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R.Knight@oberlin.edu
Web:
www.oberlin.edu/faculty/rknight

Office:
Bibbins 215
Office Phone:
440/775-8259
Address:
77 W. College St.
Oberlin, OH 44074 

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Division of Musicology

Roderic Knight
Professor of Ethnomusicology
{On half-time leave 2007-08}

Tribal Music of India
The Muria and Maria Gonds of Madhya Pradesh
Recordings and Notes by RODERIC KNIGHT, Oberlin College

Education:
B.A., 1964 (clarinet), University of California, Santa Barbara 
M.A., 1968 (ethnomusicology), Univ. of California, Los Angeles
Ph.D., 1973 (ethnomusicology), Univ. of California, Los Angeles 

Research Specialties:
Africa:  The Mandinka of Gambia, the 21-string harp kora
India:  Baiga, Muria, and Pardhan peoples of Madhya Pradesh

Publications :
Articles in African Arts, African Music, Ethnomusicology, Grove's Dictionary, Selected Reports in Ethnomusicology, The World of Music.
Audio and video recordings of African and Indian music. 

Professional Affiliations:
Mande Studies Association, Society for Ethnomusicology.
Former faculty positions at the University of Ottawa, University of Georgia, University of Washington, University of California, Santa Barbara, and music teacher and band director in Sierra Leone, West Africa. 

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