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Jean Kidula
Assistant Professor
447 Music Building
(706) 542-2791
jkidula@uga.edu

Education: Ph.D. - University of California, Los Angeles

Current Research Interests: African Music, Ritual and religions music, Popular music, African perspectives on Aesthetics of music, Music in the African Academy

Courses Taught: Music Cultures of the World: The Western Hemisphere, Topics in World Music Cultures, and African American Music

Selected Publications:

“Polishing the Luster of the Stars: Music Professionalism Made Workable in Kenya”.Ethnomusicology, 44 (3), pp. 408-428.

2000:“The Impact of the Christian Music Industry in Shaping Theological and Musical Trends in Kenya”. Worship Leader, 43 (1), pp. 4-11.

Regional Interests: East Africa [Kenya], Southern Africa, Central Africa

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