| Abstract: | In Africa musical knowledge is valued as cultural knowledge, that is, knowledge that enables one to participate in the international processes occasioned by music by virtue of one's membership in a social group. Although the outcome of the cultural approach to music education is manifold, two of these concern African countries most: the generation of cultural awareness, and the assertion of cultural identity. Accordingly in Africa education is interpreted in a very broad sense and applied widely to programmes that seek to make the general public potentially aware of their culture, and those that concern the upbringing of the young. The methods of the former are revivalist in nature and scope, while those of the latter are pedagogical. Sections: The revivalist approach - The pedagogical approach - Music as a dimension of life - Music and general knowledge - Music as learned behavior - Aesthetic evaluation - Cultural perspectives - Conclusion. Notes. |
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