J. H. Kwabena Nketia

J. H. Kwabena Nketia
FGA GM MSG
J. H. Kwabena Nketia FGA GM MSG
	Nketia in 2015
Born	Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia; 22 June 1921; Mampong, Gold Coast
Died	13 March 2019 (aged 97); Accra, Ghana
Children	Akosua Adoma Perbi
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", with more than 200 publications and 80 musical compositions to his credit.

J. H. Kwabena Nketia FGA GM MSG
Nketia in 2015
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
Children	Akosua Adoma Perbi

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)