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Aran Mupe: A Study in Yorùbá Vocal Expression, Tonal Organisation, and Pedagogical Design
Aran Mupe is a solo voice and piano composition that integrates African tonal organisation with the rhythmic and declamatory qualities…
Wall Gecko: Translating African Domestic Ecology into Piano Narrative
Wall Gecko is a short Grade 1 piano character piece inspired by a familiar ecological presence in many African households….
Music in the Service of Politics of Acrimony: A Textual and Socio-Musical Analysis of ‘B’Oju W’ole’ and ‘Ilé Ologo’
The intensification of political intolerance, moral decline, and social fragmentation in contemporary African societies has renewed interest in cultural and…
Eye Orofo (Green Wild Pigeon): Indigenous ethics and musical semiotics in Yoruba choral composition
This article examines Ẹyẹ Òrófó, a contemporary Yoruba choral composition that employs the green wild pigeon as a metaphor to…
Structural and Textual Dimensions of Bolojo Performance in Ogun West Secondary Schools, Nigeria
This study examines how Bolojo, an indigenous Yewa musical genre, functions as a vehicle for cultural identity, social meaning, and…
Kabiyesi Hossana and the Evolution of Nigerian Art Music: A Structural and Cultural Reinterpretation
Kabiyesi Hossana is a Yoruba nationalistic art composition for solo piano, derived from a 1972 liturgical chorus by the hymnologist…
Iya (Mother): A Structural and Compositional Analysis
Iya (Mother) is a contemporary African art-music composition that blends Western melodic instruments with African percussion timbres to create a…
Negotiating Nigerian Church Melodies Through Contemporary Compositional Practice: Seun Owoaje’s Iyanu l’Oluwa
Contemporary Nigerian art music continues to evolve through sustained interaction between indigenous musical traditions and Western compositional techniques….
Rhythmic Architecture and Tonal Identity in Afrobeats: A Compositional Analysis of Selected Contemporary Nigerian Works
Afrobeats, the contemporary Nigerian pop genre that emerged in late-1990s Lagos, draws on jùjú, highlife, hip hop, and electronic production…
‘Tiwa ati Tiwon’ (Ours and Theirs): Interrogating the Intersection Between Western Musical Training and Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Composing African Art Music
African art music has generated sustained scholarly interest, particularly regarding its identity, pedagogical foundations, and the creative strategies through which…
Egwu Ndi Chiri Echichi: Rhythm, Ritual, and Intercultural Form in
This article presents an expanded musicological study of Egwu Ndi Chiri Echichi (The Dance of the Titled Men), a contemporary…
‘Tiwa ati Tiwon’ (Ours and Theirs): Interrogating the Intersection Between
African art music has generated sustained scholarly interest, particularly regarding its identity, pedagogical foundations, and the creative strategies through which…
Rhythmic Architecture and Tonal Identity in Afrobeats: A Compositional Analysis
Afrobeats, the contemporary Nigerian pop genre that emerged in late-1990s Lagos, draws on jùjú, highlife, hip hop, and electronic production…
Negotiating Nigerian Church Melodies Through Contemporary Compositional Practice: Seun Owoaje’s
Contemporary Nigerian art music continues to evolve through sustained interaction between indigenous musical traditions and Western compositional techniques….
Iya (Mother): A Structural and Compositional Analysis
Iya (Mother) is a contemporary African art-music composition that blends Western melodic instruments with African percussion timbres to create a…
Kabiyesi Hossana and the Evolution of Nigerian Art Music: A
Kabiyesi Hossana is a Yoruba nationalistic art composition for solo piano, derived from a 1972 liturgical chorus by the hymnologist…
Structural and Textual Dimensions of Bolojo Performance in Ogun West
This study examines how Bolojo, an indigenous Yewa musical genre, functions as a vehicle for cultural identity, social meaning, and…
Eye Orofo (Green Wild Pigeon): Indigenous ethics and musical semiotics
This article examines Ẹyẹ Òrófó, a contemporary Yoruba choral composition that employs the green wild pigeon as a metaphor to…