DISCOURSE ON YORUBA SONGS ASSOCIATED WITH SECONDARY SCHOOLS’ FOOTBALL COMPETITIONS IN NIGERIA

Abstract

It is a generally known datum that child’s education in Africa begins with informal learning at home from the parents, especially with mothers. This form of education encompasses religious, cultural ethics, norms and morals as well as family and societal values. Education at this level in disseminated in form of proverbs, axiom, aphorism folklores and music. The formal or school education which focus more on the literacy aspect of child also make provisions for other co-curricular and extra-curricular activities such as games, sports, art and craft as well as music. Sport as an extra-curricular activity in School education has been observed by various researchers as part of the physical training which complements the mental and emotional fitness of a child. Goak and Lee (2001) opined that play provides an inner understanding to the child. Through play, children are able to relate to their unfamiliar world, and gain the desired experiences. In all these experiences, the child not only increases his physical and health status, but along the line develops social relations and self-esteem.