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Sylvanus Kwashie Kuwor is a master drummer, music, dance and dance practitioner/scholar. He has had a decade of experience in Britain as a cultural educator and another decade at University of Ghana, Legon. He received a PhD in Music and Dance Anthropology from the University of Roehampton in London.
Teaching at Laurier positions me at the right place to share my knowledge and to learn from both students and faculty. It is a journey that creates a platform for multiple voices where everyone is appreciated by all.
My research interest focuses on Drum Music in the African Diaspora with its Dance in a multidisciplinary fashion to exhibit the holistic nature of the art form and its power in social integration.
- Visiting Scholar Award, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway 2022
- US Embassy grant to develop digital archive for teaching music and dance 2021
- Best Master Drummer of Africa Award, Abeokuta, Nigeria. 2018
- Andrew Mellon Research Grant, University of Ghana, Legon. 2018
- Choreomundus Visiting Scholar Award, University of Szeged Hungary 2015
Kuwor, S. K.& Andrews, C. (Eds.) (2023). The role and transmission of Performing Arts in rural Ghana. Accra: Woeli Publishing Services
Kuwor, S. K.& Andrews, C. (Eds.) (2023). The role and transmission of Performing Arts in rural Ghana. Accra: Woeli Publishing Services
Kuwor, S. K & Fiagbedzi, E. K. (2022). Bɔbɔɔbɔ Music, an Eʋe Cultural Phenomenon and its Diasporan Contributions. In Palacio et al edited Understanding America: the essential contribution of Afro-American music to the sociocultural meaning of the continent.
Kuwor, S. K. (2015) Representation- My Africanist Perspective In Kwasi Ampene et al edited Discourses of African Musicology. Michigan: University of Michigan
Kuwor, S. K. & Fiagbedzi, E K (2021). Drumming for socio-economic development: perspectives from Ghana and the African diaspora. Journal of Music and Dance, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 231-249
Kuwor, S.K. (2018) Development of post-colonial Ghana: Indigenous knowledge and international law. Journal of Performing Arts, vol. 5, no. 3, pp.1-17.
Kuwor S. K & Anthonio K (2022) Alorsorgbey. A Choreographic piece for Webster University, Ghana Campus.
Kuwor, S. K. (2022). GMP Digital Archive. An online resource for teaching African Music and dance funded by the US Embassy in Accra.
Kuwor, S. K & Cooper, S. (2020). Dance bridges, a holistic creative work involving choreographers and dancers from Ghana and Ireal.
Kuwor, S. K, Awuah, E. & Anthonio, K. (2019) Kunawana, a collaborative creative work based on research conducted in Upper West Region on Dagara funeral traditions.
Kuwor, S. K. (2017) Interdisciplinary team building drumming workshop, University of Ghana. Presented as part of School of Performing Arts International conference.
Contact Info:
Office location: M2040
Office hours:
Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Languages spoken: English, Twi and Ga