J. H. Kwabena Nketia

J. H. Kwabena Nketia
FGA GM MSG
J. H. Kwabena Nketia FGA GM MSG
Born	Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia; 22 June 1921; Mampong, Gold Coast
Died	13 March 2019 (aged 97); Accra, Ghana
Academic background
Education	Presbyterian Training College, Akropong
Alma mater	SOAS University of London; Trinity College of Music; Birkbeck, University of London;
Academic work
Discipline	African music
Institutions	University of Ghana; UCLA; University of Pittsburgh;
Notable works	Music of Africa (1974)

Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia FGA GM MSG (22 June 1921 – 13 March 2019) was a Ghanaian ethnomusicologist and composer. Considered Africa's premier musicologist, during his lifetime, he was called a "living legend" and "easily the most published and best known authority on African music and aesthetics in the world",^[1] with more than 200 publications and 80 musical compositions to his credit.^[2]

^ Nanabanyin Dadson (Daily Graphic), "J. H. Kwabena Nketia - Portrait Of A Young Man At 90" Archived 19 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Modern Ghana, 23 June 2011.
^ Timothy Ngnenbe, "Professor Kwabena Nketia celebrated" Archived 17 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Graphic Online, 28 June 2016.

[1] Nanabanyin Dadson (Daily Graphic), "J. H. Kwabena Nketia - Portrait Of A Young Man At 90" Archived 19 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Modern Ghana, 23 June 2011.

[2] Timothy Ngnenbe, "Professor Kwabena Nketia celebrated" Archived 17 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Graphic Online, 28 June 2016.

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J. H. Kwabena Nketia FGA GM MSG
Born	Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia (1921-06-22)22 June 1921 Mampong, Gold Coast
Died	13 March 2019(2019-03-13) (aged 97) Accra, Ghana

Academic background
Education	Presbyterian Training College, Akropong
Alma mater	SOAS University of London Trinity College of Music Birkbeck, University of London
Academic work
Discipline	African music
Institutions	University of Ghana UCLA University of Pittsburgh
Notable works	Music of Africa (1974)