Igbadun in Yoruba Performance: History, Social Discourse and Indigenous Aesthetics in the Music of Lagbaja

Investigates the rhetorical significance of Lagbaja's music and explores the authorial role of Lagbaja in deploying a unique system of musical style to achieve a populist cultural discourse. Argues that meaning in Lagbaja's music is culturally and historically contingent by examining how h...

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Published in:Journal of popular music studies 2009-06, Vol.21 (2), p.170-191
Main Author: Omojola, Bode
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Investigates the rhetorical significance of Lagbaja's music and explores the authorial role of Lagbaja in deploying a unique system of musical style to achieve a populist cultural discourse. Argues that meaning in Lagbaja's music is culturally and historically contingent by examining how his musical style relates to the larger social and political environment in Nigeria. Assesses the significance of his music within its immediate Yoruba cultural space, in which embedded styles have associated meanings. (Quotes from original text)
ISSN:1524-2226
1533-1598
DOI:10.1111/j.1533-1598.2009.01192.x