Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Ghanaian Musicologist, Willie O. Anku, makes his transition to the Ancestors.


Posted by the ghetto intellectual 2/10/2010

Axé!


A Giant in African Music Falls


On January 31, 2010, Dr. Anku was in a serious car accident. No doubt he would have contributed many more years of brilliant scholarship to the study of African music. Willie Anku died on Monday, February 1, 2010. I mourn his loss, even as I know the lasting legacy he left for the next generation of African music analysts. Willie, you will be missed.

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