Mellitus Wanyama

Moi University · MUSIC

In many countries especially in Europe, a new demand has emerged in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) that they should provide empirical evidence regarding the professional relevance of their study programs. Africa is following suit. The experiences and knowledge gained in Graduate Tracer Studies (GTS) including Methodology, Interpretation of Fi...

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Cultural dynamism and globalization have adversely affected the context, performance and structure of African music and dance. Therefore, research on African music and dance today calls for refocusing of methodology and related ethical issues in order to realise convincing and meaningful findings. This paper explores the role of research in the sus...

This book enters into the many worlds of expression brought forth across Africa by the ravaging presence of HIV/AIDS. Africans and non-Africans, physicians and social scientists, journalists and documentarians share here a common and essential interest in understanding creative expression in crushing and uncertain times. Chapters investigate and en...

The Kamabeka dance, performed by the Bukusu people of western Kenya, is associated with the music played on the litungu. This article argues that while cognisance is taken of the inevitability of cultural dynamism and change in any human socio-cultural setting, it is the duty and expectation of music educators to contribute to the process of puttin...

In Kenya the copyright law is clearly stated in terms of its definition and penalties pertaining to its infringement in part or whole. However, due to the high rate of globalisation and electronic production Kenya is faced with the big challenge of enforcing the music copyright law, as expected. This article endeavours to bring to the fore the main...

Music making and performance are the main venues and avenues used to impart knowledge to learners in nursery and lower primary classes in Kenya. On its inception in 1984, the 8:4:4 system advocated for the implementation of a curriculum in which music was a compulsory and examinable subject at the primary school level, and an elective but examinabl...