Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa
Journal / Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa / Vol. 15 (2018) / Articles

Editorial: African music research and the new empiricism

A historical review of the evolution of music education in Nigeria until the end of the twentieth century

1-18

Leveraging poetry on the airwaves: appropriating linguistic creativity in Nigerian hip hop lyrics

19-40

Popularising comic opera in Cape Town: the 1887 season of the Searelle Opera Company

41-58

Indigenous categorisation of the Kãa musical heritage in Burkina Faso: a set of repertoires?

59-91

Performing ethnicity in Nollywood film music: the power of texted music

93-109

The act of listening is the art of giving voice: on Andile Khumalo’s Tracing Hollow traces for solo clarinet

111-117

Audiation, aural training and the visually impaired pianist in South Africa

119-130

Meki Emeka Nzewi at 80: a commemorative interview

131-136

Remembering Mitchel Strumpf (1943–2018)

137-139

Book Review: Listening for Africa: Freedom, Modernity, and the Logic of Black Music’s African Origins

141-142

Reviews: Software

143-147

Book Review: On Record: Popular Afrikaans Music & Society

149-151

The second symposium of the ICTM Study Group of African Musics: selected highlights

153-161