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V. Kofi Agawu

Ghanaian-born American musicologist and theorist (born 1956)

Professor

Kofi Agawu

Born (1956-09-28) September 28, 1956 (age 68)

Ghana

OccupationProfessor of Music
TitleDistinguished Professor
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship, the Dent Medal, the Frank Llewellyn Harrison Medal, the Howard T.

Behrman Award from Princeton University, and honorary degrees from Stellenbosch University (2017) and Bard College (2019)

DisciplineMusicologist and music theorist
InstitutionsGraduate Center, CUNY
Main interestsMusic analysis, musical semiotics, African music, postcolonial theory
Notable worksThe African Imagination in Music (2016), Music as Discourse: Semiotic Adventures in Romantic Music (2009), Representing African Music: Postcolonial Notes, Queries, Positions (2003), African Rhythm: A Northern Ewe Perspective (1995), Playing with Signs: A Semiotic Interpretation of Classic Music (1991)

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