The Future of Education

An indigenous research which reflects some of the unique ways of indigenous knowledge of music is discussed. Arguing that music education would be more effective if it goes beyond the borders of conventional content to also include indigenous music education, it suggests a document analysis of the curricula and a case study of two schools one in an urban setting and the other in a rural place. The contention here is that when the western music content is combined with indigenous music it will be  possible to build music content which is will tap into the epistemological knowing of that society. Participatory observations coupled with different forms of interviews were employed to gather data. with the limelight falling on Borankana traditional music, Culture spears ( indigenous practitioner) and Bakwena, platforms were created for their perspectives to help realign music education and the performance of the Borankana music in a classroom context. A radical philosophy was used. Findings suggested there exists certain features in  Borankana which are pertinent to music education. some leaners displayed a deeper understanding of music education when Borankana was used.

Keywords: Music education; Indigenous music; western; Borankana; Bakwena;