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Invitation to 2018 UG @ 70 Public Lecture – Department of Information Studies

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION STUDIES

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

UG @ 70

INVITATION TO PUBLIC LECTURE

The Department of Information Studies invites the University community to a public lecture as part of activities to mark the 70th Anniversary celebrations of the University of Ghana.

Date  :        Friday 8 June, 2018

Time :        4.00 p.m.

Venue:        Department of Economics Conference Facility

 

Theme: Archives and the Public Good – 70 Years of University of Ghana’s Contribution to Unifying Ghanaian Cultures: The J.H. Kwabena Nketia Archives in Perspective

 

Speaker: Mrs. Judith Opoku-Boateng, Archivist, Institute of African Studies

 

National independence in many African countries has been followed by a cultural self-assessment. Many African heritage institutions as well as some institutions of learning, therefore, started undertaking research and documentation of their cultural traditions in the wake of and after independence.  The initiative taken by the University of Ghana to record, preserve, promote and disseminate knowledge of traditional music and related arts, is a remarkable achievement of the twentieth century.  Four years into the establishment of the University of Ghana (UG), the idea of unifying the nation through collecting and archiving Ghanaian musical resources was conceived by young Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia, a research fellow in African Studies at the Sociology Department of the University. Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia embraced this initiative and generously supported the young Nketia with the necessary resources. The unique collection hosted by the Archives has brought new challenges and insights, not only to the music public, but also to scholars, researchers, educators and record managers in Ghana and beyond.

 

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