Mila: exploring music education instructional promise of selected Kenyan folk songs
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2007
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Njoora, T.K.
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
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 and material from world communities,
which traditionally have received periphery instructional attention. This article examines
the instructional opportunity presented in the rich cultural heritage of Kenyan folk songs
in response to current music education trends. Choksy (1999) argues that one of the basic
ingredients of Kodaly's (a Hungarian music educator, composer, 1882 -1967) method
advocates for singing as the basis for music instruction, specifically the use of folk and art
music. That since folk songs build on native speaking ability and therefore appropriate for
early instruction. As the dawn of twenty-first century begins, the effects of global economy,
world politics, technological advances, supersonic travel, media developments have turned
the world into a seemingly global village. Nevertheless, the place and role of traditional
music of various people of the world remain crucial to help us understand our roots and
social identity. These are important links not onlyfor music education but also inforging the
way for future social cohesion and solidarity
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Chemchemi Vol 4: No.2, 2007