Kofi Agawu

2.5k citations
49 papers · 713 indexed · h-index 13
Topics
Musicology and Musical Analysis (26 papers)Diverse Musicological Studies (24 papers)Music History and Culture (21 papers)
Partner nations
United States

In The Last Decade

Kofi Agawu

39 papers receiving 449 citations

Peers

Kofi Agawu
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  • Music 501
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 151
  • Sociology and Political Science 106
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 104
  • Anthropology 81
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Fields of papers citing papers by Kofi Agawu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kofi Agawu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kofi Agawu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kofi Agawu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kofi Agawu. Kofi Agawu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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To cite or not to cite?: confronting the legacy of (european) writing on african music.
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The Communal Ethos in African Performance: ritual, narrative and music among the Northern Ewe
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The landscape of African music
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About Kofi Agawu

Kofi Agawu is a scholar working on Music, Anthropology and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, having authored 49 papers that have together received 713 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Musicology and Musical Analysis (26 papers), Diverse Musicological Studies (24 papers) and Music History and Culture (21 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Music (501 citations), Anthropology (81 citations) and Cognitive Neuroscience (151 citations). Kofi Agawu has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include Richard M. Shain, Jonathan P. J. Stock, Jenefer Robinson, Jonathan Berger, David Locke, Bernhard Meyer, D Thomas, Richard Krämer, Henry Stobart and Julian Horton. Their work appears in journals such as The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Critical Inquiry and Africa.

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