, Samuel; b. 10-3-31, Uyo, Southeastern State, Nigeria) Oxford Companion to Black British History, accessed October 26, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database (Akpabot, Samuel Ekpe; ethnomusicologist, composer, arranger, organist, bandleader; born October 3, 1932 in Uyo, Nigeria; studied at King's College, Lagos; was a chorister at Christchurch Cathedral, Lagos; formed his own dance band Akpabot Players (1949); was organist at St Saviour's Anglican Church in Lagos; studied the trumpet and organ in London at the Royal College of Music (1954); received a master's degree in Musicology, University of Chicago and a PhD from Michigan State University; was a broadcaster for the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (1959); faculty at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (1962), visiting lecturer at Michigan State University; Professor of Music at the University of Uyo (1990s); started to compose (1959) using the hi life music tradition; he is the only Nigerian composer to write solely for the orchestra using African instruments; died August 7, 2000 in Uyo, Nigeria) Nigeria freedom sounds!, ℗2016: insert (Sammy Akpabot; musician, composer, arranger, musicologist, and journalist) |
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