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The impact of rural-urban migration on a village music culture: some implications for applied ethnomusicology

Year: 1992

Type: article

Abstract: Rural-urban migration, which is becoming a unique phenomenon in developing countries, constitutes a special challenge in ethnomusicology. Consequently materials, methods, and theory building in ethnomusicology are now being forced to "face the music" in urban areas. It is therefore my purpose to provide a detailed aspect of how rural-urban migration affects musical practice in a particular village in Ghana; and, second, to address specific problems derived from the village situation; and, finally, to explore how a more favourable situation could be created through the implementation of a suggested program of action from the perspective of applied ethnomusicology.

Source: African Music Journal of the International Library of African Music

DOI: 10.21504/amj.v7i2.1943

Author: Daniel K. Avorgbedor

Institution: University of Ghana

Language: English

Topic: Diverse Musicological Studies

Subfield: Music

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Northwestern University, University of Oxford, University of Glasgow

OpenAlex ID: W200997135

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Cites: 5

Cited by: 8

Related to: 10