Music is defined as “vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.” Music has a great influence on man, from the womb to the last breath. Music can be created and enjoyed by all regardless of age, one’s socio-economic status, country of origin, religious beliefs, and ancestral heritage. The lecture starts with a brief write-up on Dr. Ephraim Amu in whose honour and memory the lecture was instituted by the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999.
2025 September
On Thursday, 11th September 2025, the Council of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS), led by the President of the Academy, Emerita Professor Isabella Akyinbah Quakyi, FGA, paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Education, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, at the Ministry of Education in Accra.