The impact of rural-urban migration on a village music culture: some implications for applied ethnomusicology

  • Avorgbedor D
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Abstract

Rural-urban migration, which is becoming a unique phenomenon in developing countries, constitutes a special challenge in ethnomusicology. Consequently materials, methods, and theory building in ethnomusicology are now being forced to "face the music" in urban areas. It is therefore my purpose to provide a detailed aspect of how rural-urban migration affects musical practice in a particular village in Ghana; and, second, to address specific problems derived from the village situation; and, finally, to explore how a more favourable situation could be created through the implementation of a suggested program of action from the perspective of applied ethnomusicology.

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Avorgbedor, D. K. (1992). The impact of rural-urban migration on a village music culture: some implications for applied ethnomusicology. African Music : Journal of the International Library of African Music, 7(2), 45–57. https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v7i2.1943

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