The book is oriented toward the creative activities of the individual composers in the Akan society who make profound contributions through their compositions to sustain the music tradition. It is premised on the fact that they also, like all other creative individuals, have the natural capacity to effect changes in their environments. It thus examines how these musicians who, although they work within the constraints imposed by the artistic parameters of their culture, are able to generate and add new ideas into the existing musical elements. It therefore outlines several factors that underpin the present-day concept of African Music, such as, for example, the rise of new distinctions in the musical practices, and how such distinctions have become parts of the characteristics of the entire "way of life" of modern Africa. It thus shows that, apart from the traditional social contexts which African music may have adopted, there has also arisen new social contexts peculiar to the modern life of the communities, which have provided further outlets for composing and performing the African music.

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