About the Journal

 African Musicology Online (AMO) is a Journal for interested music scholars from  Africa and beyond. There have been many misconceptions, misrepresentations, and overgeneralizations about African music. Besides myriad problems in the study of African Musicology, there is a need to hear and consider the voices of owners of the music. African Musicology Online is published bi-annually in June and  December. 

Current Issue

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2026)
Published: 2026-02-25

Articles

  • Gospel Music Apprenticeship in the Black Church in South Africa

    Madimabe G. Mapaya, Mellitus N. Wanyama
    1-10
    Abstract Views: 159
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.58721/amo.v15i1.1599

  • Camouflaged Colonisation? Afrocentric Epistemologies and the Limits of Decolonisation in South African Musicology

    Sakhiseni Joseph Yende
    11-26
    Abstract Views: 145
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.58721/amo.v15i1.1607

  • From the Communal Music Making to Deep Learning: AI, Copyright, and the Soul of African Music

    Amon Kipyegon Kirui, Tolu Owoaje
    27-40
    Abstract Views: 169
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.58721/amo.v15i1.1602
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