Abstract This study discusses the music of the Samia by articulating its principles and practices. It highlights Samia views on music making, concept of music, dance, choice of performance and song texts in the community. ...

In the Republic of Kenya, song is widely used to enhance the whole curriculum in lower primary classes. Song is used especially to aid recall and therefore teachers adapt tunes that children already know, inserting relevant ...

Events of socio-cultural significance are marked and hon oured by society in different ways. The activities that celebrate these events ar e often multidimensional. In most cases, they involve ...

This article builds on enquiry aimed to discover Kenyan music teachers’ perceptions and expectations of their role; their view of the training they received; head teachers’ perceptions and expectations of the role of the ...

Music education in Kenya has been, and continues to be conducted along Western theories which fall short of defining music as experienced within traditional African cultures (New, 1980; Omondi, 1980; Kwami, 1989; Akuno, ...