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Book SynopsisMusic and Social Dynamics in Nigeria explores the diverse ways in which music reflects, and is shaped by, historical and social dynamics of life in Nigeria. Contributors to this volume include some of the leading scholars of Nigerian music, such as Joshua Uzoigwe, Laz Ekwueme, Tunji Vidal, Richard C. Okafor, A. K. Achinivu, Ademola Adegbite, Femi Faseun, and Christian Onyeji. Focusing on ancient and new musical traditions, including modern African art music, and drawing on the methods of ethnography and music analysis, the various chapters of the book discuss the role of music in community life, enculturation and education, political institutions, historical processes, belief systems, and social hierarchies. Conceived primarily for students and scholars of African music, this book will also be of immense value to the general reader.
Table of ContentsBode Omojola: Introduction: Perspectives on Music and Social Dynamics in Nigeria – Laz. E. N. Ekwueme: Music in Nigeria’s Social Development: A Step Forward – Richard C. Okafor: The Emergence of Neo-Traditional Forms in Contemporary Church Music in Eastern Nigeria – Tunji Vidal: From Traditional Antiquity to Contemporary Modernism: A Multilateral Development of Music in Nigeria – Ademola Adegbite: Change and Continuity in Yoruba Socio-religious Music – Christian Onyeji: Playing Technique and Contemporary Compositions for the Oja (Wooden Flute) – J. O. Ofosu: Modernity and Ovwuvwe: A Sociocultural Process of the Abraka in Urhoboland – Taiye Adeola: Aesthetics in Yoruba Music: Case Study of the People of Igboho – Emeka T. Nwabuoku: Toward a Human Interest in Ethnomusicology: The Practice and Transformation of the Uyi Edo – Ngozi Mokwunyei: Igbo Social Music: Focus on a Nigerian Delta-Igbo Entertainment Dance Group – Oluyemi Olaniyan: Resource Avenues for the Creative Performance of Dundun Music – Sam Olu Amusan: Ègè of the È̩gbá: Its Musical Essence – A. K. Achinivu – The Performer Is a Creative Artist and a Researcher: The Case of the Performer in Institutions of Higher Learning in Nigeria – Lucy V. Ekwueme: Music in the Secondary School Curriculum in Nigeria – Femi Faseun: Professional Requirements of Secondary School Music Teachers for the Implementation of the Music Curriculum in Nigeria – Ranti Adeogun: The Nature of and Approaches in Research in Music Education – Joshua Uzoigwe: The Process of Composing Talking Drums – Bode Omojola: Compositional Style and the Search for Identity in Nigerian Art Music – Oluwalomoloye Bateye: Fela Sowande and Posterity: Whither Nigerian Music? – C. E. Ugolo: Music in Nigerian Traditional Dance Performance – Segun Oyeleke Oyewo: Working Dynamics in Directing an Opera for Stage: Bode Omojola’s Ode for a New Morning – Adolf Ahanotu: The Performing Arts: Music, Dance and Drama—Contributions to National Development – Ayo Akinwale: Music and the Nigerian Theatre: The New Social Dynamics – References – Contributors – Index.
