Kofi agawu biography
Kofi agawu biography
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V. Kofi Agawu
Ghanaian-born American musicologist and theorist (born 1956)
Professor Kofi Agawu | |
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| Born | (1956-09-28) September 28, 1956 (age 68) Ghana |
| Occupation | Professor of Music |
| Title | Distinguished Professor |
| Awards | Guggenheim 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) |
| Discipline | Musicologist and music theorist |
| Institutions | Graduate Center, CUNY |
| Main interests | Music analysis, musical semiotics, African music, postcolonial theory |
| Notable works | The 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) |
Victor Kofi Agawu (born 28 Sept