Abstract: This research paper discusses the difference between Ethnomusicology and African Musicology with reference to the work of Professor Geoff Mapaya. The importance of culture and identity within music and the cultural differences one explore through music within a South African context with the views shared within a Western Perspective. The objective of this paper is to clearly underpin the two separate entities and to enlighten future researchers how to differentiate between the two, giving rise to a new era for music scholars to explore, research and elaborate. It is a discourse of African Musicology and Culture within a South African Context.
Keywords: Culture, Ethnomusicology, Musicology, Western Perspectives.
Title: Understanding Ethnomusicology within a South African Context – A discourse of African Musicology and Culture
Author: Mario Maxwell Müller
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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