"'Gi Dunu,' 'Nyekpadudo,' and the Study of West African Rhythm"

Authors

V. Kofi Agawu, CUNY Graduate CenterFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Winter 1986

Abstract

Rhythm has remained the focus of much study of West African music since the pioneering studies of Ward (1927), Hornbostel (1928), Waterman (1948), Brandel (1951), Cudjoe (1953), Merriam (1959), and Jones (1959).

Comments

This article was originally published in Ethnomusicology, available at https://doi.org/10.2307/851830