THE PHILOSOPHY OF AFRICAN MUSIC AS ORAL LITERATURE

Abstract

The nature, quality and structure of African Music are such that create, propagate and define elaborate potentials which reflect cultural experiences in the day to day activities of man. Obviously, the philosophy of African Music can neither be fully explicated nor better conceived or appreciated outside its functional and utilitarian point of view. The primary issue therefore, centres on the effective implementation, utilization and or application of virtues that give African Musical arts its desired concept and cultural meaning. In essence, the purpose of this paper is to critically examine African Music as Oral Literature and to discus those aspects of literature that the music propagates, which validates as well as give credence to both cultural and conceptual relevance and applicability that engender its philosophical import.