The Drum and Its Role in Yoruba Religion

Bibliographic Data

ID3932094
AuthorsAdemola Adegbite (corresponding author), Ademqla Adegbite (1(Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, corresponding author)
Year1988
Volume18
Issue1
Pages15-26
Publication date1988-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Religion in Africa (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4200 • E-ISSN: 1570-0666
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/157006688x00207
OpenAlexW2092721985, W4236015409
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited1

THE DRUM AND ITS ROLE IN YORUBA RELIGION BY ADEMQLA ADEGBITE (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria) The drum is the foundation of Yoruba instrumental music. Early references to Yoruba music seem to place a high value on its use. Describing the pomp and pageantry that characterized Yoruba nobility, Richard Lander (1830) in one of his visits to the palace of a Yoruba traditional ruler, reported: The chief was seated outside his house under its verandah surrounded by about a hundred of his wives and musicians with drums and fife ...' I Witford2 described the hourglass drum as "the principal instru

Anthropology of religion · Archaeology · Art · Drum · Epistemology · History of religions · Linguistics · Literature · Nobility · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Value (mathematics) · Yoruba · Anthropology · Diverse Musicological Studies · History · Law · Mathematics · Music History and Culture · Philosophy · Religious studies · Theater, Performance, and Music History

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