AFRICA-SENSED MUSIC EDUCATION AND INDIGENOUS MUSIC COMPOSITION

Agatha Onwekwe

Abstract


Africa-sensed music education is the art of teaching and learning of music in a particular culture based on the cultural ethics and values of the people. It is concerned with the folk musical practices of the people of Africa which are derived from the way of life, beliefs and values of the people. This implies according to Omibiyi-Obidike (2001: 151) “an education based on African traditional music in schools at all levels. In other words, it implies the use of traditional musical resources in music education of the African.†Music is a very essential art to the African and is widely used in every rite of passage from the „cradle to the grave.‟ No wonder then that Okafor (1994: 105) opines: “Music is unquestionably the most widely practised of the traditional arts in Nigeria. At any time of night or day, somewhere in the land, some Music is being made.â€

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