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The Essay

Is Music a Civilising Force?

Episode 3: Professor Kofi Agawu

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 3

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Professor Kofi Agawu of Princeton University looks at western assumptions about the civilising force of music and suggests an African response might be a little more nuanced. Show more

BBC Radio 3

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.