Finding the beat in African Music on Africa Day – Rhodes University

On Africa Day (25 May), Rhodes University’s Department of Music and Musicology hosted Professor Kofi Agawu, Distinguished Professor at The Graduate Center, City University of New York and Adjunct Professor in the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon.

Born in Ghana, Agawu is one of the world’s leading musicologists and a pioneer in the field of African musicology. He studied composition and music analysis in the United Kingdom and…