Prof Morakeng Edward Kenneth

# A Node For African Thought

Research and Innovation

To achieve and maintain the University’s vision and mission, the research and innovation division contributes mainly by promoting the research related goal of the institution which is: to drive growth in UNIZULU research and Innovation

Faculty: Humanities and Social Sciences

Department: Creative Arts

Discipline: Music

Highest Qualification

Ph.D.

Contact details

Email: LebakaM@unizulu.ac.za

Campus: KwaDlangezwa

Research Interest Areas

Multicultural Music Education
Musicology
Traditional African Religion
Music in the Bible

Research Niche Area(s) of current projects

Music, Culture & Identity

Active Community Engagement & Service-learning work

SAFINET (Well-Being and the Arts); University of Pretoria, University of Zululand (South Africa) & Jyvaskyla University, Oulu University (Finland).

Active Research Projects

Music, Culture & Identity

Awards & Honors

Erasmus Mundus
National Research Foundation (NRF

Teaching Interest Areas

Ethnomusicology
Music Education
African Music in classroom practice.

M/D Supervision completed (3 or 4 projects)

(Year; Name of student; level of study; status):

The Department does not have Post- Graduate Programmes, however, assistance is provided in other departments.

Student: Mr Mbuyiselo Bonani Mlaba; 1st year; in progress; Department of Communication Science; Doctoral.

Impactful Research Publications

(Author(s); Year; Title; journal / publisher)

Lebaka, M.E.K. 2020. Music & Religion as a useful means of promoting unity in Bapedi society. INDILINGA: African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems; Volume 19, No.1; pp. 70-82; ISSN: 1683-0926.

Lebaka, M.E.K. 2020. Resistance to Lutheran missionary activities through antagonism, traditional beliefs, customs and practices: The Case of Bapedi tribe in Limpopo Province, South Africa; Historical Theological Studies (HTS), 76(1), 95619.

Lebaka, M.E.K. 2022. Is there art in the context of children music-making? Yes, definitely: A study of Bapedi children’s musical arts. In Fiel, A (ed.). Women and Children, New Studies and Perspectives, Chapter 9.ves

Research Platform

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4652-9490.