AKU - An African Journal of Contemporary Research (AAJCR) (Vol. 4 No. 4, 2023)
AFRICAN MUSIC AND AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY IN A GLOBAL COMMUNITY
ABSTRACT
Music is a human enterprise as animal musicum. It is a human heritage that is as old as humanity and its chequered history. The master playwright and poet William Shakespeare mentioned music many times in his works. Bob Marley and many inspired musicians have shown a great connection between Music and Philosophy in their work of arts and humanities. Coming from the world of arts, Music and Philosophy share differential limits as well as differential coefficients. Great musicians have been known to be very philosophical in their content which is always enduring and prophetic. Using the method of critical analysis, the researcher discovers a healthy connection and a therapeutic relation between music and philosophy in line with Plato’s enduring maxim that philosophy is the highest music.
