Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Joseph_Hanson_Kwabena_Nketia

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Ghana_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences gptkb:Ghana_Book_Award gptkb:Order_of_the_Volta
gptkbp:birthDate	1921-06-22
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Mampong,_Gold_Coast
gptkbp:children	gptkb:Kwabena_Nketia_Jr.
gptkbp:deathDate	2019-03-13
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Legon,_Ghana
gptkbp:education	gptkb:Achimota_College gptkb:Presbyterian_Training_College,_Akropong gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh gptkb:University_of_London gptkb:Trinity_College_of_Music,_London
gptkbp:fieldOfWork	linguistics musical composition African studies musicology
gptkbp:genre	gptkb:choral_music contemporary classical music African traditional music
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia
gptkbp:influenced	African music scholarship ethnomusicology worldwide
gptkbp:knownFor	African musicology composition of choral and instrumental music research on African music
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Akan English Twi
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Ghana_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality	Ghanaian
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:African_Pianism gptkb:Drumming_in_Akan_Communities_of_Ghana gptkb:The_Music_of_Africa
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:academic composer musicologist
gptkbp:positionHeld	gptkb:Director,_Institute_of_African_Studies,_University_of_Ghana
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Eunice_Nketia
gptkbp:studentOf	J. H. Kwabena Nketia's students include many African musicologists
gptkbp:workInstitution	gptkb:University_of_Ghana
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Accra,_Ghana gptkb:Ghanaians
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5