Benedict Agbo
Biographic Data
| ID | 99430 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benedict Agbo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benedict |
| FAMILY NAME | Agbo |
| SIGNATURE | AGBO B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nigeria, Nsukka |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4405-7143 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Musical Mediation, Social Integration and Peace Building in Nigeria
Nigeria’s complex ethnic and religious landscape continues to generate tensions that demand culturally grounded approaches to peacebuilding. This study examines Yemi Alade’s Stand Together, a pan‐African collaborative song released during the COVID‐19 pandemic, to explore how contemporary popular music can contribute to conflict transformation and social integration. Drawing on theories of musical mediation, conflict transformation, and African c…
Exploring how trends in Nigerian popular gospel music shape religious pedagogy
This article explores how trends in contemporary Nigerian popular gospel music shape religious pedagogy. By drawing on ethnographic data as well as situating popular music creative and stylistic dispositions within theological discourses, we present evidence of convergence between the sacred and popular culture to reveal both engaging and emerging ways for communicating theological truths in Nigeria. We note that the bearers of religion in Nigeri…
Music, Seduction, and New Beginnings
Why are conversations about seduction, the female body, and choosing partners central at a funeral during the Ikorodo music performance? How does Ikorodo enact the act of seduction? How has the act of seduction and Ikorodo performance practice evolved? How do Ikorodo performances express the indigenous conceptions of seductions? These are the questions this article addresses to reveal-how Ikorodo dance provides a platform for new beginnings and e…
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Music, Seduction, and New Beginnings
Why are conversations about seduction, the female body, and choosing partners central at a funeral during the Ikorodo music performance? How does Ikorodo enact the act of seduction? How has the act of seduction and Ikorodo performance practice evolved? How do Ikorodo performances express the indigenous conceptions of seductions? These are the questions this article addresses to reveal-how Ikorodo dance provides a platform for new beginnings and e…
Exploring how trends in Nigerian popular gospel music shape religious pedagogy
This article explores how trends in contemporary Nigerian popular gospel music shape religious pedagogy. By drawing on ethnographic data as well as situating popular music creative and stylistic dispositions within theological discourses, we present evidence of convergence between the sacred and popular culture to reveal both engaging and emerging ways for communicating theological truths in Nigeria. We note that the bearers of religion in Nigeri…
Musical Mediation, Social Integration and Peace Building in Nigeria
Nigeria’s complex ethnic and religious landscape continues to generate tensions that demand culturally grounded approaches to peacebuilding. This study examines Yemi Alade’s Stand Together, a pan‐African collaborative song released during the COVID‐19 pandemic, to explore how contemporary popular music can contribute to conflict transformation and social integration. Drawing on theories of musical mediation, conflict transformation, and African c…
Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Music History and Culture (2 works) · Musical (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Scholarship (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 work) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 work)