Kwabena nketia biography of abraham

Biography

JH Nketia is one of the world's most respected authorities on African music. Born in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, he has schooled in prestigeous institutions throughout the world, from the University of London, Birkbeck College, the Trinity School of Music and the famous Julliard School, where he studied musicology and composition.

He was a professor of music at UCLA and the University of Pittsburgh, and has lectured at Harvard University, Stanford, and the China Conservatory of Music in Beijing. He is also an emeritus professor at the University of Ghana.

His concept and interpretation of African rhythm has been influential in academia and performance around the world. His innovation of 6/8 time (as opposed to his mentor, Ephraim Amu's duple time with triplets) is widely used today by scholars to transcribe African music, whereas composers active in the country almost exclusively write in this time signa