KNUST Students To Study Kofi Kinaata’s ‘Things Fall Apart’ Song Again
Popular Ghanaian musician and song writer, Kofi Kinaata has received major recognition for his works by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology. His lyrics continue to be a subject of discussion in academics.
In a post online, Voice of KNUST on Twitter shared that the Hiplife artiste’s song ‘Things Fall Apart’ has been authorised for level 200 students”.
They noted that the song was selected because of the literary devices and lyrical arrangements of stanzas set up in Things Fall Apart.
This is the forth time in seven years the English Department at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has used a body of work from Kofi Kinaata as part of course materials for students.
The English Department of KNUST has again approved Kofi Kinaata’s
@KinaataGh Song “Things Fall Apart”, to be studied by level 200’s for the first semester of the 2022/2023 academic year. The song was chosen due to its literary appeal and overall impact on the social lives of people.
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The English Department of KNUST has again approved Kofi Kinaata's [@KinaataGh ] Song "Things Fall Apart", to be studied by level 200's for the first semester of the 2022/2023 academic year❗
The song was chosen due to its literary appeal and overall impact on…
— 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐟 𝐊𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐭 (@VOICE_of_KNUST) February 23, 2023
In 2016, the hit song Susuka was recommended, two years later in 2018, the hit Confession was a course material and four years later in 2022, Things Fall Apart the 2019 hit, joined the bunch. As was his ‘Confession’ which was also full of literary and lyrical arrangements of stanzas, the things fall apart is also making its way into academia.
All these songs have earned him the Songwriter of the Year award in the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.
He is the only artiste to win the coveted Songwriter of the Year award four times.
Music when done properly and contains numerous literally devices such as rhyme, metaphors, alliteration and etc can go a long way to help students while entertaining them in addition, making it good enough to be studied.
The announcement has garnered massive reactions from tweeps who have chanced on it, with scores describing it as a big win, coupled with congratulatory messages to the rapper.
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