Theory of African Music - MHS3712 |
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| Under Graduate Degree | Semester module | NQF level: 7 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English | Module presented online | ||
| Pre-requisite: MHS2612 | |||
| Purpose: Qualifying students will engage in advanced debates on African musicology, the history of African music and the archive, music in social life, music and language, and structural principles of African music. Students will study tonal, rhythmic, and linguistic components of African musical structures, and learn to analyse and critique these features in selected genres from across the continent. | |||