Browsing RP-Department of Music and Dance by Title
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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 ... -
More than Just Good Feelings: Advocacy for Music among Mainstream Subjects
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)In many world cultures music plays a central role in life’s activities (from birth to death) of the communities and in some instances it is said to be inseparable from daily activities. In Kenya these attributes of music ... -
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 ... -
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; ... -
The Nzaiko of the Akamba: Music and Gender Identity Construction in the Community
(International Journal of Innovative Research and Knowledge, 2018-02)One is born male or female (biological gender) but is exposed to social dictates to perform the roles expected of him or her in that society (Kameli, 2011). Gender identity is ones private sense of being a man or a woman, ... -
Popular Music and Identity Formation among Kenyan Youth
(Taylor \& Francis, 2016)The role of music in the formation and shaping of identity cannot be gainsaid since music represents an important cultural sphere where identities are affirmed, challenged, torn apart and reconstructed. Many young people ... -
The Significance of Stylistic Evolution of Kamabeka on the Bukusu Culture from 1945 to 2015
(International Journal of Science Arts and Commerce, 2018-02)Technological, economic, social, religious, political and educational agencies have strongly impacted on the Babukusu lives and their music in particular. Their performances of kamabeka have shifted in time, venue and ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Tools for Assessment and Evaluation of Vocal Music among Selected Universities in Kenya
(African Musicology Online, 2019)Vocal music performance occupies a dominant position in Kenya’s musical landscape yet academic study has raised numerous debates concerning its assessment and evaluation. It has been realized that performance in the arts ...
