Popular Music Education in Nigeria

Okafor, Richard C.

doi:10.1177/025576148901400101

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“…And education, including music education, is still the most effective instrument of social change known to man (Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1981). We do not advocate musical insularity (Okafor, 1988a(Okafor, , 1989c(Okafor, and 1991) nor do we want to shut the windows to keep the world's great pop artists out. But, the reality of the situation is that the Nigerian media are a creation of the Nigerian society and owe their first duty to that society.…”

Section: Popular Musicmentioning

confidence: 99%

Popular Music in Nigeria: Patronising Attitude or Benign Complacency?

Okafor¹

1998

Brit. J. Music. Ed.

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The development of musicians and the continuity of the musical art should be the main thrust of music education. The institutions of education should therefore be equipped to mould the development of music in society and to make the strongest input into musical expressions that are fashionable, acceptable and available. Formal music education came to Nigeria by way of Western institutions, drawing from the cultural traditions of Western societies. On the other hand, the media and other agencies have brought in other types of music acceptable in Western societies outside their academic sectors. Musical and cultural contact has given birth to the contemporary popular music of Nigeria that integrates Nigerian and non-Nigerian elements. With the growth of city life, commerce, industry and communication, this music has grown in popularity, in some cases sweeping every other thing aside. The attendant 'pop phenomenon' also means that cultural intrusion from outside Nigeria has grown more menacing. Who controls the popular music in Nigeria today? This paper tries to answer this question and in addition presents some data on the prevailing perspectives in the hope that the Nigerian Government and all music educators should range plans and solutions against them.

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Section: Popular Musicmentioning

confidence: 99%