Allow Peace to Reign

Musical Genres ofFújìandIslamicAllegorise Nigerian Unity in the Era of Boko Haram

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ID4000954
AuthorsDebra L Klein (corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume52
Pages1-22
Publication date2020-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueYearbook for Traditional Music (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0740-1558 • E-ISSN: 2304-3857
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/ytm.2020.5
OpenAlexW3092935113
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited21

A proliferation of popular music genres flourished in post-independence Nigeria: highlife,jùjú, Afrobeat, andfújì.Originating within Yorùbá Muslim communities, the genres offújìand Islamic are Islamised dance music genres characterised by their Arabic-influenced vocal style, Yorùbá praise poetry, driving percussion, and aesthetics of incorporation, flexibility, and cultural fusion. Based on analysis of interviews and performances in Ìlọrin in the 2010s, this article argues that the genres offújìand Islamic allegorise Nigerian unity-an ideology of tolerance, peaceful coexistence, and equity-while exposing the gap between the aspiration for unity and everyday inequities shaped by gender and morality

Art · Dance · Ideology · Islam · Literature · Musical · Political science · Politics · Praise · Reign · Sociology · Theology · African history and culture analysis · Hispanic-African Historical Relations · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies

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