AFRICAN ORGANIZED DANCE FORMATION: A STUDY OF IGBA ENYI, NIMO

ONYEKWELU, JOE (2009) AFRICAN ORGANIZED DANCE FORMATION: A STUDY OF IGBA ENYI, NIMO. Awka Journal ofResearcb in Music and the Arts (AIRMA), 6. pp. 107-116. ISSN 1597-4405

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Abstract

In traditional as well as contemporary African societies, music is a viable and powerful instrument of group solidarity. One of these aspects of music is dance. It is inherent in African cultures for communities to organize dances as a way of keeping themselves together for the purpose of identity while performing the musical functions that face them from time to time. Despite the forces of acculturation arising from urbanization, African societies still maintain this tendency to a reasonable extent. However, globalization as a powerful force appears to exert some negative effects on this aspect of African life. The purpose, which the dance genre serves, the morality that the text teaches, and the discipline, which the organization imposes on the people are food for taught which the present African societies should not toy with. The researcher decides to choose this title 'African Organised Dance Formation' using Igba Eny), Nimo as a case study, to highlight the social, moral, economic and aesthetic aspects of life as contained In the structure of the dance with a view to protecting and improving on them.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	M Music and Books on Music > M Music
Divisions:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Art
Depositing User:	mrs chioma hannah
Date Deposited:	19 Oct 2021 11:03
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2021 11:03
URI:	http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/3256

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