TOWARDS DECOLONIZING MUSIC EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

Arugha Ogisi

Abstract


The etymology of the word „Africa‟ is not clear but there are some widely known facts about it. The name was given to it by the Romans who used it to refer to the parts of the Roman Empire that is now parts of present-day North Africa. They also used it while referring to lands that are beyond North Africa that is „dusty‟, „dry‟, „mouth into a territory‟, „territory inhabited by dark skinned peoples.‟ The term music education derives from the Latin words educare (which means „to nourish, to bring up‟), educere (which is „to lead froth, to draw out, to bring out what is with you‟), and educatum (which means „the act of teaching or training‟). In short music education is the acts or processes that facilitate or enable the learning of music.

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