CONTESTING NORMS
Abstract
- Abstract
- Contemporary Islamic music in southwestern Nigeria has changed in the last decade and Yoruba Muslim listeners are experiencing music in new ways. This article explores various trends in contemporary Yoruba Islamic music in southwestern Nigeria. The Yoruba are predominantly in southwestern Nigeria and extend to parts of central Nigeria and the West African coast of the Republic of Benin. The article draws on purposefully selected, recorded compositions of Yoruba Islamic artists produced on compact discs between 1979 and 2020, YouTube Videos and in-depth interviews to yield a comprehensive view of the music. It employs Vejlgaard’s (2018) trendspotting theory as a theoretical framework to analyse the texts. It examines the tendencies that shape the re-articulation of religion through the “Muslim sound” and problematises an understanding of the direction of change in contemporary Islamic music. The article argues that contemporary Islamic music in southwestern Nigeria is a product of the quest for Islamic identity and the commodification of musical and social values. This argument puts in context the many dynamics behind the transformations in contemporary Islamic music in Nigeria. Muslim singers draw on the strength of Nigeria’s thriving urban culture industry by adopting production, circulation, and marketing strategies that sustain the commercially successful Nigerian entertainment industry. This development is part of a global reality of social change and modernity transforming Islamic consciousness.
Description
- Description
- pages: 73-89
Subjects
People & roles
- Author
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Ogundipe, Stephen Toyin
Value Annotations
Origins & context
- Is Part Of
- Obafemi Awolowo University
Origins & context
- Title
- CONTESTING NORMS
- has subtitle
- EMERGING TRENDS IN YORUBA ISLAMIC MUSIC IN NIGERIA
- Type
- Text
- Language
- English
- Parent project
- International Library of African Music
- is funded by
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Rhodes University
- Place of Origin
- South Africa
- Created Date
- February 27, 2023
Rights & access
- License
- CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
- Access Rights
- Public
- Copyright Date
- January 1, 2023
Identifiers & sources
- DRE ID
- eaa-99-03fd
- Identifier
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2457
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Origins & context
- Type
- Publisher, distributor, or vendor stock number
- WissKI URL
- 83352
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