Bibliography  

 

 

BOOKS ON AFRICAN MUSIC AND DANCE  (PUBLISHED IN AFRICA)

IN THE REFERENCE LIBRARY OF

ICAMD, UNIVERSITY OF GHANA

DISSERTATIONS

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NAME

TITLE

YEAR

1. AGORDOH, A.A

MUSIC IN CHRISTIAN WORSHIP: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE MUSICAL TRADITIONS OF THE OLDER MISSION CHURCHES AND THE NEW CHURCHES IN GHANA

1997

2. ALAJA-BROWN, A

JUJU MUSIC: A STUDY OF ITS SOCIAL HISTORY AND STYLE

1985

3. AMOAKO, W.K.

SYMBOLISM IN TRADITIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND MUSIC OF THE EWE OF GHANA

1975

4. ANDERSON, L.

THE MIKO MODEL SYSTEM OF KIGANDA XYLOPHONE MUSIC VOL.1

1968

5. ANKU, W.O

PROCEDURES IN AFRICAN DRUMMING: A STUDY OF AKAN/EWE TRADITIONS AND AFRICAN DRUMMING IN PITSBURGH

1988

6. AVORGBEDOR, D.K.

MODES OF MUSCIAL CONTUINITY AMONG THE ANLO EWE OF ACCRA: A CASE STUDY IN URBAN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY

1986

7. BLAKE, Michael

JOURNAL OF ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS

1999

8. BYERLY, I.B.

THE MUSIC INDABA: MUSIC AS MIRROR, MEDIATOR AND PROPHET IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN TRANSITION FROM APARTHIED TO DEMOCRACY

1996

9. CANCADO, Tania, M.L

AN INVESTIGATION OF WEST AFRICAN AND HAITIAN RHYTHMS ON HE DEVELOPMENT OF SYNCOPATION IN CUBAN HABANERA, BRAZILIAN TANGO/CHORO AND AMERICAN RAGTI

1999

10. CARTER, Lee Chander

NO EASY WALK TO FREEDOM: AN OPERA BASED ON THE LIFE OF NELSON MANDELA. (ORIGINAL COMPOSITION)

1995

11. COLLINS, J

THE GHANAIAN CONCERT PARTY: AFRICAN POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT AT THE CROSS ROADS

1994

12. DALILI E.N.

“MORE THAN A SISTEHOOD”. TRADITIONAL WEST AFRICAN DANCE IN A CONTEMPORARY URBAN SETTING (PENNISYLVANIA)

1999

13. ECHEZONA, W.W.C

IBO MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN IBO CULTURE

1963

14. FAIRFAX, F.T.

FELA, THE AFROBEAT KING: POPULAR MUSIC AND CULTURAL REVITALIZATION IN WEST AFRICA

1993

15. FAILES, C.W

AUDITORY ILLUSION AND COGNITIVE PATTERNS IN WHISPERED INANGA OF BURUNDI

1993

16. FIAGBEDZI, N.

THE MUSIC OF THE ANLO: IT’S HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, CULTURAL MATRIX AND STYLE

1977

17. FLAM G.

SINGING FOR SURVIVAL: SONGS OF THE LODZ GHETTO, 1940-45

1988

18. GARRARD, T.F.

BRASS CASTING AMONG THE FAFRA OF NORTHERN GHANA

(VOLS. 1&2)

1986

19. GRINDAL, B.T.

EDUCATION AND CULTURE CHANGE AMONG THE SISALA OF NORTHERN GHANA 

1969

20. GUNDERSON, F.D.

MUSICAL LABOUR ASSOCIATIONS IN SUKUMALAND TANZANIA: A HISTORY AND PRACTICE (ETHNOMUSICOGY, AFRICA, SONG, COMPETITION, ANCESTRAL SONG, COMPOSITION

1999

21. GWAMNA, B.P.

MULTICULTURAL PROGRAMMING AS A STRATEGY IN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: LEO SARKISIAN, AND THE VOICE OF AMERICAN’S MUSIC TIME IN AFRICA”

1992

22. HAPOLE, P.W.

CURRICULAR APPLICATION OF HISPANIC MUSIC IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN UNITED STATES

1989

23. HARTIGAN, R.I.

BLOOD DRUM SPIRIT: DRUM LANGUAGE OF WEST AFRICA, AFRICAN AMERICAN, NATIVE AMERICAN, CENTRAL JAVA,, AND SOUTH INDIA (PARTS I-III)

1983

24. HORTON, C.D.

INDIGENEOUS MUSIC OF SIERRA LEONE: ANALYSIS OF RESOURCES AND EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS

1979

25. IYER, V.S.

MICROSTRUCTURES OF FEEL, MICROSTRUCTURES OF SOUND: EMBODIED COGNITION IN WEST AFRICA AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSICS

1998

26. JOHNSON, J

MUSIC ENCULTURATION: A STUDY OF MODES OF TRANSFORMATION

1984

27. KEYES, CHERYL L.

RAPPIN’ TO THE BEAT: RAP MUSIC AS TREET CULTURE AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICANS.

1991

28. KISLIUK, M.R

CONFRONTING THE QUINTESSENTIAL: SINGING, DANCING, AND EVERYDAY LIFE AMONG BIAKA PYGMIES (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC)

1991

29. KUBITSKY. I.

EWE CHILDREN’S MUSIC FROM GHANA, WEST AFRICA, IN THE CLASSROOM

1998

30. LAPIN D.A.

STORY, MEDIUM AND MASQUE: THE IDEA AND ART OF YORUBA STORY TELLING VOL. I, - III

1977


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31. MAPOMA, M.I,

THE DETERMINANTS OF STYLE IN THE MUSIC OF INGOMBA

1980

32.  MCDANIEL, LORNA

MEMORY SONGS: COMMUNITY, FLIGHT AND CONFLICT IN THE BIG DRUM CEREMONY OF CARARIACOU, GRENDA (CARIBBEAN, RITUAL, SLAVE, DANCE, BLACK, AFRICAN, MYTH

1986

33. MENDONSA, E.L.

DIVINATION AMONG THE SISALA OF NORTHERN GHANA

1973

34. MEINTJES, L

MEDIATING DIFFERENCE: PRODUCING MBAQANGA MUSIC IN A SOUTH AFRICAN STUDIO

1997

35. MILLS, G.Y.

DINING IN MY MOTHER’S MOTHER’S BODY: THE TRANSMUTATION AND SYNTHESIS OF AFRICAN DANCE CULTURE IN KARIAMU WELSH-ASANTE’S UMFUNDALAI DANCE TECHNIQUE

1996

36. MULLER, C.A.

NAZARITE SONG, DANCE, AND DREAMS: THE SACRALIZATION OF TIME, SPACE, AND THE FEMALE BODY IN SOUTH AFRICA

1994

37. MUTERE, M.N.

THE ORAL AESTHETIC: AN AFRICA-CENTERED PERSPECTIVE OF MUSIC

1995

38. NUNLEY, J.W.

SISALA SCULPTURE OF NORTHERN GHANA

1976

39. KING, R.R

PATHWAYS IN CHRISTIAN MUSIC COMMUNICATION: AFRICAN CASE STUDY (THE SENUFO OF COTE D’ LVOIRE

1989

40. KNIGHT, R.C

MANDINKA JALIYA: PROFESSIONAL MUSIC OF THE GAMBIA

(VOLS. 1&2)

1973

41. KOETTING, J.T.

CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN GHANAIAN KASENA FLUTE AND DRUM ENSEMBLE MUSIC: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE HOMELAND AND NIMA/ACCRA

42. OHIA, C.M.N

MESSIAEN’S RHYTHMIC TECHNIQUES AND THEIR STRUCTUAL APPLICATION IN SEPT. HAIKA

1989

43. OKWESA, F.U.

EGWU AMALA: A STUDY OF THE PADDLE DANCE OF THE ABOH PEOPLE

1988

44. ORNSTIEN, R.S.

GAMELAN GONG KEHJAR: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BALINESE MUSICAL TRADITION VOL. I&II

45. PWONO, D.M.

INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF POPULAR MUSIC IN ZAIRE

1992

46. REES, H.M

A MUSICAL CHAMELEON: A CHINESE REPERTOIRE IN NAXI TERRITORY

1994

47. SEAVOY, M.H.

THE SISALA XYLOPHONE TRADITION (VOLS. 1&2)

1982

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48. SHEEHY, D.E.

THE SON JAROCHO: THE HISTORY, STYLE, AND REPERTORY OF A CHANGING MEXICAN MUSICAL TRADITION

1979

49. SUCH, D.G.

MUSIC METAPHOR AND VALUES AMONG AVANT-GARDE JAZZ MUSICIANS LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY

1985

50. SUNKETT, M.E.

MANDIANI DRUM AND DANCE FORM AND ASPECTS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN AESTHETICS

1993

51. STRUMPF, M.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN UNDERGRADUATE AFRICAN HUMANITIES COURSE: AN APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF A CULTURE

1981

52. TOMPKINS, W.D

THE MUSIC TRADITIONS OF THE BLACKS OF COASTAL PERU

1981

53. WITZLEBEN, J.L.

SILK AND BAMBOO: JIANGNAN SIZHU INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE MUSIC IN SHANGHAI

1987

54. WOODSON, C.D.

THE ATUMPAN DRUM IN ASANTE: A STUDY OF THEIR ART AND TECHNOLOGY VOL 1&2

1983

COMING OUT SOON

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1. EKPA, Aniedi E.

EKPE MUSIC AND DANCE OF THE EFIK

2000

2. MOKWUNYEI, Joe

ARTISTIC VALUES IN ANIOCHA MUSIC PERFORMANCE TRADITIONS

1999

MA/M-PHIL

NAME

TITLE

YEAR

1. ADOM, C.K. (M.Phil)

AGBOTI YAWO, THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC: A CASE STUDY OF A POPULAR MUSICIAN

1998

2. AMU, Misonu (M.Phil)

STYLISTIC AND TEXTUAL SOURCES OF CONTEMPORARY GHANAIAN ART MUSIC COMPOSER:A CASE STUDY OF DR.EPHRAIM AMU.

1988

3. ANKU, W.O.

RHYTHMIC PROCEDURES IN AKAN ADOWA DRUMMING

1986

4. ASARE, L.W.

A CRITICAL SURVEY OF AKAN (GHANAIAN) COLLECTION IN THE NATAL MUSUEM

1998

FOOT

5. BADEJO, P.A. (M.A.)

BORI SPIRIT POSSESSION RELIGION AS A DANCE EVENT

1980

6. BETHEL, E.C (M.A)

MUSIC IN THE BAHAMAS: ITS ROOTS, DEVELOPMENT AND PERSONALITY

1978

7. BRAIDE, A.D.

KAZABARI DANCE AS FOLKLORE AND ORAL TRADITION

1987

8. BUEL, Timothy

ASPECTS OF TONALITY IN BARTOK, STRANSVINKY  AND BRITTEN

9. CALLINS J.M.

THE BIRMINGHAM JAZZ COMMUNITY: THE ROLE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRO-AMERICCANS (UP TO 1940)

1982

10. CHIGOZIE, E.C.

IRRURA NMO FESTIVAL MUSIC OF UWUNEDE

1987

11. CHINOURIRI, B.

A COMPARATIVE STYLISTIC STUDY OF NYUNGA MBIRA OF ZIMBABWE AND THE SEPREWA OF THE AKAN OF GHANA

1998

12. COOK, P.R

THE GAUDA ‘NDERE’

1970

13. DENDINGER, R.A.

MOVEMENT AND DANCE IN GHANA: A MODEL FOR MOVEMENT THERAPY

1980

14. DOR, G.W.K

TRENDS AND STYLISTIC TRAITS IN ART COMPOSITION  OF E.AMU, N.Z.NAYO AND J.H.K.NKETIA:ATHEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE

1992

15. FLORA, R.W.

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SELECTED DOUBLE AEROPHONES FROM ASIA

1969

16. HARTIGAN,R.J

THE DRUM:CONCEPTS OF TIME AND NO TIME-FROM AFRICAN,LATIN AMERICAN,AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN ORIGINS.(PARTS I-III)

1983

MA/M-PHIL

17. HOWARD, Jordan

A STUDY OF THE IMAGE OF ESU-ELEGBA USING THE ORAL LITERATURE

18. HILL, R.T. (M.A)

POSSESSION-TRANCE AND THE MUSIC OF THE BLEKPE CULT OF SOUTHEAST GHANA

1981

19. KACHILIS, J.A.

STUDIES IN EWE MUSIC

1994

20. KAVYU, D.N.

DRUM MUSIC OF THE AKAMBA

1982

21. KAZADI, P.C. (MA)

GAME SONGS OF THE LUBA-SHANKADI CHILDREN

1971

22. KNIGHT, R.C. (MA)

AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF MUSIC FOR THE KORA: A WEST AFRICAN HARP LUTE

1968

23. LOZA, J.S. (M.A)

MUSIC AND THE AFRO-CUBAN EXPEREINCE A SURVEY OF THE YORUBA TRADITION IN CUBA IN RELATION TO THE ORIGINS, FORMS AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONTEMPORARY AFRO-CUBAN RHYTHMS

1979

24. MAPOMA M. (M.A)

INGOMBA: THE ROYAL MUSICISIANS OF THE BEMBE PEOPLE OF LAPULA PROVINCE IN ZAMBIA

25. MERRIL-MIRSKY, C.

JUDEO-SPANISH SONG FROM THE ISLAND OF RHODES MUSICAL TRADITION IN LOS ANGELES

1984

26. MOKWUNYEI, J.N.

THE TRADITIONAL MUSICAL FORMS OF THE ANIOCHA IGBO OF BENDEL STATE, NIGERIA

1986

27. MUTERE, M.E. (M.A)

THE MUSIC OF KENYA: A SURVEY BASED ON BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES

1983

28. NATTIEZ, J. (M.A)

PAPERS ON MUSICAL SEMOTICS (1971-1977)

1980

29. NDOMONDO M.B

THE IMPART OF MIGRATION ON TRADITIONAL MUSICAL PERFORMANCE OF THE WAMAKONDE IN MTWARA REGION.

2000

30. RACY, A.J. (M.A)

FUNERAL SONGS OF TE DRUZES OF LEBANON

1967

31.  RUZVIDZO, Robson

THE ROLE OF MUSIC IN THE FOLKTALES OF THE MHONDORO-ZEZURU PEOPLE OF ZIMBABWE

1997

32. WANG, Ying-fen (M.A)

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF NANGUAN VOCAL MUSIC: A CASE STUDY OF IDENTITY AND VARIANCE

1986

33. WARNOCK, P.W. (M.A)

TRENDS IN AFRICAN CHURCH MUSIC: A HISTORICAL REVIEW

1983

34. WRIGHT, M.R.

POLYPHONIC STRATIFICATION IN TRADITIONAL THAI INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

1968

BA /B.MUS

NAME

TITLE

YEAR

 

1. ADOM, C.K.

AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE MUSIC OF AGBO, AN EWE TRADITIONAL MUSCIAL TYPE FROM GBI ATABU, VOLTA REGION

1992

2. AGORDOH, A.A.

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SELECTED WORKS OF TWO GHANAIAN CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS:  1. E. AMU- THE TEACHER

2. N.Z. NAYO- THE PUPIL

3. AMLOR, M.Q

AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF ATIAZA: A TRADITIONAL MUSICAL TYPE OF NORTHERN-EWES FROM ALAVANYO IN THE VOLTA REGION

(CASE STUDY)

4. COMMEY EMELIA

HISTORICAL EVIDENCE IN THE GA HOMOWO FESTIVAL:  A CASE OF THE GA MASHI HOMOWO FESTIVAL

5. KOKAWOLE, A.E.

IKOH MUSICAL PERFORMANCE IN OKPE COMMUNITY, BENDEL STATE NIGERIA

1983

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