He is probably no better or worse than whoever else would have received his job. The very idea that our island might have a native folk music or folk culture is one which he was probably first confronted with when he received his current appointment. "Native culture" is usually something which only Phil and Betty have to cope with - when they are on one of their trade gathering expeditions to Africa - or funny places like that. I mean, only foreigners can have a "native culture", can't they?
(The semantics are getting interesting).