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Ethnodoxological Reflection on the Choral Arrangement ‘Zamina Mina Yeako Aba’: The Arranger’s Perspective 对合唱编曲《Zamina Mina Yeako Aba》的民族正统学反思：编曲人的视角

E-Journal of Music Research Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.38159/ejomur.2024421

G. Essilfie

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The Historical Developments of Musical Styles and their Functions in the Liturgy of the Methodist Church Ghana 音乐风格的历史发展及其在加纳卫理公会礼仪中的作用

E-Journal of Music Research Pub Date : 2024-02-23 DOI: 10.38159/ejomur.2024411

John Kofi Brewu, S. Kquofi, D. Adom, J. Amuah, E. Asante, John Opuni Amankwa

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Contesting the Concept of Timeline in African Traditional Music-Dance: Perspectives from Ghana 非洲传统音乐舞蹈中时间轴概念的争论:来自加纳的视角

E-Journal of Music Research Pub Date : 2023-07-28 DOI: 10.38159/ejomur.2023321

Alfred Patrick Addaquay

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Kwesi Gyan: A Cross-Cultural Artistic Impression on Apatampa Musical Resources 奎西·吉安:阿帕坦帕音乐资源的跨文化艺术印象

E-Journal of Music Research Pub Date : 2023-07-28 DOI: 10.38159/ejomur.2023322

Nana Amowee Dawson

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The Use of Cymatics: Changing Face of Music Teaching and Learning in Ghanaian Schools Cymatics的使用:改变加纳学校音乐教学的面貌

E-Journal of Music Research Pub Date : 2023-01-12 DOI: 10.38159/ejomur.2023311

Ernest Francis Amparbin, Eric Debrah-Otchere

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Music as a Tool for Shaping the Growing Individual: A Review 音乐作为塑造个体成长的工具:综述

E-Journal of Music Research Pub Date : 2021-02-17 DOI: 10.38159/EJOMUR.2021221

Ernest Francis Amparbin Mr

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Beyond Telling the Mind’s Story and Minding the Story: Tracing Asonogun Music Ancestry in Esan, Edo State, Nigeria 超越讲述心灵的故事和关注故事:追踪尼日利亚埃多州埃桑的Asonogun音乐祖先

E-Journal of Music Research Pub Date : 2021-01-14 DOI: 10.38159/EJOMUR.2021212

Charles Onomudo Aluede

{"title":"Beyond Telling the Mind’s Story and Minding the Story: Tracing Asonogun Music Ancestry in Esan, Edo State, Nigeria","authors":"Charles Onomudo Aluede","doi":"10.38159/EJOMUR.2021212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.38159/EJOMUR.2021212","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines the evolutionary tendencies - the origin of Asonogun music genre of the Esan. This has become necessary in the light of earlier efforts which appear to be speculative. The focus of this present study is not to determine the age of this musical practice but to clear the seeming ambiguities peddled by previous researchers who believe that it is a spinoff of the music used in the worship of the god of iron in Esan. Of the thirty-five kingdoms in Esan, data was drawn from twenty towns that were adjudged to be still consistent in the performance of this music. Five major musical ensembles were later further investigated, one each from the five local government areas in eliciting data for this study. The study revealed that Asonogun is simply a recreational type of music and dance performed by both male and female participants whose origin has nothing to do with the worship of the god of iron. The study arrived at key conclusions that in this current era of globalisation, it is paramount that in-depth research is conducted before making public any findings because christening a social/ recreational musical genre fetish could generate apathy for the genre. This in turn could restrict audience participation and lead to the annihilation of the musical practice.. \u0000\u0000Keywords: Asonogun, Igbabonelimin, Igbaboasono, Ikhien","PeriodicalId":368173,"journal":{"name":"E-Journal of Music Research","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127936299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Exploring the Theology of Selected Hymns: Towards an African Christian Theology of Mission 探索圣诗选集的神学:走向非洲基督教的使命神学

E-Journal of Music Research Pub Date : 2021-01-13 DOI: 10.38159/EJOMUR.2021211

I. Boaheng

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African Christian View on Morality of Abortion 非洲基督教对堕胎的道德观

E-Journal of Music Research Pub Date : 2020-11-03 DOI: 10.38159/erats.2020111

R. Macaulay

{"title":"African Christian View on Morality of Abortion","authors":"R. Macaulay","doi":"10.38159/erats.2020111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.38159/erats.2020111","url":null,"abstract":"There are several medical, ethical, theological, and personal sensitive questions on abortion – a developing phenomenon across all racial groups. Admittedly, the debates over its morality and verdicts are complex. Notwithstanding the complexity and the numerous sensitive questions surrounding its morality, it has been observed that some women practice abortion regardless of their religious and cultural affiliations. Perhaps, there must have been a gap which may have been serving as grounds for the practice of abortion among women without considering the rights of the foetus. This study seeks to find out the rightness or wrongness of the phenomenon, viewed from African Christian perspective. The study blends ethical and theological methods and a qualitative technique in the analysis. The findings are that even though women have the rights to commit abortion, regardless of the rights of the foetus, they should exercise those rights and make the choice before conception, and not after. This is because once they conceive, the child has independent rights both before and after birth. The study recommends that pregnant women should not take it upon themselves to end the lives of the unborn. Those who are seeking abortion are to be encouraged to consider other options such as giving birth and giving out the babies for adoption. This work fills the gap between African Christian and secular views on the morality of abortion. \u0000\u0000Keywords: foetus, abortion, morality, murder.","PeriodicalId":368173,"journal":{"name":"E-Journal of Music Research","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115289863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Remdel Music and Video Mart in the Production and Management of Music and Musicians in Nigeria Remdel音乐和视频市场在尼日利亚音乐和音乐家的制作和管理

E-Journal of Music Research Pub Date : 2020-07-30 DOI: 10.38159/ejomur.2020071

Timothy Toluwatope Famakinde

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