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Spirit possession among the Mijikenda
(Kenya Museum Society, 1989)The Mijikendal believe that illness results from possession by malevolent spirits. Pepo za mwiri, a "spirit of the body", manifests itself in various ailments such as malaria, whooping cough, arthritis and smallpox. Bodily ... -
Expressing Power and Status through Aesthetics in Mijikenda Society
(Taylor & Francis, Ltd., 1998-06)This article pinpoints the dynamic interaction of aesthetics, power and status in 'traditional' society. The article adopts the functionalist approach as being the most appropriate in understanding the multi-functionality ... -
A Conceptual Framework for Research in Music and Music Education Within a Cultural Context
(University of Ilinois Press, 2000)Music education in Kenya has been, and continues to be conducted along Western theories which fall short of defining music as experienced within traditional African cultures (New, ¡980; Omondi, 1980; Kwami, 1989; Akuno, ... -
Mila: exploring music education instructional promise of selected Kenyan folk songs
(Kenyatta University, 2007)Teaching Music with a Multicultural Approach has received significant scholarly attention as contemporary society seeks increased diversity avenues. Invariably multicultural instructional material is drawn from folksongs ... -
Synchronising pedagogy and musical experiences in early childhood: addressing challenges in preschool music education in Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2009-08)This paper examines pedagogy in early childhood music education and the resultant learning experiences in music for children in Kenyan preschools. Two important principles proposed for the synchronisation of teaching and ... -
Music and meaning: Some reflections through personal compositions
(Taylor & Francis, 2010-08)On 31 May 2007, with the cooperation of musicians from Kenyatta University1 and Goethe-Institute; (German cultural centre) in Nairobi, I had the privileged opportunity to share several premiere compositions with the ... -
Innovation: A measure for the control of cultural changes in the survival for the Luo thum traditions
(Academic Journals, 2011)Thum is amorphous because it has broadened its corpus to include not only the Luo lyre, but also the fiddle, accordion and guitar musics unlike what was before the coming of Europeans. The introduction of the acquired ... -
Tero Buru: The Luo Musical Extravaganza and a Rite in a Rite
(Academic Journals, 2011-05-14)Tero Buru was one of the Luo rites of passage performed at the funerals of adult members of the community. As a funeral rite, it was performed as the last rite before the body of the deceased is washed and taken to the ... -
The aesthetics of children’s theatre: appreciating and maximizing on the psycho-social potentials for social and economic advancement
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The aesthetics of children’s theatre: Appreciating and maximizing on the psycho-social potentials for social and economic advancement
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Musical Contexts as Bridge - builders in Early Childhood Music Education in Kenya
(Min - Ad : Israel Studies in Musicology Online, 2012)The article presents information on the integration of music education in early childhood education in Kenya. It is stated that considerable progress has been made in the nationalization of early childhood music education; ... -
Healing Dances: A Case Study of the Luo Juogi and the Dawida Mwazindika Dances
(International Journal of Business and Social Science Vol. 3 No. 2 [Special Issue – January 2012], 2012-01)During miend juogi and mwazindika dance ceremonies, the dancers dramatize the activities of the healing process. To perform the act of cleansing the possessed, and the cleanser move to the possessed, and pours water on the ... -
Indigenous Kenyan Music and Social Wellbeing: the Contribution of Arts Education towards a Healthy Society
(2013)The discourse surrounding the term wellbeing is broad and wide since it encompasses a range of conditions by which a person's healthy state of being may be defined. These conditions include: inter alia, health, safety, ... -
Creativity and Aesthetics: A Case of Women's Beaded Ornaments in the Kenyan Coast
(2013)Available literature on traditional African Art virtually ignores women's creative and aesthetic sensibilities in artistic production. When women's traditional African art is mentioned, focus is made within the crafts, ... -
From Firesides to the Modern Lounge: A Critical Appraisal of Film and Television Fairytales in Kenya
(School of Visual and Performing Arts Kenyatta University, 2013)Vladimir Propp, in 1928, published a groundbreaking text; Morphology of the Folktale, in which he outlined and defined the characteristics and morphology of fairytales. His work not only changed the study of folklore but ... -
Creativity and Interdisciplinary Linkages: the Visual and Performing Arts and Other Disciplines
(2013)Creativity has been linked to various contexts and meanings in the cultural, political, economic, religious, and educational milieu. Though most of the early writers attributed the concept of creativity to the arts such ...
