Indigenous African popular music. Volume 1, Prophets and philosophers / Abiodun Salawu, Israel A. Fadipe, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Salawu, Abiodun, editor.

Fadipe, Israel A., editor.

ProQuest ebook central

Series:

Pop music, culture and identity

Pop music, culture and identity, 2634-6621

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular music--Africa--History and criticism.

Popular music.

Africans--Music--History and criticism.

Africans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 401 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

Prophets and philosophers

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]

Biography/History:

Abiodun Salawu is Professor of Journalism, Communication and Media Studies, and Director of Indigenous Language Media in Africa, at the North-West University, South Africa. His major areas of research include indigenous language media, development communication, critical studies and new media. Israel A. Fadipe is postdoctoral fellow in Indigenous Language Media in Africa at the Faculty of Humanities, North-West University, South Africa. He specialises in communication, cultural and gender studies, and has published articles and chapters in both local and international journals.

Contents:

1. Introduction : Indigenous African popular music / Abiodun Salawu, Israel A. Fadipe

2. Indigenous and modern Zimbabwean music : Reflections from Thomas Mapfumo's Chimurenga music genre / Caleb Mauwa

3. Rhythmic signifying in popular Venda music / Evans Ntshengedzeni Netshivhambe

4. Baansi ni Yila : A critical history of the music industry in Northern Ghana / Mohammed Sheriff Yamusah, Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed

5. Indigenous and indigenised Yoruba popular music / Israel A. Fadipe, Abiodun Salawu

6. Social cognition and advertisement in Yusuf Olatunji's music / Adesina B. Sunday

7. Exploring the value systems embedded in indigenous Yoruba music genres and Yoruba nursery rhymes / Rhoda Titilopemi Inioluwa Abiolu, Oluwatobi Joseph Alabi, Hosea Olayiwola Patrick, Oluremi Adenike Abiolu

8. Cultural frames : Sociocultural metaphors in Owerri-Igbo bongo music / Chioma Deborah Onwubiko

9. Thematic deconstructions of Urhobo/Isoko musicology and brand identity negotiation, normalization and contradictions : Discourse narrative / Presly Ogheneruke Obukoadata

10. Dung Chollom and Berom ethnic popular music / Godwin E. Ogli, Bali I. Davou

11. Corpus of prophecy, philosophy and crusading in Ayinla Omowura's music / Festus Adedayo

12. Forewarned is forearmed : Exploring the apocalyptic voice of popular music in the post-colonial Zimbabwe / Gift Gwindingwe, Oluyinka Oludolapo Osunkunle

13. Reeling nostalgia : Aremote and the enduring Sakara music in Nigeria / Abiodun Salawu

14. Celebration as choice in Nigerian indigenous and modern music : A critical analysis of Osondi Owendi by Osita Osadebe and Chinedu Okoli (Flavour) / Ihuoma Okorie

15. Yoruba socio-cultural norms and values in selected songs of Bukola Elemide (Asa) / Olugbenga Elegbe, Stephen Odebiyi

16. Rethinking values and principles : An examination of Osita Osadebe songs in Igbo cultural value preservation / Ufuoma Akpojivi, Chike Mgbeadichie

17. Valodia : A Transatlantic praise song / Jorge Luis Morejón-Benitez

18. The adaptation of Zimbabwean mbira dzavadzimu music, from traditional to modern popular band format : the case of Thomas Mapfumo / Claudio Chipendo

19. Machesos Sungura and social identity narratives in postcolonial Zimbabwe / Vimbai Chamisa

20. "One beat, one pound" : Kasumu Isola Sanni, the Sakara master drummer / Odunayo Peter Ogunnaike

21. When culture and tradition aren't archaic : The song semantics of Zimbabwean Mbira's international appeal / Enock Nyambo

Correction to: Social cognition and advertisement in Yusuf Olatunji's music / Adesina B. Sunday.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Indigenous African popular music. Volume I, Prophets and philosophers.

ISBN:

9783030978846

3030978842

Publisher Number:

99992948519

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