[ad_1]
General News of Saturday, May 4, 2019
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
2019-05-04
play the videoPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo paid her last tribute to the ethnomusicologist and Professor Emeritus J. H. Nketia with a tribute full of admiration and respect for the latter.
According to President Akufo-Addo, there are no more adjectives "describing this Ghanaian nobleman".
In his tribute to Professor JH Nketia, President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo said that the music field of the latter was world-renowned, adding that his conception and interpretation of time and rhythmic patterns in Ghanaian music, as well as in other African traditional music, had become the norm. music researchers from around the world.
He also said that the success of Professor Nketia's life is a "salutary message for young people, that heaven is the limit for those who want to work hard, because the experiences of her life underscore the importance crucial to education. "
"For me, I am convinced that, if we apply Professor Nketia's work to reclaim the past, to nurture the present and seize the future, we will be more encouraged to build a modern and democratic nation based on democracy. . fairness, respect, self-esteem and inclusion. We will then build a new Ghanaian civilization, a Ghana Beyond Aid, which will witness a new flourishing of Ghanaian art and culture, "continued the president.
Akufo-Addo expressed his thanks to the late Emeritus for the warmth of the welcome and the wise advice that he shared with him.
Source link
