Daniel Avorgbedor

avorgbedor.1@osu.edu

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Daniel Avorgbedor

Associate Professor, School of Music

Areas of Expertise
• Urban ethnomusicology
• Cross-cultural aesthetics
• Contemporary African church music
• African presence in the Diaspora

Daniel Avorgbedor is associate professor of music and black studies at OSU. After completing his doctorate in ethnomusicology at Indiana University (Bloomington), he taught at the University of Ghana, Bretton Hall College (Leeds, UK), and City College of New York. Professor Avorgbedor also served as editor of RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, 1989-95. Major research grants include the Wenner-Gren, H.F. Guggenheim, and NEH (team) awards.

Education
• PhD, ethnomusicology, Indiana University
• MA, Truman University
• General diploma, music, University of Ghana, Legon