Valences of electoral consciousness in the music of democratic Nigeria

Bibliographic Data

ID18975587
AuthorsG Osiebe (0000-0002-3110-3753, University of Rwanda, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume53
Issue2
Pages251-272
Publication date2019-05-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-3968 • E-ISSN: 1923-3051
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00083968.2019.1598880
OpenAlexW2946410125
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited23

This paper attempts a contribution to the theorisation of electoral politics and culture. It is concerned with the cycle of electoral consciousness that has transpired in the Nigerian popular music scene between 1999 and 2016. Electoral consciousness is the effect of an alteration in people’s political mindfulness during electoral campaign seasons, an effect which manifests in the works/arts of the people. By focusing on some works of five Nigerian popular musicians – Tuface Idibia, D’banj, Sound Sultan, Olamide and Onyeka Onwenu – the paper highlights the increased frequency of political material in the popular music produced during electoral seasons. The analysis considers how the music bearing neutral (±), negative (-), positive (+), ultra-positive (+*) and ultra-negative (-*) electoral valences result in the neutral electoral consciousness, the negative electoral consciousness, the positive electoral consciousness, the ultra-positive electoral consciousness, and the ultra-negative electoral consciousness, respectively

Consciousness · Democracy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Music Education and Analysis · Music History and Culture · Psychology

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