Five College African Studies : Olabode Omojola

Olabode Omojola

Five College Assistant Professor

Department of Music
Mount Holyoke College

Office: 213 Pratt Hall
Telephone: (413) 532-0595
E-mail: bomojola@mtholyoke.edu
Web: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/misc/profile/10754.shtml, http://www.fivecolleges.edu/sites/ethnomusicology/faculty/
https://cms.amherst.edu/people/facstaff/oomojola

Degree: Ph.D., University of Leicester, England

Research Interests: Omojola’s research focuses on African music, with emphasis on Nigerian and Yoruba traditions. His work has explored indigenous and modern musical traditions, and addressed themes like performance practices; music and identity; music and politics; and intercultural aesthetics.

Courses include: Introduction to the Music of Africa; Master Musicians of Africa; African Popular Music; World Music.

Publications: co-edited (with George Dor of the University of Mississippi) Multiple Interpretations of Dynamics of Creativity and Knowledge in African Music Traditions-A Festschrift in Honor of Akin Euba, which was published by MRI Press in 2005.

Languages: Yoruba and English.

Geographic focus: West Africa; Nigeria.

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	Olabode Omojola Five College Assistant Professor Department of Music Mount Holyoke College Office: 213 Pratt Hall Telephone: (413) 532-0595 E-mail: bomojola@mtholyoke.edu Web: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/misc/profile/10754.shtml, http://www.fivecolleges.edu/sites/ethnomusicology/faculty/ https://cms.amherst.edu/people/facstaff/oomojola Degree: Ph.D., University of Leicester, England Research Interests: Omojola’s research focuses on African music, with emphasis on Nigerian and Yoruba traditions. His work has explored indigenous and modern musical traditions, and addressed themes like performance practices; music and identity; music and politics; and intercultural aesthetics. Courses include: Introduction to the Music of Africa; Master Musicians of Africa; African Popular Music; World Music. Publications: co-edited (with George Dor of the University of Mississippi) Multiple Interpretations of Dynamics of Creativity and Knowledge in African Music Traditions-A Festschrift in Honor of Akin Euba, which was published by MRI Press in 2005. Languages: Yoruba and English. Geographic focus: West Africa; Nigeria.