ADOPTION OF AFRICAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN MUSIC PEDAGOGY: TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIAN MUSIC EDUCATION

Abstract

Nigerians are evidently very musical. Every aspect of their lives’ endeavours feature one form of music or another. Suffice it to say that music follows them from cradle to the grave. However, it does appear from practical class room observation cum research findings that music education does not thrive among them in comparison with other fields of study since its inception as a classroom subject. Based on this premise, the researcher delved into a critical assessment of music education in Nigeria with the view to suggesting an adoption of African musical instruments to aid Nigeria’s music education study for a sustainable development.