The purpose of this article is to discuss World Music Pedagogy and the importance of this pedagogical approach in today’s diverse music classrooms, and to describe steps music educators could take to most effectively include music of other cultures in their North American music classrooms. The cultures and music that will be highlighted and explored in the context of this article will be those that are representative of Tanzania and Uganda, both of which are East African nations.
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